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American composer and organist

Lillian Alison Tait Sheldon (10 September 1865 - 10 January 1925) was an American composer and organist who composed many hymns.

Sheldon was born in Gouverneur, New York to Lucretia Maria and George Peter Tait. She married James Otis Sheldon and they had two children. Little is known about Sheldon’s education. She was the organist of the First Presbyterian Church in Gouverneur from 1885 until her death in 1925. Although most of her compositions were hymns, her “Rock-a-By Baby Lullaby” was published in the January 1897 edition of Ladies Home Journal.

Sheldon’s music was also published by B.F. Woods Music Co., J. Fischer & Brother, and Oliver Ditson Co. Her compositions, all for voice and piano, included:

  • “Around the Great White Throne”
  • “He Knows”
  • “Hear, Forgive and Save” (text by Eliza Morris)
  • “Hosanna We Sing” (text by Rev George S. Hodges)
  • “Jesus, Shepherd of the Sheep” (text by Henry Book)
  • “Lord, Within Thy Temple Fair”
  • “More Love to Thee, O Christ”
  • “Rest”
  • “Resurrection”
  • “Rock-a-By Baby Lullaby” (text adapted from Charles Fremont Gale)
  • “Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
  • “Through Peace to Light”

References

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  2. The Etude. T. Presser. 1909.
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  5. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  6. Woman's Number. Theodore Presser. 1918.
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  9. ^ The Ladies' Home Journal. LHJ Publishing, Incorporated. 1896.
  10. ^ Sheldon, Lillian Tait. "Musicaneo". Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  11. ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
  12. ^ Company, Oliver Ditson (1920). A Catalog of the Vocal Music (folio Size) Published by Oliver Ditson Company: Complete with Addenda to June 1, 1920. Oliver Ditson. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. Sheldon, Lillian. "Hymnary.org". Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  14. The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1919.
  15. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1948). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  16. The Musical Monitor. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Publisher. 1921.
  17. Geibel, Adam; Eickhoff, Frederic W. (1907). Hymns We Love: For Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings. A. Geibel Music Company.
  18. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1930.
  19. Musescore. "Lord, within thy temple fair - Lillian Taitt Sheldon". Musescore.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  20. New Music Review and Church Music Review. Novello, Ewer. 1907.
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