John Rogers Thomas
Compositions for: Mixed chorus
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All's for the BestAngel VoicesAngels, Roll the Rock Away!Annie of the ValeB
Beautiful Highlands!Bird of the Angel WingBlessed Be the LordBreathe It Softly to My Loved OnesC
Christ Our PassoverComrades, Touch the ElbowD
Darling BessieDreaming of TheeE
Eilleen AllannaEvangelineG
Give the Poor All They Honestly EarnGlorious Things of Thee Are SpokenGod Be MercifulGod Bless Us Every OneGood ByeH
Ho! Reapers of Life's HarvestHome Is HomeI
I'm Dying Far from Those I LoveJ
Jennie Who Lives in the DellJubilate Deo in F majorJulietta BellJust As I Am!L
Let Us Speak of a Man As We Find HimLinger Not DarlingLost in the Wide WorldLove Good ByeM
Mary GrayMary of the WildwoodMay God Protect ColumbiaMy Dear My Native HomeN
Nearer My God to TheeNearest and DearestNelly Dear Good ByeO
O Sing Unto the LordOft in My SlumbersOh Fare Thee Well Mine Own LoveOh! Gently BreatheOh! Let Me Shed One Silent TearOld Friends and Old TimesOur Noble Chief Has Passed AwayP
Praise the LordS
Say a Kind Word When You CanShe Never Could Forget the DaySoftly O'er the Rippling WatersSwinging on the Garden GateT
Te DeumTe Deum in F majorThe Candy StickThe Children's Sweet Good NightThe Day of ResurrectionThe Dew Is on the FlowerThe Gates AjarThe Moonlit SeaThe Open DoorThe Pretty Little Maid of MinnetonkaThe Rainbow Temperance SongThe True CrossThe UnionThere Were ShepherdsTit, Tat, ToeW
We Meet AgainWelcome HomeWhen I Can Read My Title ClearWhen the War Is Over, MaryWhere Is HomeY
Ye Midnight Stars!Ye Sons and Daughters of the LordArrangements for: Mixed chorus
The Day When You'll Forget MeWe Were Boys and Girls TogetherWikipediaJohn Rogers Thomas (March 26, 1829 – April 5, 1896) was an American composer, pianist, and singer of Welsh descent.
Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales on March 26, 1829. A baritone and composer, he first came to America with the Sequin English Opera Company and became interested in the music of America that was developing. He sang and toured with Bryant's Minstrels and settled in New York City.
He wrote more than one hundred popular American songs during the nineteenth century of which his most popular were The Cottage by the Sea (1856), Old Friends and Old Times (1856), Bonny Eloise—The Belle of Mohawk Vale (1858), 'Tis But a Little Faded Flower (1860), When the War Is Over, Mary (1864), Beautiful Isle of the Sea (1865), Croquet (1867), Eilleen Allanna (1873), and Rose of Killarney (1876). Thomas occasionally published material under the pseudonyms Charles Osborne, Arthur Percy and Harry Diamond. In addition to song writing, Thomas composed three larger works; The Picnic (1869), a children's operetta with a libretto by George Cooper; The Lady in the Mask (1870), an operetta with a libretto by George Cooper; and Diamond Cut Diamond (1876), a parlor opera in one act.
In addition to his popular songs, Thomas also composed sacred music, and was also known as a teacher in Brooklyn and in New York City, where he died on April 5, 1896.