April 25 - James Lord Pierpont (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 25th may be found here: Ella Fitzgerald (2019), Jerry Lieber (2020),  Björn Ulvaeus (2021), Gottlieb Muffat (2022), Jerry Lieber (2023), and Ella Fitzgerald (2024)

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James Lord Pierpont (25 April 1822 – 5 August 1893) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and Confederate . Pierpont wrote and composed "Jingle Bells" in 1857.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family Tree

James Lord Pierpont played the organ

   And he wrote some pleasant ditties;

Successful nephew J.P. Morgan

   Dominated bank committees.

Although they shared genetic cells

   Transmitted from ancestral loins,

The first found fame with "Jingle Bells"

   The other with his jingled coins;

How different are the branches found

   To sprout from any family tree,

But fruits of both are still around,

   James Lord Pierpont and J.P.

 

 

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