Short Name: | J. H. Kurzenknabe |
Full Name: | Kurzenknabe, J. H. (John H.), 1840-1927 |
Birth Year: | 1840 |
Death Year: | 1927 |
Kurzenknabe, John Henry. (Muenchhof, Kurhessen, Germany, June 18, 1840--April 13, 1927, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). German Reformed layman. His parents died of cholera when he was five, and he was placed in a boarding school. When 14, he came to the United States with his violin and his share ($500) of his parents' estate. During the 48-day voyage, he attended an elderly sick woman, a Mrs. Ziegler from Wilkes-Barre, Penn., whose family helped him settled in the States. He attended Wyoming Seminary nearby, where he studied music and perfected his English. Even before graduation, he taught violin and began teaching singing classes in the area. In 1856, William B. Bradbury came to Wilkes-Barre for a six-week musical institute. He was so impressed with Kurzenknabe's talent that he offered him, still only 16 years old, $50 a month and board to accompany him to other institutes as an assistant teacher.
Two years later, Kurzenknabe was teaching a class in Hagerstown, Maryland. At the final concert, one of the soloists became ill and a 14-year-old girl, Susan Shaffer, filled the role so well they eloped to Greencastle, Penn., and were married on November 13, 1859. They had 15 children, moving every few years until 1869 when they settled permanently in Harrisburg. J.H. (as he preferred to be called) tried to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War, but was rejected because of his flat feet. He became a U.S. citizen on November 2, 1866.
He opened the first piano story in Harrisburg. He continued to teach singing classes, published his many song-books under the imprint J.H. Kurzenknabe & Sons, organized a band and an orchestra, and was an early and active member of the Board of Trade. Long active in the local German Reformed Church, as the city expanded he organized St. John's Sunday School in 1893 which became St. John's Chapel in 1899 at Fourth and Maclay Streets. This has kept growing so that the present church buildings include Kurzenknabe Auditorium.
As president of the Pennsylvania State Music Teachers' Association, he presided over their convention in Harrisburg, December 26-28, 1894. For the occasion, he prepared a concert with 300 voices and orchestra which was conducted by W.W. Gilchrist of Philadelphia. From this grew the Harrisburg Choral Society. That same year, he became the local examiner for the London (England) College of Music.
He wrote the words and/or the music to over 650 hymns. His song-books went through several editions, selling a total of over 300,000 copies.
In 1904, with his daughter Lily he made an extended trip back to his native Germany. On his 50th wedding anniversary, the wedding march was played by six sons and a daughter. His wife died on March 24, 1920, at the age of 75. He followed her at the age of 86.
--Information furnished by great-grandson, John G. Kurzenknabe. Additional essays are available in the DNAH Archives.
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Born: June 18, 1840, Mönchdorf, Kurhessen, Germany.
Buried: East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Kurzenknabe, J. H., music teacher and author, was born in Moenchehof, near Cassel, Curhessen, Germany, Jun 18, 1840. He is a son of John George and Anna Kurzenknabe. He was left an orphan in childhood. He attended the Industrial School at Cassel. When he was fourteen years old he bade farewell to friends and home, September 15, 1854, and set out to seek his fortune in the New World, sailing from Bremerhaven for America on the following day. By mistake he was transferred to a ship on which all were strangers to him, but he was buoyant with hope and free as a bird. During the voyage of forty-nine days, being a very clever violinist, he made friends among the officers and crew and became also a general favorite with the passengers, so that he was the pet of the ship. His especial attention was attracted to an old lady who was sick during the whole voyage. Her children in America had sent money to bring over their old mother. To this helpless woman he ministered in his boyish way as best he could. The forty-nine days' voyage was tempestuous, and minus mast, and storm-beaten, the ship hove in sight of the eagerly looked-for land. On her arrival at New York, the children of the old lady were there to meet her, to whom she told the story of the boy's kindness.
In this family he found a temporary home, and in years to come he was not forgotten by them. Arrangements were made for him to go to a seminary in Pennsylvania, where under Christian training he found a safe shelter and valuable instruction. Having a talent for music he followed this bent, and in that institution of learning he prosecuted his musical studies and made for himself a name as a teacher of the violin and vocal music. He was afterwards placed under the care and instruction of William B. Bradbury, then the most prominent teacher of music in the country. After a thorough course under this master, Mr. Kurzenknabe started on his own responsibility. His first and only attempt to teach singing and a day-school together in a Maryland town was a total failure, but the very next engagement, which was at Sag Harbor, L. I., proved a complete success. After teaching successfully in Baltimore and other Maryland towns, he visited the New England States and taught conventions in a number of important cities. He then returned to Hagerstown, Md., where his lot fell in pleasant places, and here, too, he found the wife to cheer him through his busy life.
He taught successfully in Baltimore, York, Pa., Harrisburg, Philadelphia and New York, and last in Camden, N. J., where the first child, a boy, greeted the parents and cheered their hearts. His next place of residence and teaching was Moorestown, N. J., and the next Philadelphia, where a daughter was born. The war coming on, the New England States seemed safer than Pennsylvania, hence Dedham, Mass., became the next home. Fine classes in Yankee land, war songs and teaching in most of the prominent town brought money to the purse, but sickness claimed the boy for a victim. Repeated and urgent invitations from Maryland friends to make a change, for the boy's sake, induced the Kurzenknabes to disregard the threatening perils of war and journey southward. Antietam and Gettysburg brought the armies of both sides, and the great invasion left the family destitute and helpless, with but five dollars in money and a railroad ticket to Sunbury, Pa., whence the floods drove them back. Mercersburg and study for the ministry were quickly decided upon. But exciting debates of the church involved theological gladiators and their followers, and too free a tongue was not the wisest thing to have in those days of trial. Fairy visions vanished. The advent of twin boys made an increase of income imperative and teaching was the only resource. A house was purchased at McConnelsburg, but sold after an occupancy of two years. Mechanicsburg was home for a short time, and finally Harrisburg became the permanent residence, and a house was purchased which is still home. Teaching for twenty-seven years in many different States, sometimes hundreds of miles from home, always joyous, looking at the bright side of life, active, with plenty of grit, yet with his heart centered where the loved ones stay, earnest, enthusiastic, this is J. H. Kurzenknabe as his friends and scholars know him.
Professor Kurzenknabe is the author and compiler of the following books: "Sweet Silver Echoes," "Music at Sight," "Gospel Trio," "Songs and Glees," "Wreath of Gems," "Song Treasury," "Peerless Praise," "Gates Ajar," "Sowing and Reaping," " Theory of Music," "Fair as the Morning," and "Kindly Light." The sale of "Sowing and Reaping" has rached over 280,000 copies, and over 190,000 copies of "Fair as the Morning" have been sold. "Kindly Light" starts in with 20,000 copies engaged in advance of publication. All of htese books are published by his well-known house of J. H. Kurzenknabe & Sons, Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Kurzenknabe was married in Greencastle, Pa., November 13, 1859, to Susan Shafer, daughter of George and Frederica Shafer, residents of Hagerstown, Md.
Professor Kurzenknabe is at present a member of Salem Reformed church, which, as elder, he represented for many years at Classis and in the Synod. He belongs to Peace and Plenty Lodge, No. 69, I. O. O. F., Harrisburg Encampment, No. 301, the I. O. of H., and several other organizations. He is often for weeks from home, attending conventions, gospel services and children's gatherings. He eats and sleeps well, is in perfect health, is five feet nine inches in height, turning the scale at two hundred pounds, and knowing nothing by experience of sickness. You will find him a hale-fellow-well-met. May his days of usefulness be many and his talent ever be active in the Master's cause, till the welcome summons, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant," calls him to the rest that awaits the people of God. This sketch is prepared by one of his loyal friends and ardent admirers.
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Tunes by J. H. Kurzenknabe (213) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A sinner, I came, for my Lord to see] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 11 | 51111 31223 55531 |
[A vision bright appeared to me] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 54351 77664 32476 |
[Above earth's din and turmoil] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51131 16217 6535 |
[Again we meet with one accord] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 6 | 53216 54356 71232 |
[All glory attend Thee, all praises be Thine] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51123 31614 33453 |
[All hail the power of Jesus' name] (Kurzenknabe 51112) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 51112 31222 34445 |
[All hail the power of Jesus' name] (Kurzenknabe 53216) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 53216 65572 13532 |
[And now another hour is gone] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 3 | 55111 76535 17652 |
[At the sounding of the trumpet] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 100 | 13556 53315 66615 |
[Away from Father's house] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33551 53244 53335 |
[Be ready to labor with heart and will] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 51113 21262 17123 |
[Be thou faithful unto death] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 35117 65354 65435 |
[Beautiful Rose, in fragrance so rare] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 56533 12175 65471 |
[Because of all the hosts of light] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51531 17234 25433 |
[Bedeck the cross with flowers fair] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34532 16116 56532 |
[Behold, a royal wreath adorns] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 55132 16551 17122 |
[Behold the changing autumn leaves] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer (Chorus)) | 1 | 55331 62217 77671 |
[Bells of praise! Bells of praise] | John Henry Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55355 35365 55544 |
[Bless the Lord, O my soul] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 13122 33443 53144 |
[Brave Christian soldiers, gallantly marching] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 33335 61665 72221 |
[Brighter than the sunlight] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 31565 12672 12331 |
[By and by all this weeping and this sorrow] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 6 | 32121 66165 51233 |
[By the hut of the peasant where poverty weeps] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 34555 65512 17557 |
[By Thy hand, O blessed Savior] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33314 33135 46644 |
[Calling, calling] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 53531 65434 24276 |
[Christ arose, all Heaven rejoices] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 13556 51316 54243 |
[Christ for all the world, His love will freely give] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 6 | 53323 16112 11356 |
[Christ is born in Bethlehem] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34513 45654 25431 |
[Christ is born, our mighty King!] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 34517 65535 34323 |
[Christ is born the promised Savior] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 34653 12117 23542 |
[Christ, or the world] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 11131 51111 32123 |
[Come and see where Jesus dwelleth] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 12335 33223 44644 |
[Come, heavy laden weary heart] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55113 56112 25715 |
CHRISTMAS (Handel) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 34517 65123 34555 |
[Come sinner, turn thy feet] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 6 | 56532 11765 56532 |
[Chant] (Kurzenknabe 34322) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 3 | 34322 34217 1 |
[Countless seeds we all are sowing] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 56543 43112 17671 |
[Chant] (Kurzenknabe 34431) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34431 32435 13212 |
LIEBSTER JESU (Ahle) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 31253 12176 12321 |
[Do we always tell the story] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 55653 11671 21743 |
[Does the light of love shine over you?] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51312 23161 21323 |
[Ears of mine, hear not] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 11131 22171 12232 |
[Earthly pilgrims now are resting] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51332 13271 24323 |
[Ever near, ever near] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 32116 55113 32222 |
[Chant] (Kurzenknabe 35324) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 3 | 35324 32171 |
[From all that dwell below the skies] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51761 54321 23455 |
[From the sunny morning] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33345 51176 56616 |
FULDA (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 55513 27132 71762 |
GATES AJAR | John H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 53212 62432 53353 |
[Gather the sheaves that lie scattered] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 11132 11757 24323 |
[Gathering, in the early dawn] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 12 | 55551 17755 55221 |
[Give me Thy love, dear Savior] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55131 17651 31223 |
BAVARIA (German 12354) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 12354 32232 13271 |
[God is love, for us He careth] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 51312 16171 22312 |
[Immer muss ich wieder lesen] (Reichardt) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 2 | 54334 23165 44432 |
[God is love! the soft winds whisper] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 12334 33271 22322 |
[God of evening, God of morning] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53651 71215 66176 |
[Good Shepherd, Thine we long to be] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51117 12332 72221 |
[Grateful homage, Lord, we bring] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 13543 21156 54332 |
[Grateful praises shall ascend] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 13517 65565 34332 |
[Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 51113 36531 33225 |
RIPLEY (Gregorian) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 13534 65351 43221 |
[Happy is the man that findeth wisdom] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34322 32171 23143 |
[Hark! Hark! hear the blest tidings] (33323) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 33323 54222 12333 |
[Hark! the heralds from the sky] | John H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55153 15217 65435 |
[Have the nations been called to the banquet] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34556 57215 11275 |
[Have ye looked for the sheep in the desert] (Kurzenknabe) | John Henry Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55111 33311 12223 |
[He calleth little children forth] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53311 22657 21353 |
[He who conquers wins the crown] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 3 | 55651 35557 76517 |
[Hear the blessed invitation] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55111 23353 53223 |
[Hear! the Spirit gently pleads] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 11316 15122 34311 |
HEAVENLY FATHER (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 55112 61334 32553 |
[Ho! gallant volunteer] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 7 | 53166 65671 53166 |
[Ho, ye thirsty, Jesus calls you] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 15551 23122 34367 |
YARBROUGH | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 51333 21257 24423 |
[I am dwelling on the mountain] (Dadmun) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 51312 11616 55611 |
[I believe in God the Father almighty] (Kruzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 13152 32171 35112 |
[I have taken up the cross of Christ] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 7 | 13556 65511 32223 |
[I love Thee, my Savior, Thy name I adore] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53213 21176 55112 |
[I need Thee, precious Jesus] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 55343 26171 24355 |
[I sing the almighty power of God] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51232 16551 35322 |
[I will not let Thee go] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 53117 11222 13325 |
[If the days are dreary] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34513 51122 34426 |
[I'm a Christian soldier, standing for the right] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 54565 33221 25456 |
[I'm redeemed, and that's my story] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 32176 16551 22312 |
[In the lowlands some are weeping, some are sowing] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 12332 13321 61766 |
[I've a Friend so dear to me] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 11321 65113 32233 |
[Jesus is the star of guidance] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 34322 32112 17243 |
[Jesus lives, thy terrors now] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 34556 51712 21231 |
[Jesus says, come unto me] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34517 66531 33432 |
[Jesus, we would come to Thee] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34517 65234 65433 |
[Joy, joy, joy; He lives, our risen King!] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 53156 55175 42755 |
[Just as I am, without one plea] (55515) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 2 | 55515 13156 56711 |
[Just for today, so let me live] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55132 16517 12324 |
[Kind friends, I came hither my mission to prove] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51136 62542 13234 |
[Kinder, hört die Glocken läuten] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 34516 15111 31712 |
EISENACH (Gesius) | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 13455 43256 71766 |
[Let your light shine in the hedges and byways] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55115 53211 75522 |
[Life is teeming with evil snares] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 33321 26112 23435 |
[Lift up a joyful song of praise] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51112 33345 35325 |
[Light breaks in the eastern sky] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 6 | 55133 24446 54355 |
[Like ships that are sailing the boisterous sea] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51111 71333 11222 |
[List to the lay of the heavenly land] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 53217 65454 34766 |
[Little children, come today] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 33354 32225 53333 |
[Look, pilgrim, weary of sorrow] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 51234 32657 12323 |
[Lord, all Thy mercies full and free] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 53243 26221 76765 |
[Lord, I have brought my offering] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 53321 16665 56555 |
[Lord, to Thee in faith we come] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Arranger) | 1 | 56531 21723 46543 |
[Lord, we would ask this holy day] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 53451 76535 32125 |
[Merrily ring the joyful bells] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 32151 61511 12323 |
[Merry Christmas, merry Christmas] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34513 46553 24653 |
['Mid innocence and joyous glee] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 56531 17256 52235 |
MODENA (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51322 17132 17653 |
[Morn called fondly to a fair boy straying] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 11115 12322 11223 |
[My Savior hath loved me, my Savior divine] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53335 31171 25223 |
[No bread today, no food for our table] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 56535 32116 56517 |
[No sweeter song is heard on earth] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 55353 12165 11712 |
[No want shall I know for the Lord is my Shepherd] (J. H. Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51365 33212 31113 |
[O blessed day of days] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51531 51221 71345 |
[O, Father while here through life's pathway I stray] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51111 71222 21233 |
[O holy night, so pure, so calm] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 55465 33243 11713 |
[O Jesus, my Savior, to Thee I now come] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34545 32165 45565 |
[O keep me near Thy precious side] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 55351 15315 32443 |
[O Lord, help me that I may walk] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55112 17712 12233 |
[O my dear Savior! I am Thy debtor] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51233 12161 65133 |
[O this is joy indeed] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53172 17622 32432 |
[O blessed thought, while pilgrims here] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 56551 33212 23225 |
[O how precious is the promise] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55117 12212 33212 |
[O I wonder if the Savior] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 11765 11232 13555 |
[O we are busy workers in the vineyard of the Lord] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 51333 43312 11655 |
[O weary heart, so tired of life] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 56532 16556 54325 |
[On the wilds of Judah] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 54532 11771 27654 |
[On Zion's glorious hills I stood] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 55112 31532 21235 |
[Once more we greet the welcome dawn] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51231 66217 65435 |
[Only a veil conceals the light] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53217 65365 11712 |
[Only to wait at Thy feet, dear Lord] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 32343 45533 54342 |
[Our home is yonder fairer land] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53331 44333 23213 |
[Our Savior's walk upon this earth] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 55113 35532 34665 |
[Our school is all for Jesus] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51121 23151 11354 |
[Over all our happy land] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33217 66555 57651 |
[Over the river, from shore to shore] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55566 65671 11177 |
[Over the river they beckon to me] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55566 51232 22712 |
[Praise the Lord of heaven] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 54513 32171 22123 |
[Precious love that gives me proof] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 9 | 32131 21651 22123 |
[Precious the words of the Father] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 53456 55444 32265 |
[Redeemed! redeemed! how precious to know] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 53321 17775 44322 |
[Remember thy Creator now] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 11532 12643 21771 |
[Rest sweetly, darling one] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 56531 56612 32332 |
[Ring, ye merry Christmas bells] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 56532 16565 12323 |
[Ripe is the grain for the reaper] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33215 11743 25765 |
[Room in thine arms, dear Jesus] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 7 | 33456 65332 23444 |
[Safe in Thy love, my precious Friend] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 32151 17743 25321 |
[Shall our lips be tuned to singing] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 32121 65112 33432 |
[Sing on, my soul, glad tidings of victory] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | |
[Slain for the sins of the world was He] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55565 35112 22321 |
[So sweetly saved, with joy I'll sing] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 32151 17643 25221 |
[Soon earth's storm will all be over] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 12312 11616 51132 |
[Speak gently, it is better far] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 34556 53322 23465 |
[Stand up and bless the Lord] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 35122 35645 43655 |
[Sweet day of the Lord, we hail thee with joy] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51111 34555 55321 |
[Tell me once again, that it cheer my heart] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51333 43326 61722 |
[Tell me 'tis true, let me hear that sweet story] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 56517 12123 11765 |
[The beautiful river, the life giving river] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 7 | 55653 21176 51171 |
[The crown, the crown, the starry crown] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53331 21765 12231 |
[The drink I'll use will not be wine] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55331 62217 77671 |
[The Lord is my light, my light and my salvation] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51111 73321 17522 |
[The loving Savior said to those] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51235 32112 34543 |
[The Master hath need of the reapers] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55653 51176 54565 |
[Nachtigall, Nachtigall wie sangst du so schön] | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 1 | 12335 44655 43554 |
[The welcome flowers are blossoming] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53332 21156 55175 |
[Thee we adore, eternal Lord] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 13451 66556 53133 |
[Chant] (Kurzenknabe 32143) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 32143 21232 43543 |
[There is a fountain filled with blood] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55431 17665 65325 |
[There is a glorious world of light] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55113 21666 16513 |
[There is a living fountain] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 4 | 55565 51127 65655 |
[There is a work for each to do] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53332 15651 22234 |
[There rose a bright star in the Orient skies] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55653 43262 65427 |
[There was music in heaven on eternity's morn] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 9 | 55171 32121 66665 |
[There's a beautiful home over there] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51171 21651 23335 |
[They are coming to the Savior! see the mighty gospel throng] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 34551 35517 76666 |
[Those words, "no tears," will look so blest] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55121 17712 43221 |
[Thou, Lord, knowest them that are Thine] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 53212 16513 23543 |
[Though I speak with tongues of angels and men] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55135 31722 21333 |
[Though I walk through death's dark valley] (J. H. Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 12332 13223 44323 |
[Though our years are young and our strength is weak] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 8 | 34515 55626 22176 |
[Through shadow or darkness, through sickness or woe] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 53213 21212 35321 |
[Throw open the gates of the City] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 51113 21176 55511 |
['Tis even so this day!] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 3 | 33454 65165 56622 |
['Tis Jesus loves the little ones] | John Henry Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 11 | 55131 62221 76535 |
[To the Rock that is higher than I do I turn] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 34555 65354 42234 |
[Must Jesus bear the cross alone] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 55351 16165 65324 |
[Vain are all terrestrial pleasures] | J. H. K. (Arranger) | 2 | 54345 65425 43121 |
[We are faithful soldiers, marching on our way] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 32123 12116 17123 |
[We are little armor bearers] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 51113 15347 77776 |
[We are little pilgrims, marching every day] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 33345 33243 22223 |
[We are on the ocean sailing] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 13556 55312 33543 |
[We have met to sing Thy praises] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55112 31762 16512 |
[We know that God is always near] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55111 71275 72212 |
[We know Thou God art always near] | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 15111 71275 72212 |
[We may sing sweet songs in Heaven] | John Henry Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 4 | 55113 21117 61165 |
[Weary sinner, come to Jesus] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 3 | 34517 65365 46543 |
[We'll soon be at home from our pilgrim way] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 51111 71331 22243 |
[What a great and wondrous gathering when the Son of Man shall come] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 12333 34321 22243 |
[What shall we do with the Savior] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33353 11765 13653 |
[When darkening shadow 'round me falls] | John H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 55112 32111 12165 |
[When I shall go up to the mansions prepared for me] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 12333 32144 44323 |
[When the angel messenger's visit came] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 33333 23432 22254 |
[When the storms of life are over] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 12311 65556 12321 |
[When you come to Jordan's river] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 34556 55332 12161 |
[A little talk with Jesus makes it right] (Chorus) | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Arranger) | 1 | 55545 65317 44444 |
[Why seek ye the living 'mong the dead] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 2 | 51113 16616 55131 |
[Why should I wait? I cannot flee] (Kurzenknabe) | J. H. K. (Composer) | 2 | 53513 12175 18122 |
[Ye mortals, awake with grateful song] | J. H. Kurzenknabe (Composer) | 5 | 51111 32661 77767 |