Saturday, April 26, 2025

April 26 - Horatio Richmond Palmer (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 26 may be found here: Conrad Susa (2019), Ma Rainey (2020), Mikhail Fokine; Ma Rainey (2021), Francis Lai; Adam Falckenhagen (2022), Ma Rainey (2023), and Wilma Lipp (2024)

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Horatio Richmond Palmer (26 Apr­il 1834 - 15 No­vem­ber 1907) was a choral director, composer, author, and publisher, remembered for his hymn "Yield Not to Temptation".

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recessional


Horatio Richmond Palmer's hymns

Weren't immune from fashion's whims.

It isn't that they're loathed or hated,

The case, in fact, is simply stated:

With passing time their vogue abated,

And they can seem a bit outdated.

 

 

 

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