LC control no. | no2002068875 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Redner, Lewis H., 1831-1908 |
Variant(s) | Redner, 1831-1908 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Birth date | 1831-12-15 |
Death date | 1908-08-29 |
Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Place of death | Atlantic City (N.J.) |
Field of activity | Composition (Music) Organ music Real estate investment |
Profession or occupation | Composers Organists Businesspeople |
Found in | O little town of Bethlehem, 1987: t.p. (Lewis H. Redner) OCLC, Aug. 1, 2002: (hdg.: Redner, Lewis H., 1831-1908; usage: Lewis H. Redner; Lewis Redner; Redner) Wikipedia, viewed 9 October 2018 (Lewis Henry Redner, born December 15, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died August 29, 1908, Hotel Marlborough, Atlantic City, New Jersey, was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol St. Louis, better known as O Little Town of Bethlehem. Redner worked in the real-estate business in Philadelphia, and played the organ at four different churches during his life. He spent 19 years as organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia) |