
Language
en
Duration
~19 minutes (19K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-06-17
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1830–1908
Best remembered for the melody of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," this Philadelphia musician balanced everyday work in real estate with a lasting gift to American church music. His tune, written for Phillips Brooks’s carol, became one of the most familiar sounds of Christmas.
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by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy