SWEET DAY (Unseld)

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Composer: B. C. Unseld

Benjamin Carl Unseld, 1843-1923 Born: Oc­to­ber 18, 1843, Shep­herd­stown, West Vir­gin­ia. Died: No­vem­ber 19, 1923. Buried: Elm­wood Ceme­te­ry, Shep­herd­stown, West Vir­gin­ia. After leav­ing school at age 14, Un­seld worked as a clerk in a coun­try store. He re­ceived his first mu­sic­al in­struct­ion around age 15, from a com­pan­ion who had at­tend­ed a sing­ing school. He was shown the rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the scale in the old Car­mi­na Sac­ra, and had it sung for him. At the friend’s sug­gest­ion, he got per­mis­sion from his pas­tor to prac­tice on the church or­gan. Since both boys worked, their on­ly chance to prac­tice was af­ter the store closed at 9:00 p.m., and oc­cas… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SWEET DAY (Unseld)
Composer: B. C. Unseld
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 11112 33335 55333
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Once More Before We PartThe Lord My Shepherd IsThe Lord's DayOtherHighcharts.com
Once More Before We Part

The Lord My Shepherd Is

The Lord's Day

Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1890190019101920193019401950196019701980199020002010050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #51

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #179

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #189

Include 17 pre-1979 instances
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