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[When waves of sin had drifted me]

[When waves of sin had drifted me]

Composer: Samuel W. Beazley (1913)
Published in 5 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Samuel W. Beazley

Samuel W. Beazley was born in Sparta, Virginia in 1873. He was a music scholar and taught music at Shenandoah College for five years. He composed over 4,000 gospel songs during his lifetime. Samuel W. Beazley maintained a successful publishing business in Chicago, Illinois. He died in Chicago on September 16, 1944. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1992. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: Gospel Music Hall of Fame Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [When waves of sin had drifted me]
Composer: Samuel W. Beazley (1913)
Incipit: 53331 43334 43235
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain

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