John Rogers Thomas
Compositions for: Mixed chorus
Nearer My God to TheeGod Bless Us Every OneGlorious Things of Thee Are SpokenAngel VoicesJust As I Am!The Day of ResurrectionAngels, Roll the Rock Away!Blessed Be the LordYe Sons and Daughters of the LordJubilate Deo in F majorAll's for the BestO Sing Unto the LordNearest and DearestPraise the LordGod Be MercifulChrist Our PassoverThere Were ShepherdsWe Meet AgainThe True CrossThe Rainbow Temperance SongBeautiful Highlands!Annie of the ValeTe Deum in F majorEilleen AllannaSwinging on the Garden GateThe Candy StickBird of the Angel WingOur Noble Chief Has Passed AwayTit, Tat, ToeGive the Poor All They Honestly EarnHome Is HomeMay God Protect ColumbiaThe Open DoorGood ByeDarling BessieHo! Reapers of Life's HarvestMy Dear My Native HomeTe DeumWhen the War Is Over, MaryOh! Let Me Shed One Silent TearBreathe It Softly to My Loved OnesDreaming of TheeLove Good ByeThe Children's Sweet Good NightSay a Kind Word When You CanThe Moonlit SeaLost in the Wide WorldYe Midnight Stars!Julietta BellShe Never Could Forget the DaySoftly O'er the Rippling WatersThe UnionWelcome HomeEvangelineOh! Gently BreatheOld Friends and Old TimesThe Pretty Little Maid of MinnetonkaLet Us Speak of a Man As We Find HimOh Fare Thee Well Mine Own LoveWhere Is HomeJennie Who Lives in the DellThe Dew Is on the FlowerThe Gates AjarLinger Not DarlingMary of the WildwoodComrades, Touch the ElbowWhen I Can Read My Title ClearOft in My SlumbersNelly Dear Good ByeI'm Dying Far from Those I LoveMary GrayArrangements for: Mixed chorus
The Day When You'll Forget MeWe Were Boys and Girls Together
WikipediaJohn 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.
