Short Name: | Ebenezer Beesley |
Full Name: | Beesley, Ebenezer, 1840-1906 |
Birth Year: | 1840 |
Death Year: | 1906 |
Ebenezer Beesley was born December 14, 1840, in Oxfordshire, England. He had two wives. He married his first wife in March of 1859. They left England in April of 1859 to move to Salt Lake City. They travelled by foot and handcart from Omaha with a company of 250-300 people. He married his second wife in 1869. Beesley was a musician and music teacher who directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Utah from 1880-1889 and other choirs in Utah. He wrote several hymns and edited Latter-day Saints Psalmody, the first LDS hymn book with both music and words.
Dianne Shapiro from Find a Grave website, "Ebenezer Beesley Composed Nearly a Dozen Hymns in the Current Hymnbook and Conducted the Choir for Almost a Decade," from The Tabernacle Choir Blog, March 13, 2014, and "Beesley, Sarah Hancock, [Reminiscences] in Handcart Stories" from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website "Pioneer Database" (accessed 1-1-2021)
Tunes by Ebenezer Beesley (30) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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DESERET | Ebenezer Beesley (Composer) | 4 | |
[Let Saints rejoice, the night is past] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[With hearts prepared, with one accord] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
['Tis sweet to sing the matchless love] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 3 | |
[Children, gladly join and sing] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 3 | |
[Little ones, come! we will worship together] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 3 | |
[Your sweet little rose-bud has left you] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[As the sun, arrayed in splendor] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[Come, children, let us join and sing] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[Accept the tribute of our hearts] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[Hosts of children, every morning] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[What voice salutes the startled ear] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[Sing to the great Jehovah's praise] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 2 | |
[Lord, we ask Thee, ere we part] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 4 | |
[Merry, merry children, sweetly sing] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 4 | |
[When called to the throne of your Lord] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 3 | |
[We meet again in Sabbath School] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 3 | |
EBENEZER (Beesley) | Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 (Composer) | 3 | 15436 54321 56788 |
[When Christ was born in Bethlehem] (Beesley) | E. Beesley (Composer) | 3 | 17654 32123 65321 |
WOOBURN GREEN | E. Beesley (Composer) | 5 | 31234 32171 33354 |
[Reverently and meekly now] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 5 | 32115 43212 34217 |
[Sing we now at parting] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 6 | 32155 31565 32321 |
ABRAM | Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 (Composer) | 3 | 33215 43321 71325 |
[Welcome happy Sunday] | H. Beesley (Composer) | 4 | 33346 51554 32333 |
[Bandera, alto en el monte] | Ebenezer Beesley, 1840-1906 (Composer) | 2 | 51112 32354 32232 |
ANIMATION (Beesley) | Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 (Composer) | 4 | 51117 16517 13275 |
HANCOCK (Beesley) | Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 (Composer) | 3 | 54333 23453 11123 |
[Welcome, welcome, Sabbath morning] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 4 | 54531 76543 42543 |
[Let us oft speak kind words to each other] | E. Beesley (Composer) | 4 | 55111 32176 62572 |
HARTS (Milgrove) | Ebenezer Beesley, 1840–1906 (Arranger) | 2 | 55112 23114 32123 |