Short Name: | Kurt Kaiser |
Full Name: | Kaiser, Kurt |
Birth Year: | 1934 |
Death Year: | 2018 |
Kurt Kaiser was born December 17, 1934, in Chicago. He attended American Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University. He moved to Waco, Texas in 1959 in order to join Word Music, where he later worked as vice president and director of music. He arranged and produced several albums. He composed more than 300 songs, and with Ralph Carmichael developed Christian youth musicals. He was a longtime member of the Seventh & James Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. He later helped start Dayspring Baptist Church in Waco. He was an acclaimed pianist who accompanied George Beverly Shea at Billy Graham crusades. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and was elected to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. He died November 12, 2018, in Waco.
Dianne Shapiro, from obituary in "Baptist Standard" (https://www.baptiststandard.com/news/obituaries/obituary-kurt-kaiser/) and "Gospel Music Hall of Fame" (http://gospelmusichalloffame.org/kurt-kaiser/) accessed 2-8-2019
Tunes by Kurt Kaiser (22) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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BE JOYFUL | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 3 | 35353 36545 |
BROOKS (Kaiser) | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | 32231 33224 21 |
BY GRACE MADE STRONG | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | 13325 51356 53552 |
COMMIT THY WAY (Kaiser) | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
CROSSROADS | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
EXCELLENCE | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
FIVEFOLD | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
GO NOW | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
GOD'S WAYS | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
HE CARETH FOR YOU (Kaiser) | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
I CAN SAFELY GO | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 4 | 35176 55312 3 |
[I'll praise the Lord in my house] | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
[It doesn't matter where you've been] | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
SWEET SWEET SPIRIT | Kurt Kaiser (Arranged) | 5 | 34516 51233 54432 |
NATIONAL HYMN | Kurt Kaiser (Harmonizer (last stanza)) | 1 | 11234 31171 33356 |
PASS IT ON (Kaiser) | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 33 | 53234 53171 65225 |
PATRICIA | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 39 | 33456 71667 11233 |
REACH YOUR HAND | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | 33555 43232 13332 |
[The moment of truth is here for you] | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | 13333 36532 11444 |
WE WILL SERVE | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 2 | |
CHARLESTOWN | Kurt Kaiser (Arranger) | 1 | 12325 32156 71653 |
[When in the spring the flowers are blooming bright and fair] | Kurt Kaiser (Composer) | 7 | 11233 53322 32771 |