[Out on the mountain, sad and forsaken]

[Out on the mountain, sad and forsaken]

Composer: Hubert P. Main
Published in 6 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Hubert P. Main

Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Out on the mountain, sad and forsaken]
Composer: Hubert P. Main
Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
Incipit: 56535 17665 52345
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10956
Text: Calling To Thee
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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The Cyber Hymnal #10956

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