James Milton Black (19 August 1856 – 21 December 1938) was an American composer of hymns, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. Black was born in

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, but worked, lived and died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It is there that he worked at his

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. 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 to ''When the Saints are Marching In'' are by Katharine 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

*''The Book of World Famous Music, Classical, Popular and Folk'' by James Fuld (1966)

External links

*
James Milton Black (1856-1938) Find A Grave
memorial *
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
YouTube video * from

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