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[A sunbeam, a sunbeam!]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: E. O. Excell Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51355 75427 24655 Used With Text: A Sunbeam

A sunbeam, a sunbeam

Author: N. Talbot Appears in 3 hymnals Used With Tune: [A sunbeam, a sunbeam]

A Sunbeam

Author: Nellie Talbot Appears in 127 hymnals First Line: A sunbeam, a sunbeam! Used With Tune: [A sunbeam, a sunbeam!]

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A sunbeam, a sunbeam

Author: N. Talbot Hymnal: CSSM Choruses (No. 1) #228 (1936) Languages: English Tune Title: [A sunbeam, a sunbeam]

A Sunbeam

Author: Nellie Talbot Hymnal: The Great Christian Hymnal #446 (1962) First Line: A sunbeam, a sunbeam! Tune Title: [A sunbeam, a sunbeam!]

I'll Be a Sunbeam

Author: Lloyd O. Sanderson, 1901-1992 Hymnal: Sacred Songs of the Church #769 (2007) Meter: 6.8.6.7 First Line: A sunbeam, a sunbeam! Tune Title: [A sunbeam, a sunbeam!]

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[A sunbeam, a sunbeam!]" in The Great Christian Hymnal Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

L. O. Sanderson

1901 - 1992 Person Name: Lloyd O. Sanderson, 1901-1992 Arranger of "I'll Be a Sunbeam" in Sacred Songs of the Church See also Vana R. Raye (pseudonym). ================== Lloyd Otis Sanderson was born May 18, 1901 near Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a singing teacher. There were a variety of musical instruments in the home, so all of his children learned to sing and play instruments from early in life. He studied and taught music most of early teens and twenties and then began to serve churches for Churches of Christ. Among Churches of Christ, L.O Sanderson is one of a handful of significant individuals who helped to codify the hymnody of this denomination in the early and mid 20th century. Dozens of his songs remain at the core of this group’s hymnody. As Musical Editor for the Gospel Advocate Company of Nashville during the hymnal heyday of the mid 20th century, Sanderson was responsible not only for the editing of a number of important hymnals, but for helping to shape the church’s song. He composed a number under the pen name of Vana Raye in tribute to his wife. As a composer of both lyrics and music, Sanderson collaborated with a number of individuals, the most notable being his friend, Thomas O. Chisholm, with whom he wrote “Be With Me, Lord,” perhaps his most popular hymn. Dianne Shapiro, from Sanderson's autobiography (http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/tennessee/sanderson.htm) and D. J. Bulls