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Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs , [ a ] with more than 100 million copies printed. [ 1 ]
The Blind Girl.Wiley & Putnam, 1844. [3]Monterey and Other Poems.R. Craighead, 1851. [4]A Wreath of Columbia’s Flowers.H. Dayton, 1858. [5]Bells at Evening and Other Verses; with Biographical Sketch by Robert Lowry.
COSHOCTON − A living history presentation and music honoring Fanny Crosby will be March 10 at Prairie Chapel Methodist Church, 45494 County Road 23. Crosby was a noted hymn writer.
Crosby was born in New York City in 1856. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby (1826-1891), a Presbyterian minister, [2] and Margaret Evertson Givan, a descendant of the prominent Dutch Evertson family. Crosby was a relative of prolific hymn-writer and rescue mission worker Fanny Crosby. [3]
Fanny were the first all-female rock band to release a major-label album and score a top 40 single, yet they’ve been the victims of almost total erasure. The lost story of female rock pioneers ...
Fanny J. Crosby, 1868 [1] " Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior " is a 19th-century American hymn written by Fanny Crosby in 1868, [ 2 ] set to music by William H. Doane in 1870. [ 3 ]
Kathryn Crosby, an actor and singer who often appeared beside her late husband Bing Crosby, has died.She was 90. She was known for her roles in the 1958 adventure film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and ...
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