James Milton Black
James Milton Black(19 August 1856 – 21 December 1938) was an American composer of hymns, choir leader and Sunday school teacher.[1]
Black was born inSouth Hill, New York,but worked, lived and died inWilliamsport, Pennsylvania.It is there that he worked at hisMethodist Episcopal Church.
His first hymnal collections were:
- Songs of the Soul(1894)
- Songs of the Soul, Number Two(1896)
Some of his hymns include:
- Come, Oh, Come to Me
- The Day of All Days
- We Shall Reign with Him in Glory
- When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
Some of hymn music with lyrics by others include:
- A Home in My Heart for Jesus
- I Remember Calvary
- When the Saints Go Marching In(1896)
The lyrics toWhen the Saints are Marching Inare byKatharine Purvis.This song is not to be confused with "When The Saints Go Marching In,"which was published afterwards in 1927 with similar words and music, certainly derivative.
References
[edit]- ^"The Cyber Hymnal".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-05-30.Retrieved2009-02-24.
- The Book of World Famous Music, Classical, Popular and Folkby James Fuld (1966)
External links
[edit]- James Milton Black (1856-1938) Find A Gravememorial
- When The Roll Is Called Up YonderYouTube video
- James Milton Black (1912).Sacred Praise.Jennings and Graham.fromGoogle Books
