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1935 Death - Alan Gray, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise', dies at 79

1919 Birthday - Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger, Olympic Hymn

1910 Death - Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91

1907 Event - "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn

1902 Death - Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86

1880 Death - John Goss, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven', dies at 79

1862 Event - Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"

1861 Event - Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper

1855 Birthday - Alan Gray, born in York, England, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise'

1835 Death - Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies

1826 Death - Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies

1819 Birthday - Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic

1803 Birthday - Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S., essayist/philosopher, Concord Hymn

1800 Birthday - John Goss, born in Fareham, England, composer, organist, wrote hymn 'Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven'

1788 Death - Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies

1778 Death - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies

1746 Birthday - William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon









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