Composer Bio Information
Scott, Clara H.'s bio information
Friday, December 3, 1841 - Monday, June 21, 1897
Born: December 3, 1841, Elk Grove, Illinois.
Died: June 21, 1897, Dubuque, Iowa, thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse.
Daughter of Abel Scott and Sarah Fiske, Scott attended, in 1856, the first Music Institute held in Chicago, Illinois by C. M. Cady. She went on to teach music at the Ladies Seminary, Lyons, Iowa (1859). She married Henry Clay Scott in 1861. In 1882, she published the Royal Anthem Book, the first volume of anthems published by a woman.
Scott met and was greatly encouraged by Horatio Palmer, who helped publish many of her songs. She issued three collections before her untimely death.
Sources
* Erickson, p. 390
Hymns
1. Open My Eyes, That I May See (the only one of her many songs still in popular use)
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/c/scott_chf.html
Died: June 21, 1897, Dubuque, Iowa, thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse.
Daughter of Abel Scott and Sarah Fiske, Scott attended, in 1856, the first Music Institute held in Chicago, Illinois by C. M. Cady. She went on to teach music at the Ladies Seminary, Lyons, Iowa (1859). She married Henry Clay Scott in 1861. In 1882, she published the Royal Anthem Book, the first volume of anthems published by a woman.
Scott met and was greatly encouraged by Horatio Palmer, who helped publish many of her songs. She issued three collections before her untimely death.
Sources
* Erickson, p. 390
Hymns
1. Open My Eyes, That I May See (the only one of her many songs still in popular use)
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/s/c/scott_chf.html
Hymns Composed (1)
Midst The Darkness, Storm, And Sorrow Mens (TTBB)The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Living In Faith (ZH 139) (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 13, 2025 at 11:17:46am)
- # 2 - When The Mists Have Rolled Away 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 30, 2025 at 06:59:02am)
- # 3 - Pray, Always Pray (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 25, 2025 at 07:42:57am)
- # 4 - Peace! Perfect Peace 3 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 25, 2025 at 07:04:02am)
- # 5 - Olive's Brow (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 24, 2025 at 07:20:37am)
- # 6 - Hark! There Comes A Whisper 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 23, 2025 at 06:29:36am)
- # 7 - Steal Away (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 19, 2025 at 05:15:12pm)
- # 8 - The Departed (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 18, 2025 at 06:47:54am)
- # 9 - Come, While The Saviour Calls (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 14, 2025 at 12:30:56pm)
- #10 - Let the Saviour In 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 14, 2025 at 11:58:17am)