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THE PROMISED LAND
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rigdon M. McIntosh Tune Sources: Southern Harmony, 1835; New setting based on Original Sacred Harp, 1911 Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 13134 54543 23313 Used With Text: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
THE PROMISED LAND
I am bound for the promised land
Appears in 1,331 hymnals First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand Used With Tune: PROMISED LAND Text Sources: Heard as a child from my father and grandfather
I am bound for the promised land
Come, let us use the grace divine
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 153 hymnals Used With Tune: THE PROMISED LAND
Come, let us use the grace divine
I am bound for the promised land
Hymnal: Folk Hymns of America #46 (1938) First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand Languages: English Tune Title: PROMISED LAND
I am bound for the promised land
Bound For The Promised Land
Hymnal: The Dulcimer Hymn Book #67 (1979) First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand Tune Title: [On Jordan's stormy banks I stand]
Bound For The Promised Land
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Hymnal: The Liturgical Harp #22 (2013) Tune Title: THE PROMISED LAND
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
R. M. McIntosh
1836 - 1889 Person Name: Rigdon M. McIntosh Altered by of "THE PROMISED LAND" in The Liturgical Harp Used Pseudonym: Robert M. McIntosh
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Rigdon (Robert) McCoy McIntosh USA 1836-1899 Born at Maury County, TN, into a farming family, he attended Jackson College in Columbia, TN, graduating in 1854. He studied music under Asa Everett in Richmond, VA, and became a traveling singing school teacher. He also served briefly in the Civil War. He wrote several hymns during this period of his life. In 1860 he married Sarah McGlasson, and they had a daughter, Loulie Everett. In 1875 he was appointed head of the Vanderbilt University Music Department in Nashville, TN. In 1877 he joined the faculty of Emory College, Oxford, GA. In 1895 he left Emory College to devote his time to the R M McIntosh Publishing Company. He also served as music editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Publishing House for over 30 years. His song book publications include: “Good news” (1876), “Light & life” (1881), “Prayer & praise” (1883), “New life” (1879), “New life #2” (1886), and “Songs of service” (1896). He died in Atlanta, GA.
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R. M. McIntosh
Annabel Morris Buchanan
1888 - 1983 Collected and arranged of "PROMISED LAND" in Folk Hymns of America Born: October 22, 1888, Groesbeck, Texas. Died: January 6, 1983, Paducah, Kentucky. Buried: Round Hill Cemetery, Marion, Virginia.
Daughter of William Caruthers Morris and Anna Virginia Foster, and wife of John Preston Buchanan, Anna received her musical training at the Landon Conservatory of Music, Dallas, Texas (to which she received a scholarship at age 15); the Guilmant Organ School, New York; and studying with Emil Liebling, William Carl, and Cornelius Rybner, among others. She taught music in Texas; at Halsell College, Oklahoma (1907-08); and at Stonewall Jackson College, Abingdon, Virginia (1909-12). In 1912, she married John Preston Buchanan, a lawyer, writer, and senator, from Marion, Virginia; they moved to their home, Roseacre, in Marion, where they had four children.
Buchanan served as president of the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs in 1927, and helped organize the first Virginia State Choral Festival in 1928, and White Top Folk Festivals (1931-41). After her husband’s death in 1937, she sold Roseacre and moved to Richmond, Virginia, with her two youngest children. She taught music theory and composition and folk music at the University of Richmond (1939-40); during the summers, at the New England Music Camp, Lake Messalonskee, Oakland, Maine (1938-40); and at the Huckleberry Mountain Artists Colony near Hendersonville, North Carolina, in 1941. She later moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, and taught at Madison College (1944-48). In 1951, she moved to Paducah, Kentucky. She later became the archivist of the folk music collecting project of the National Federation of Music Clubs, serving until 1963. Buchanan’s works include:
Folk-Hymns of America (New York: J. Fischer, 1938)
American Folk Music, 1939
Sources:
Findagrave, accessed 15 Nov 2016
Hughes, pp. 329-30
Hustad, p. 213
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Annabel Morris Buchanan
Matilda T. Durham
1815 - 1901 Person Name: Miss M. Durham Composer of "THE PROMISED LAND" in The New Harp of Columbia A woman of remarkable intelligence and talents; a most colorful personality. She wrote interesting articles for the religious papers of the day, being noted for the witty repartee that characterized her work. She was outstanding as a music teacher and composer of music, some of her songs being "On Jordan's Stormy Banks", "Heavenly Treasure", and "Star of Columbia".
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Born: January 17, 1815.
Died: July 30, 1901.
Buried: Fowler-Hoy Family Cemetery, Noonday, Georgia.
Daughter of George Durham and Susan Hyde Durham, Matilda was from the Spartanburg, South Carolina, area. She married Andrew Coan Hoy (1819-1890) and later lived in Cobb County, Georgia.
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Matilda T. Durham
