List of works by Fanny Crosby explained

This is a selected list of works of Fanny Crosby.

Biographies

• [Carleton, Will]. Fanny Crosby's Life-Story. New York, NY: Every Where Publishing Company, 1903.^[1]
• [Carleton, Will]. Fanny Crosby's Life-Work. New York, NY: Every Where Publishing Company, 1905.
• Memories of Eighty Years. Boston, MA: James H. Earle & Company, 1906.^[2]
• Keller, Cozette; Fanny Crosby, and William Howard Doane. Safe in the Arms of Jesus: Illustrated Pantomimed Hymn. Edgar S. Werner, 1917.
• This is My Story, This Is My Song, 1906. .

Books of poetry

• The Blind Girl. Wiley & Putnam, 1844.^[3]
• Monterey and Other Poems. R. Craighead, 1851.^[4]
• A Wreath of Columbia’s Flowers. H. Dayton, 1858.^[5]
• Bells at Evening and Other Verses; with Biographical Sketch by Robert Lowry. New York, NY: Biglow & Main, 1897; 3rd ed., New York, NY and Chicago, IL: Biglow & Main, 1899.^[6]

Cantatas

• -------- and George Frederick Root. The Flower Queen: A Tonic Sol-fa Cantata. Advertiser and Chronicle Offices, 1880.
• -------- and George Frederick Root. Libretto of The Flower Queen; or the Coronation of the Rose. New York: Mason Brothers, 1853.
• -------- and Hart Pease Danks. Conquered by Kindness: A Juvenile Operetta. New York, NY: Wm. A. Pond, 1881.^[7]
• -------- and Hart Pease Danks. Zanie: An Operetta. Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1887.^[8]
• -------- and Theodore E. Perkins. "The Excursion". In The Mount Zion Collection of Sacred and Secular Music: Consisting of Tunes, Anthems, Singing School Exercises and Songs for the Sabbath School and Social Circle. Edited by Theodore E. Perkins. New York, NY: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1869.
• -------- and William Howard Doane. Santa Claus' Home; or, The Christmas Excursion: A Christmas Cantata for the Sunday School and Choir. Biglow & Main, 1886.
• -------- ; George Frederick Root; Chauncy M. Cady; and William Batchelder Bradbury. DANIEL: or the Captivity and Restoration. A Sacred Cantata in Three Parts, Words selected and prepared by C[hauncy]. M[arvin]. Cady, Esq., [1824-1889], assisted by Miss F[rances]. J[ane]. Crosby. [Mrs. Van Alstyne] [1820-1915]. Music composed by Geo[rge]. F[rederick]. Root [1820-1895] and W[illiam]. B[atchelder]. Bradbury [1816-1868], ^[9]
• -------- ; George Frederick Root; and Henry Fisher. The New Flower Queen: or, The Coronation of the Rose. A Cantata in Two Parts, for the Use of Singing Classes in Academies, Ladies' Schools, and High Schools. Oliver Ditson co., 1870.

Popular songs

• Fare Thee Well Kitty Dear—1852^[10]
• Mother, Sweet Mother Why Linger Away--(New York, NY: William Hall & Son, 1852)^[11]
• Bird of the North--(Feb. 1852)^[12]
• The Hazel Dell--(1853) ^[13]
• There's Music in the Air-- (1857) ^[14]

Selected hymns

• "All the Way My Savior Leads Me"—1875, music by Robert Lowry^[15]
• "Blessed Assurance"—1873, music by Phoebe Knapp^[16]
• "The Bright Forever"—1871, music by Hubert P. Main^[17]
• "Close to Thee"—1874, music by Silas J. Vail^[18]
• "Eye Hath Not Seen"—1890, music by George C. Stebbins^[19]
• "He Hideth My Soul"—1890, music by William J. Kirkpatrick^[20]
• "More Like Jesus" ^[21]
• "I Am Thine, O Lord (Draw Me Nearer)"—1875, music by W. Howard Doane^[22]
• "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home (Jesus is Calling)"—1883, music by George C. Stebbins^[23]
• "My Savior First of All"—1891, music by John R. Sweney^[24]
• "Near the Cross"—1869, music by W. Howard Doane^[25]
• "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour"—1868, music by W. Howard Doane^[26]
• "Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, Our Blessed Redeemer!"—1869, music by Chester G. Allen^[27]
• "Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It!"—1882, music by William J. Kirkpatrick^[28]
• "Rescue the Perishing, Care for the Dying"—1869, music by W. Howard Doane^[29]
• "Safe in the Arms of Jesus"—1868, music by W. Howard Doane^[30]
• "Saved by Grace"—1891, music by George C. Stebbins^[31]
• "Savior, More Than Life to Me"—1875, music by W. Howard Doane^[32]
• "Take the World, But Give Me Jesus"—1879, music by John R. Sweney^[33]
• "Tell Me the Story of Jesus"—1880, music by John R. Sweney^[34]
• "To God Be the Glory"—1875, music by W. Howard Doane^[35]
• "Unsearchable Riches"—1882, music by John R. Sweney^[36]

Notes and References

1. http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1020023869/1020023869_001.pdf
2. http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib/docs/1653.htm?page=print disability history museum-Memories Of Eighty Years
3. https://archive.org/details/blindgirlandoth00crosgoog The blind girl: and other poems - Internet Archive
4. https://archive.org/details/montereyandothe00crosgoog Monterey, and other poems - Internet Archive
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=9fcBAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Fanny+Crosby%22 A wreath of Columbia's flowers: 1858 - Google Books
6. https://archive.org/stream/bellsateveningot00crosiala#page/n5/mode/2up Bells at evening and other verses
7. Amelia Howe Kritzer, ed., Plays by Early American Women, 1775-1850 (University of Michigan Press, 1995):381.
8. Book: Zanie : an operetta . Danks . H. P. (Hart Pease) . Crosby . Fanny . 1887 . Cincinnati : J. Church Co. . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Music Library.
9. Web site: DANIEL: or the Captivity and Restoration. A Sacred Cantata in Three Parts . 2011-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000026/http://www.pdmusic.org/root-gf/gfr53-c02.txt . 2016-03-04.
10. Web site: "Fare Thee Well Kitty Dear" (1852) . 2011-07-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170320/http://www.pdmusic.org/root-gf/gfr52a.txt . 2011-07-27.
11. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mussm&fileName=sm2/sm1852/692000/692190/mussm692190.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?mussm:3:./temp/~ammem_c0nz::&linkText=0 Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
12. Web site: "Bird of the North" (Feb. 1852) by George Frederick Root, 1820-1895 . 2011-07-29 . dead . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170334/http://www.pdmusic.org/root-gf/gfr52botn.txt.
13. http://www.pdmusic.org/root-gf/gfr53b.txt
14. Web site: "There's Music in the Air" (1857) by George Frederick Root . 2011-07-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727170311/http://www.pdmusic.org/root-gf/gfr57b.txt . 2011-07-27.
15. "All the Way My Savior Leads Me", in Robert Lowry and W. Howard Doane, Brightest and Best (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875), #65; "All the Way My Savior Leads Me", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/l/t/h/altheway.htm
16. "Blessed Assurance", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/l/e/s/s/e/blesseda.htm
17. "The Bright Forever", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/r/i/g/brightfo.htm
18. "Close to Thee", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/c/l/o/s/closthee.htm
19. "Eye Hath Not Seen", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/e/y/e/h/eyehatns.htm
20. The Finest of Wheat, No. 1 (Chicago, IL: R. R. McCabe, 1890); "He Hideth My Soul", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/h/e/h/i/hehideth.htm
21. In Theodore E. Perkins and Alfred Taylor, Songs of Salvation (T.E. Perkins, 1870),#210, https://books.google.com/books?id=K1Hi0DshhYYC&dq=%22Howard+Mission%22+%22Fanny+Crosby%22&pg=PA155
22. "I Am Thine, O Lord", Web site: I Am Thine, O Lord . 2011-03-16. ; Brightest and Best (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875).
23. "Jesus is Calling", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/j/i/t/c/jitcyhom.htm; Gospel Hymns No. 4, 1883.
24. "My Savior First of All", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/m/y/s/a/mysavior.htm
25. William B. Bradbury, Bright Jewels (New York: Biglow & Main, 1869); "Near the Cross", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/n/e/r/c/nercross.htm
26. "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior", in Howard Doane, Songs of Devotion (New York: 1870); "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/p/a/s/s/passment.htm
27. William Bradbury, Howard Doane, William Sherwin & Chester Allen, Bright Jewels, (New York: Biglow & Main, 1869); "Praise Him! Praise Him!", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/p/h/i/m/phimphim.htm
28. John R. Sweney, C. C. McCabe, Tullius O’Kane, and William Kirkpatrick, Songs of Redeeming Love, (Philadelphia, PA: 1882); "Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It!", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/r/e/d/e/redeemed.htm
29. Songs of Devotion (New York: Biglow & Main, 1870); "Rescue the Perishing", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/r/e/s/c/rescuetp.htm
30. "Safe in the Arms of Jesus", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/s/a/f/e/safearms.htm
31. "Saved by Grace", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/s/a/v/e/d/savedbyg.htm
32. Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1875; "Savior, More Than Life to Me", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/s/a/v/i/o/saviormo.htm
33. "Take the World, But Give Me Jesus", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/t/w/b/ttwbgmej.htm
34. "Tell Me the Story of Jesus", in William Kirkpatrick & John Sweney, The Quiver of Sacred Song (Philadelphia, PA: John J. Hood, 1880); "Tell Me the Story of Jesus", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/e/l/l/tellmsoj.htm
35. "To God Be the Glory", in W. H. Doane and Robert Lowry, Brightest and Best, by (Chicago, IL: Biglow & Main, 1875), #118; "To God Be the Glory", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/t/o/g/o/togodbe.htm
36. "Unsearchable Riches", http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/u/n/s/e/unsearch.htm