Composers and Lyricists - A

Composers and lyricists whose surnames begin with “A.”

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In January 2010 we began a project to add song titles associated with the names.

Abbreviated source links include CYBERHYMNAL (CH*) and wikipedia (WP*)

ABBOTT, E. W.   (lyrics)
The Poppy-Land Express
ABT, Franz Wilhelm (1819-1885) CH* ; WP*
Clinging To Thee (O Holy Savior, Friend Unseen..)
Evening
Evening Hymn
He Giveth [His Beloved] Sleep (Sorrow and Care May Meet..)
The Herdman’s Song
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
Kathleen Aroon
Love Divine
Not A Sparrow Falleth
O Land So Fair
O Ye Tears
O’er Land And Sea
Over The Stars
Peace of Evening
School Days of the Past
Sleep Well
The Star of Peace
Summer Days
Sunset
Sunshine and Rain
Thanksgiving
Today
Twilight
A Twilight Serenade
When Gathering Clouds
When Thou Art Near Me
Where Heroes Sleep
ADAM, Adolphe Charles (1803-1856) CH*; WP*
O Holy Night
ADAMS, Sarah Fuller Flower (1805-1848) CH*
Nearer, [My God,] To Thee
ADAMS, Mrs. OPHELIA G.   CH*
Unanswered Yet?
ADAMS, STEPHEN   CH*; Was he the brother of Jack The Ripper?
They All Love Jack
A Warrior Bold
ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719) CH*;
His Tender Care (The Lord my pasture shall prepare)
ALDEN, JOSEPH G.   Nebraska newspaperman .. associated with the York Republican in the early 1920s
That’s Rotary
ALDRICH, Mrs. W. J.   (lyrics)
Abiding
When Sore Bereft
ALEXANDER, Cecil Frances Humphreys (1818-1895) CH*
Jesus Calls Us
There is a Green Hill Far Away
ALLEN, H. R.   (music)
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
ALLEN, Oswald (1816-1878) CH*
Today
ALLER, GEORGE HENRY (1871- ) George Henry Aller ( 1 ), ( 2 ) was Director of Music at Doane College, Crete, Nebraska
Humpty Dumpty
What Is Life?
ALMA-TADEMA, Laurence (1865-1940) see bio. synopsis at orlando.cambridge.org; and digitized The Daisy Chain, pg. 20
If No One Marries Me
AMBROSE     A Contrite Heart [The Lofty One, before whose throne..]
AMBROSE, ROBERT STEELE (1824-1908) CH*
One Sweetly Solemn Thought
ANDERSON, A. M.   (lyrics)
The Soldier Boy
ANDERSON, DOUGLAS   (lyrics)
An Orchard, Through Whose Mellow Shade
ANON.{     J.A. PARKS composed settings for verses found in magazines and newspapers; he apparently did not try too hard to determine authorship — leaving authorship blank or “Anon.”
Alexander
All On A Sunday Morning
As the Sun Went Down
At Parting
A Bachelor And A Maid
Beyond the Hill-Tops
Birds of A Feather
Blind (The vision of a sightless child)
“Boy And The Tack”
The Chick and the Duck
The City Choir
Come Home And Rest
The End Of The Way
Evening Brings Us Home
Fishing
For You
“Forget It”
Friendliness
“Going to Press”
“Grandma”
He Knows It All
Hope Shall Lead Me On
“I Don’t”
“I Doubt It”
I Miss Her
Just Smile
Just You
A Little Wish
Lucky Jim
A Marching Song
Mother Mine
My Wish For You
The Night Of Rest
No Parting There
“Nothin”
Nut Brown Maiden
“Oh, Boy!”
A Rat-Tale
The Reaping
Savior, Comfort Me (In the dark and cloudy day..)
Saviour Like A Shepherd Lead Us (lyrics)
School Days of the past
“Settin’ Aroun” the Fire”
Sleigh-Bells
Some Day
The Song That Mother Sings
The Story of A Tack
Supposing —
Tender and True
Tired
“To A Marching Tune”
When Storms Are Sweeping
The Woodchuck
The Woodpecker
ARNE, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778) used James Thomson’s poem. Rule Britannia, as a song text about 1740.
ARNOLD, THELMA   (lyrics) — Mother
ASCHER, JOSEPH (1829-1869) WP*
Alice [Where Art Thou?]
ASKHAM, John (1825-1894) brief bio - (lyrics)
Winter Days
AUDRAN, EDMOND (1840-1901) WP*
Andalusia (BOLERO from “OLIVETTE”)
Futurity
Holiday (from “OLIVETTE”)
Yesterday and To-Morrow
AVELING, CLAUDE (1869-1943) [English translation] — The Northmen

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