Composer Bio Information
Barraclough, Henry's bio information
Monday, December 14, 1891 - Sunday, July 31, 1983
Born: December 14, 1891, Windhill, Yorkshire, England.
Died: August 1983, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Barraclough was educated in England, and studied organ and piano from the age of five. He worked for a while as a claims adjuster for the Car and General Insurance Company. From 1911-1913, he was secretary to Member of Parliament George Scott Robertson. He then joined the Chapman-Alexander evangelistic team as a pianist, and traveled with them to America and remained there. He fought in World War I, rising to the rank of sergeant major, then became secretary, and later an administrator, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (1919-1961). He wrote words for 20 hymns and tunes to 120.
Hymns
Ivory Palaces
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/a/r/barraclough_h.html
Died: August 1983, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Barraclough was educated in England, and studied organ and piano from the age of five. He worked for a while as a claims adjuster for the Car and General Insurance Company. From 1911-1913, he was secretary to Member of Parliament George Scott Robertson. He then joined the Chapman-Alexander evangelistic team as a pianist, and traveled with them to America and remained there. He fought in World War I, rising to the rank of sergeant major, then became secretary, and later an administrator, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (1919-1961). He wrote words for 20 hymns and tunes to 120.
Hymns
Ivory Palaces
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/a/r/barraclough_h.html
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Open Now Thy Gates Of Beauty (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024)
- # 2 - Of Thy Love Some Gracious Token (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 07, 2024)
- # 3 - There Is A River We All Must Cross (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- # 4 - When Israel, Of The Lord Beloved (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- # 5 - O God, Whose Presence Glows In All (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- # 6 - Lord, All I Am Is Known To Thee (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- # 7 - Lord, All I Am Is Known To Thee (SATB) (SATB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- # 8 - For All The Saints (Barnby) (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- # 9 - From Greenland's Icy Mountain (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 06, 2024)
- #10 - Hark, The Voice Of Jesus Crying (TTBB) (uploaded on Dec 05, 2024)