SURPRISE

Composer: Jane M. Marshall

Jane Marshall, was born Jane Anne Manton in Dallas in 1924. She became a pianist and organist and composed music as a teenager. She earned a music degree in 1945 from SMU. She married Elbert Marshall. She went on to write more than 200 hymns and other sacred music works. She later earned a Masters degree in 1968 from SMU in choral conducting and composition. She taught at SMU's Perkins School of Theology and tis Church Music Summer School from 1975-2010. She attended Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas for many years, collaborated often with other hymn writers, and encouraged many students. Dianne Shapiro, from UM News article , May 30, 2019 by Sam Hodges (accessed 6-7-2019) Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: SURPRISE
Composer: Jane M. Marshall
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D. (Iambic)
Incipit: 53215 36523 21536
Key: C Major
Copyright: SOMETIMES A LIGHT by Jane Marshall.;Copyright © MCMLXXIV by Carl fischer, Inc., New York.;International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission of Carl Fischer, Inc., New York.

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Instances

Instances (1 - 2 of 2)

Hymnal #603

Hymns of the Saints #155

Include 2 pre-1979 instances
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