SNOWDON (Willis)

SNOWDON (Willis)

Composer: Richard S. Willis (1870)
Published in 2 hymnals


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Composer: Richard S. Willis

Richard Storrs Willis (February 10, 1819 – May 10, 1900) was an American composer, notably of hymn music. One of his hymns is "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (1850), with lyrics by Edmund Sears. He was also a music critic and journal editor. Willis, whose siblings included Nathaniel Parker Willis and Fanny Fern, was born on February 10, 1819, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Chauncey Hall, the Boston Latin School, and Yale College where he was a member of Skull and Bones in 1841. Willis then went to Germany, where he studied six years under Xavier Schnyder and Moritz Hauptmann. While there, he became a personal friend of Felix Mendelssohn. After returning to America, Willis served as music critic for the New York Tribune, The… Go to person page >

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Title: SNOWDON (Willis)
Composer: Richard S. Willis (1870)
Incipit: 33443 21755 65432
Copyright: Public Domain

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Worship and Song #158

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Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.) #O66

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