James mcgranahan biography
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James McGranahan
James McGranahan was a nineteenth-century American musician and composer, most known for his various hymns.
He was born 4 July 1840, in West Fallowfield or Adamsville, Pennsylvania, and died 9 July 1907 at his home in Kinsman, Ohio.[1]
He composed over 25(?) hymns.
James mcgranahan biography
For example, in one work he is listed as the composer of three notable songs: "He Will Hide Me" by Mary Elizabeth Servoss, "Revive Thy Work, O Lord" by Albert Midlane, and "Come" by a "Mrs. James Gibson Johnson";[2] and he composed the music for at least 39 of the 79 hymns in a work co-authored with Ira D.
Sankey.[3] McGranahan composed most of the tunes for the lyrics of Major Daniel Webster Whittle, including EL NATHAN, the tune associated with Whittle's "I Know Whom I Have Believèd" (written 1883).
The music of his hymn "My Redeemer," written for lyrics by P.
P. Bliss,[4] is used as the accompaniment for the Latter-day Saints hymn "O My Father."[5&