Celestial Songs #789
Tune Title: [Standing like a lighthouse on the shores of time] First Line: Standing like a lighthouse on the shores of time Composer: Adam Geibel Date: 1921
Celestial Songs #789

Born: September 15, 1855, Neuenheim, Germany.
Died: August 3, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Though blinded by an eye infection at age eight, Geibel was a successful composer, conductor, and organist. Emigrating from Germany probably around 1864, he studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas, etc. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He was well known for secular songs like "Kentucky Babe" and "Sleep, Sleep, Sleep." In 1885, Geibel organized the J. B. Stetson Mission. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the… Go to person page >| Title: | [Standing like a lighthouse on the shores of time] |
| Composer: | Adam Geibel (1901) |
| Incipit: | 55645 32116 55567 |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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