This is a selected list of works of
Fanny Crosby.
Biographies
*
arleton, Will ''Fanny Crosby's Life-Story''. New York, NY: Every Where Publishing Company, 1903.
[http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1020023869/1020023869_001.pdf ]
*
arleton, Will ''Fanny Crosby's Life-Work''. New York, NY: Every Where Publishing Company, 1905.
* ''Memories of Eighty Years''. Boston, MA: James H. Earle & Company, 1906.
* Keller, Cozette; Fanny Crosby, and William Howard Doane. ''Safe in the Arms of Jesus: Illustrated Pantomimed Hymn''. Edgar S. Werner, 1917.
* ''This is My Story, This Is My Song'', 1906. .
Books of poetry
* ''The Blind Girl''. Wiley & Putnam, 1844.
* ''Monterey and Other Poems''. R. Craighead, 1851.
* ''A Wreath of Columbia’s Flowers''. H. Dayton, 1858.
* ''Bells at Evening and Other Verses; with Biographical Sketch by Robert Lowry''. New York, NY: Biglow & Main, 1897; 3rd ed., New York, NY and Chicago, IL: Biglow & Main, 1899.
Cantatas
* -------- and George Frederick Root. ''The Flower Queen: A Tonic Sol-fa Cantata''. Advertiser and Chronicle Offices, 1880.
* -------- and George Frederick Root. ''Libretto of The Flower Queen; or the Coronation of the Rose''. New York: Mason Brothers, 1853.
* -------- and Hart Pease Danks. ''Conquered by Kindness: A Juvenile Operetta''. New York, NY: Wm. A. Pond, 1881.
* -------- and Hart Pease Danks. ''Zanie: An Operetta''. Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1887.
* -------- and Theodore E. Perkins. "The Excursion". In ''The Mount Zion Collection of Sacred and Secular Music: Consisting of Tunes, Anthems, Singing School Exercises and Songs for the Sabbath School and Social Circle''. Edited by Theodore E. Perkins. New York, NY: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1869.
* -------- and William Howard Doane. ''Santa Claus' Home; or, The Christmas Excursion: A Christmas Cantata for the Sunday School and Choir''. Biglow & Main, 1886.
* -------- ; George Frederick Root; Chauncy M. Cady; and William Batchelder Bradbury. ''DANIEL: or the Captivity and Restoration. A Sacred Cantata in Three Parts, Words selected and prepared by C
auncy M
rvin Cady, Esq.,
824-1889 assisted by Miss F
ances J
ne Crosby.
rs. Van Alstyne 820-1915 Music composed by Geo
ge F
ederick Root
820-1895and W
lliam B
tchelder Bradbury
816-1868''
* -------- ; George Frederick Root; and Henry Fisher. ''The New Flower Queen: or, The Coronation of the Rose. A Cantata in Two Parts, for the Use of Singing Classes in Academies, Ladies' Schools, and High Schools''. Oliver Ditson co., 1870.
Popular songs
*''Fare Thee Well Kitty Dear''—1852
*''Mother, Sweet Mother Why Linger Away''--(New York, NY: William Hall & Son, 1852)
*''Bird of the North''--(Feb. 1852)
*''The Hazel Dell''--(1853)
*''There's Music in the Air''-- (1857)
Selected hymns
* "
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
"All the Way My Savior Leads Me" is a Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' deri ...
"—1875, music by
Robert Lowry
* "
Blessed Assurance"—1873, music by
Phoebe Knapp
* "The Bright Forever"—1871, music by Hubert P. Main
* "Close to Thee"—1874, music by Silas J. Vail
* "Eye Hath Not Seen"—1890, music by
George C. Stebbins
George Coles Stebbins (1846–1945) was a gospel song writer. Stebbins was born February 26, 1846, in Orleans County, New York, where he spent the first 23 years of his life on a farm. In 1869 he moved to Chicago, Illinois, which marked the b ...
* "He Hideth My Soul"—1890, music by William J. Kirkpatrick
*"More Like Jesus"
* "I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer)"—1875, music by W. Howard Doane
* "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home (Jesus is Calling)"—1883, music by
George C. Stebbins
George Coles Stebbins (1846–1945) was a gospel song writer. Stebbins was born February 26, 1846, in Orleans County, New York, where he spent the first 23 years of his life on a farm. In 1869 he moved to Chicago, Illinois, which marked the b ...
* "My Savior First of All"—1891, music by
John R. Sweney
John Robson Sweney (December 31, 1837 – April 10, 1899) was an American composer from Pennsylvania. He was a professor of music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy for twenty-five years and collaborated with William J. Kirkpatrick to prod ...
* "
Near the Cross
"Near the Cross", alternatively titled "Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross" or "In the Cross", is a Christian hymn written by Fanny Crosby and published in 1869.
Composition
The tune was composed by William Howard Doane before Crosby wrote the lyri ...
"—1869, music by W. Howard Doane
* "
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
"Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior" is a 19th-century American hymn written by Fanny Crosby in 1868, set to music by William H. Doane in 1870.
M.C. Hammer recording
In 1991 hip hop artist MC Hammer released a version of the hymn entitled "Do Not ...
"—1868, music by W. Howard Doane
* "Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, Our Blessed Redeemer!"—1869, music by Chester G. Allen
* "Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It!"—1882, music by
William J. Kirkpatrick
William James Kirkpatrick (27 February 1838 – 20 September 1921) was an Irish-born American hymnwriter. He partnered with John R. Sweney to produce and publish over 1,000 gospel hymn songs and over sixty hymnal books.
Life and career
Kirkpatric ...
* "Rescue the Perishing, Care for the Dying"—1869, music by W. Howard Doane
* "Safe in the Arms of Jesus"—1868, music by W. Howard Doane
* "Saved by Grace"—1891, music by George C. Stebbins
* "Savior, More Than Life to Me"—1875, music by W. Howard Doane
* "
Take the World, But Give Me Jesus"—1879, music by John R. Sweney
* "Tell Me the Story of Jesus"—1880, music by John R. Sweney
* "
To God Be the Glory"—1875, music by W. Howard Doane
* "Unsearchable Riches"—1882, music by John R. Sweney
["Unsearchable Riches", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/u/n/s/e/unsearch.htm]
References
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