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| Short Name: | Chester G. Allen |
| Full Name: | Allen, Chester G., 1838-1878 |
| Birth Year: | 1838 |
| Death Year: | 1878 |
Chester Gilbert Allen (Feb. 15, 1838 – Oct. 18, 1878) was an American music educator, compiler, and hymn composer. He taught music in the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools and edited or co-edited Sunday-school songbooks that shaped the gospel repertoire of his day. Allen is best remembered for the tune Joyful Song, written for Fanny J. Crosby’s hymn Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer and first published in Bright Jewels (1869). His lively, march-like melodies typify mid-nineteenth-century American gospel hymnody and remain in use today.
J. S. McDuff (from nineteenth-century American hymn collections and public-domain historical notices, retrieved 9/15/2025)
Tunes by Chester G. Allen (27) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Adoring saints lift up your heads] | C. G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 51712 34554 3212 |
| BARTLETT (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 53217 21765 17143 |
| [Beautiful way, hallowed and blest] | Chester G. Allen, M. D. (Composer) | 1 | 32312 67156 54323 |
| DENMARK (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 3 | 53123 15343 7125 |
| [Far beyond this mortal shore] | C. G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 55653 53212 34236 |
| [Glory in the highest, glory] (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 51332 35351 31543 |
| [God of eternal truth] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 3 | 56712 35313 25671 |
| GREATOREX | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 3 | 55312 65135 42171 |
| [He captive led captivity] (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 2 | 56513 21565 43232 |
| [I will go in the strength of the Lord] (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 51333 32153 21712 |
| [Jesus reigns forever, mighty Victor still] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 3 | 17123 51713 23234 |
| [Can my soul find rest from sorrow] (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 33343 21534 53432 |
| JOYFUL SONG (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 284 | 35132 32176 51351 |
| LEBANON (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 7 | 56531 23213 43655 |
| BONNER (Carey Bonner) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 11356 71653 11431 |
| [What shall we do, for the desert is lonely] (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 34323 17123 54321 |
| [Meet me in that lovely land] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 0 | 51765 35671 65653 |
| [Our Father has planted a beautiful tree] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 55345 15617 65517 |
| [God our Father! we would praise Thee] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 56711 23453 176 |
| [From my sins hide Thou Thy face] (56531) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 56531 21651 35421 |
| THE PENITENT | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 6 | 33343 21534 53432 |
| [The sweetest name in heaven above] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 51713 21212 35653 |
| [Wake the song of jubilee] (Allen) | Chester A. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 17765 43234 65325 |
| WAVERLY (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 3 | 55512 31255 52342 |
| [We are travelers here below] (Allen) | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 11171 25133 54325 |
| [We welcome this beautiful Sabbath of rest] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 1 | 56535 15123 32112 |
| [When we turn to God and leave our path of sin] | Chester G. Allen (Composer) | 3 | 34565 32432 13451 |
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