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Effie Chastain de Naylor

Short Name: Effie Chastain de Naylor
Full Name: Naylor, Effie Chastain de, 1889-1960
Birth Year: 1889
Death Year: 1960

Born in Mexico in 1889 to parents from the U.S. who were missionaries. She married George Dent Naylor, a Methodist missionary and they worked in Guantánamo. She was a composer and choir director. Her music is widely used in Cuban churches.

Dianne Shapiro, from A Social History of Cuban's Protestants: God and the Nation, by James A.Baer (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019)


Texts by Effie Chastain de Naylor (17)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Al pobre pesebre del niño JesúsEffie Chastain de Naylor, 1889-1960 (Translator)Spanish2
Al venir la noche Con su oscuridadE. Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish3
Alabadle, ¡oh niñitos todos!Effie Chastain de Naylor, n. 1889 (Translator)Spanish3
Campanas por doquierEffie Chastain de Naylor (Author (es. 1))Spanish2
¡Cantad, cantad; la voz alzad!Effie Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish3
Cantaremos Los niñitos todosEffie Chastain de Naylor (Translator)Spanish1
Con los ángeles cantemosEffie Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish1
Del Oriente somos los tresEffie Chastain de Naylor, n. 1889 (Translator)Spanish10
El niño pequeño de toda regiónEffie Chastain de Naylor, n. 1889 (Translator)Spanish5
En el silencio de la oscuridadEffie Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish2
En la Biblia tenemos historias hermosasEffie Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish1
Nuestros himnos elevamosEffie Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish3
¡Oh, cantad! ¡Loores entonad!E. Chastain de Naylor (Translator)Spanish1
Oh, pueblecito de Belén, Durmiendo en dulce pazEffie Chastain de Naylor (Translator)Spanish4
Padre, al irnosEffie Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish2
Un cántico de gracias Queremos elevarE. Chastain de Naylor (Author)Spanish1
We three kings of Orient areEffie Chastain de Naylor (Translator)English2
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