Robert Morrison Stults (1861–1933) was an American composer of popular music in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He used aliases such as Norwood Dale and S. M. Roberts for some of his works.[1]
Stults wrote the musical The Cross Patch Fairies.[2] His most popular work, "The Sweetest Story Ever Told",[3] was published in 1892 and was still popular into the 20th century.
According to the Morrison family history,[4] Stults was the son of Jacob Stults and Martha-Jane Morrison. The first of five children, he was born on June 1, 1861, in Hightstown, New Jersey. He was married to Julia Vandermeer.[5]
Prior to 1910, Stults mostly wrote popular music, but later wrote more sacred music and bigger works.[6] Stults wrote three ragtime tunes, "Smoky Sam" (1898), "Walkin' on de Rainbow Road" (1899), and "A Moonlight Meander]" (1900), under the name S. M. Roberts (a play on his name Robert M. Stults). "A Moonlight Meander", was copyrighted by his wife, J. V. Stults, who often copyrighted his music.
At his death on March 24, 1933, Stults was the co-publisher of the Long Branch Daily Record in Long Branch, New Jersey.[7]
This is a list of works that are mostly songs and piano tunes, written prior to 1910:
| Title | Type | Copyright |
| A Dutch Lullaby | Song | 1909 |
| A Little Choir Boy's Song | Song | 1894 |
| A Little Dresden Shepherdess-Caprice | Piano | 1899 |
| A Message in My Dream | Song | 1906 |
| A Moonlight Meander | Piano | 1900 |
| Academic March | Piano | 1885 |
| Again | Song | 1901 |
| American National Anthems | Song | 1918 |
| America's Golden Rod: National Song & Chorus | 1890 | |
| Among the Hills of Maryland | Tenor | 1899 |
| Aristocrat March | Piano | |
| As the Days Go By | 1904 | |
| Avenge the Good Ship Maine | Song | 1898 |
| Battle Monument Waltz | Piano | 1878 |
| Because I Know Your Heart Is Warm and True | ||
| Because You Told Me So | Song | 1897 |
| Beloved | Song | 1910 |
| Birds in the Meadow | Piano | 1917 |
| Born at Sea and a Sailor | Song | 1898 |
| Breathe Those Tender Words Again | Song | 1895 |
| Bull Frogs' Dance | Piano | 1906 |
| Bulls and Bears March | Piano | 1901 |
| Cheer Up, Sweetheart | Song | 1893 |
| Clover Bloom | 1905 | |
| Dolly Doe | Song | 1898 |
| Drum-Beat March | Piano | 1893 |
| Fancies | 1894 | |
| For Loves’ Sweet Sake | Song | 1910 |
| He Told Her That He Loved Her | Song | 1896 |
| Hollywood Waltzes | Piano | 1885 |
| Hope on, Sweetheart | 1901 | |
| I Am a Yale Girl | Soprano | 1896 |
| I Know You'll Not Forget Me | 1899 | |
| I Love Her All Day Long | Tenor | 1895 |
| I Love Thee So | Song | 1909 |
| I Love You Dear | Song | 1920 |
| I Love You Now | Song | 1896 |
| I Want to See the Old Folks Again | Song | 1918 |
| I Wonder If You Ever Think of Me | Song | 1901 |
| If Dreams Were Only True | Tenor | 1902 |
| I'll Always Think of You | Song | 1900 |
| In the Golden Long Ago | Song | 1897 |
| In the Twilight Glow | Song | 1908 |
| Joan of Arc | Piano | 1895 |
| Just One Little Look of Love | Song | 1900 |
| King of Clubs | 1907 | |
| Kiss and Say Goodnight | Tenor | 1898 |
| Let Me Call You "Dearie" | Tenor | 1910 |
| Light | Song | 1908 |
| Listen While I Tell You, Dear | Song | 1898 |
| Little Jack Horner Caprice | Piano | 1893 |
| Little Song for You | 1904 | |
| Long Wave Old Glory | Song | 1917 |
| Love Me Again | 1910 | |
| Loves Sweet Story | Tenor | 1891 |
| M A C March | Piano | 1897 |
| Madrienne | Tenor | 1891 |
| Memories | Song | 1907 |
| Mona Lee | Song | 1909 |
| Monumental City | Piano | 1895 |
| My Clementine | Tenor | 1890 |
| My Heart Is Yours Forever | Song | 1896 |
| My Heart's Desire I Find in You | Song | 1913 |
| My Little Red Rose Goodnight | Tenor | 1897 |
| My Little Yaller Coon, Good Night | Song | 1896 |
| My Mothers Favorite Hymn | Song | 1892 |
| No Sweeter Words Were Ever Said | Song | 1897 |
| Nonsense Song: A Travesty | Song | 1917 |
| Once in the Bygone Days | Song | 1906 |
| Only Dreaming | Song | 1909 |
| Our Orioles March | Piano | 1894 |
| Papa's Lullaby | 1897 | |
| Philadelphia March | ||
| Philopena March | Piano | |
| Pictures in the Fire | Song | 1895 |
| Pretty Bright Flowers for Thee | Tenor | 1888 |
| Redemption | Tenor | 1902 |
| Revel of the Brownies | ||
| Shine on, Mister Moon | Song | 1910 |
| Sing Me a Song of the Olden Time | Song | 1912 |
| Sing Me an Old Sweet Song of Love | Song | 1911 |
| Sing Me Some Quaint Old Ballad | Song | 1908 |
| Sing Once Again, Sweet Bird | Song | 1891 |
| Smoky Sam | Piano | 1898 |
| Song for My Little Maid | ||
| St Valentines March | Piano | 1899 |
| Stand by the Flag Patriotic March | Piano | 1917 |
| Sweet Dreams to You | Song | 1912 |
| Sweet Marjorie | Song | 1899 |
| Sweet Red Roses | Song | 1900 |
| Take Me Back to Dear Old Dixie | Song | 1910 |
| That Song Divine | ||
| The Advance Guard March | Piano | 1892 |
| The Ballet of the Birds | Piano | 1904 |
| The Birds and the Brook | Piano | 1893 |
| The Birds Ball | Piano | 1911 |
| The Old First Love Is Best of All | Song | 1896 |
| The Old Home I Loved Long Years Ago | Song | 1899 |
| The Old Sentinel March | Piano | 1885 |
| The Patrician Valse | Piano | 1907 |
| The Song I Heard Last Night | Song | 1893 |
| The Star Spangled Banner Patriotic March | Piano | 1898 |
| The Sweetest Little Girl I Know | Tenor | 1894 |
| The Sweetest Story Ever Told | Song | 1892 |
| The Sweetest Words of All | Tenor | 1922 |
| The Words That Made You Mine | Tenor | 1900 |
| Under the Stars I Met You Love | Tenor | 1899 |
| Walkin' on de Rainbow Road | Piano | 1899 |
| Watermelon Dance (Shuffle) | Piano | 1893 |
| Way Down South in Dixie | Song | 1903 |
| When I Was a Boy Like You | Song | 1893 |
| When the Twilight Softly Falls | Song | 1908 |
| Whisper | Song | 1900 |
| White Swan Schottische | Piano | 1900 |
| Won't You Love Me As of Old | Song | 1898 |
| Yes, I Love You | Soprano | 1893 |
| You, Just You | Song | 1910 |
This is a list of works that are sacred in nature or longer works. These were generally written after 1910:
| Title | Type | Copyright | |
| A Pickaninny Lullaby | 1915 | ||
| A Song of Spring | Song | 1915 | |
| A Song of the Sea | Choral | 1918 | |
| A Tale of a Duck | Song | 1920 | |
| A Travesty | Song | 1920 | |
| All for Freedom | Piano | 1918 | |
| All Hail the Glorious Morn! | 1918 | ||
| Alleluia! | Cantata | 1923 | |
| Alleluia! Alleluia | 1916 | ||
| Alleluia! He Is Risen | Anthem | 1923 | |
| And When the Sabbath Was Past | Anthem | 1914 | |
| Andante in G | Organ | 1932 | |
| Angels from the Realms of Glory | 1919 | ||
| Angels of Jesus | 1917 | ||
| As It Began to Dawn | Anthem | 1915 | |
| At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing | Anthem | 1920 | |
| Awake, Thou that Sleepest | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Belshazzar: Sacred Cantata | Cantata | 1925 | |
| Benedictus es Domine | 1922 | ||
| Betty Lou, "The Dream Girl" | Operetta | 1928 | |
| Birthday of the King | Cantata | 1929 | |
| Bit of Nonsense | Piano | 1911 | |
| Bless the Lord, O My Soul | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Blushing Roses | Piano | 1912 | |
| Bound for Home March | Piano | 1919 | |
| Break Forth into Joy | Anthem | 1917 | |
| Bright May Morning | Song | 1923 | |
| Brooklet's Song | Song | 1924 | |
| Calm on the list'ning ear of Night | Anthem | 1920 | |
| Children of the Heavenly King | Song | 1920 | |
| Christ Our Passover | 1923 | ||
| Christ Triumphant | Cantata | 1923 | |
| Christians, Awake, Salute the Happy Morn | 1915 | ||
| Come Hither, Ye Faithful | 1916 | ||
| Come Holy Spirit, Come | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Come Unto Me, Ye Weary | Hymn | 1914 | |
| Come Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain | 1916 | ||
| Come Ye Thankful People, Come | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Come, Gracious Spirit | Anthem | 1921 | |
| Crossing the Bar | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Crown Him Lord of All | 1943? | ||
| Crown Him with Many Crowns | Hymn | 1920 | |
| Dance of the Fireflies | Piano | 1913 | |
| Dawn of Hope | Service | 1911 | |
| De Old Plantation | 1917 | ||
| Down the Raging Bay | Burlesque | 1919 | |
| Dream of the Past | Song | 1924 | |
| Ebbing and Flowing | Song | 1923 | |
| Eventide | Anthem | 1920 | |
| Father of Mercies | Hymn | 1922 | |
| Fight the Good Fight | Hymn | 1914 | |
| Flow, Lightly Flow | Song | 1923 | |
| Folderol: Musical Farce | Musical | 1926 | |
| From Death unto Life: Easter | Cantata | 1921 | |
| Give Peace, O God, Give Peace Again | Hymn | 1918 | |
| Glad Tidings | Cantata | 1922 | |
| Glory Crowns the Victor's Brow | Anthem | 1921 | |
| Glory to God | Song | 1911 | |
| Glory to God in the Highest | Anthem | 1915 | |
| God of Mercy, God of Grace | Anthem | 1929 | |
| God, My King, Thy Might Confessing | Anthem | 1923 | |
| God, That Madest Earth and Heaven | Anthem | 1920 | |
| God's Will | Song | 1927 | |
| Gone Where the Woodbine Twineth | Song | 1924 | |
| Great Is the Lord | Anthem | 1921 | |
| Hail Glorious Day | Anthem | 1923 | |
| Hail to the Lord's Anointed | Anthem | 1914 | |
| Hark! Hark | The Notes of Joy | 1916 | |
| Hark! What Mean Those Holy Voices? | 1915 | ||
| He Is Risen | 1916 | ||
| He Shall Be Great | Anthem | 1921 | |
| Hear My Cry, O God | Anthem | 1923 | |
| Hearts and Blossoms | Operetta | 1925 | |
| Heaven's Melodious Strains | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Holy Ghost, with Light Divine | Anthem | 1924 | |
| How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds | Duet | 1921 | |
| I Am the Resurrection and the Life | Anthem | 1917 | |
| I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord | Hymn | 1914 | |
| I Think of Thee | Song | 1908 | |
| I Will Praise Thee, O Lord | Anthem | 1913 | |
| Idyllic Tone Pictures | Piano | 1916 | |
| Immanuel | Cantata | 1928 | |
| Immortality: Easter cantata | Cantata | 1917 | |
| In Fields and Woods | Piano | 1919 | |
| In the Cross of Christ I Glory | Song | 1911 | |
| In the End of the Sabbath | Anthem | 1923 | |
| In the Hour of Trial | Duet | 1917 | |
| In the Rose Garden | Song | 1911 | |
| In the Starlight | Song | 1924 | |
| Invocation to Summer | Duet | 1915 | |
| Is It for Me? | Song | 1924 | |
| Jerusalem the Golden: Quarter for Men | Song | 1917 | |
| Jesus, Lover of My Soul | Hymn | 1924 | |
| Jesus, Merciful and Mild | Song | 1912 | |
| Jesus, Savior, Hold My Hand | Song | 1911 | |
| Jesus, Still Lead On | Song | 1909 | |
| Jolly Old Winter | 1924 | ||
| Jolly Tars | 1923 | ||
| Joy and Gladness | Duet | 1933 | |
| Joy of Christmas | Cantata | 1911 | |
| Jubilate Deo in E flat | Anthem | 1914 | |
| Just As I Am | Hymn | 1918 | |
| King All Glorious | 1923 | ||
| King Immanuel | Cantata | 1925 | |
| King of Kings and Lord of All | Cantata | 1923 | |
| Lead Thou Me on | Song | 1924 | |
| Lead Us, Heavenly Father | Song | 1918 | |
| Lead Us, O Father | Song | 1916 | |
| Lead, Kindly Light | Hymn | 1913 | |
| Let's Go! | Burlesque | 1924 | |
| Light and Life: Easter | Cantata | 1942? | |
| Light at Evening Time | Anthem | 1913 | |
| Light of Light that Shineth | Anthem | 1916 | |
| Little Girl in a Calico Gown | Song | 1922 | |
| Little Miss Muffett | Travesty | 1922 | |
| Lord God, We Worship Thee! | 1915 | ||
| Lord, Forever at Thy Side | Song | 1919 | |
| Magnificat (Nunc dimittis) in F | Choral | 1913 | |
| May-time | Song | 1923 | |
| Medley of Irish Songs: 3-part women | Song | 1922 | |
| Miss Polly's Patchwork Quilt | Operetta | ||
| My Evening Song | Sacred | 1923 | |
| My Soul, Be on Thy Guard | Hymn | 1922 | |
| Nature Song | Song | 1924 | |
| Night Song: Reverie | Piano | 1913 | |
| Nightfall | Song | 1910 | |
| Nonsense Song | Travesty | 1917 | |
| Now Upon the First Day of the Week | 1916 | ||
| O Holy Babe of Bethlehem | Song | 1922 | |
| O Holy Child of Bethlehem | Song | 1918 | |
| O King of Saints | Anthem | 1922 | |
| O Lamb of God | Choral | 1913 | |
| O Lamb of God, Still Keep Me | Song | 1911 | |
| O Little Babe of Bethlehem | Anthem | 1905 | |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | Anthem | 1920 | |
| O Lord of Hosts, Almighty King | Anthem | 1918 | |
| O Lord, My Trust Is in Thy Mercy | Anthem | 1922 | |
| O Praise the Lord, etc. | Anthem | 1914 | |
| O Saviour, Previous Saviour | Hymn | 1923 | |
| O Sing Unto the Lord | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Of the Father's Love Begotten | Anthem | 1915 | |
| Offertoire in Ab | Organ | 1918 | |
| Oh, Could I Speak the Matchless Worth | Hymn | 1921 | |
| Old King Cole | Song | 1923 | |
| Open My Eyes, O Lord | Sacred | 1923 | |
| Orchids: Caprice | Piano | 1919 | |
| Our Day of Praise Is Done | Hymn | 1920 | |
| Over the Waves We Softly Glide | Song | 1915 | |
| Praise to God, Immortal Praise | 1923 | ||
| Praise Ye the Lord | 1918 | ||
| Prelude in Ab | Organ | 1919 | |
| Processional March | Organ | 1918 | |
| Progress and Pleasure | Piano | 1919 | |
| Redemption's Triumph Song | Anthem | 1929 | |
| Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart | Hymn | 1922 | |
| Reve D'Amour: for soft stops | Organ | 1924 | |
| Rock of Ages | Hymn | 1914 | |
| Saviour Whom I Fain Would Love | 1917 | ||
| Saviour, Breathe and Evening Blessing | Anthem | 1921 | |
| Send Out the Glad Tidings | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Shepherd, with Thy Tenderest Love | Anthem | 1926 | |
| Short Communion Service in F | 1924 | ||
| Sing Again That Song to Me | 1920 | ||
| Sing with All the Sons of Glory | Anthem | 1923 | |
| Sing, My Soul, His wondrous Love | Hymn | 1923 | |
| Sing, O Heavens | 1918 | ||
| Sleep, Dearie Sleep | Song | 1908 | |
| Sleep, Little Babe | Song | 1919 | |
| Softly Fades the Twilight Ray | Anthem | 1922 | |
| Softly Now the Light of Day | 1920 | ||
| Song of the Mocking Bird | Song | 1922 | |
| Song of the Snowflakes | Song | 1922 | |
| Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers, etc. | Anthem | 1914 | |
| Springtime Fantasy | Song | 1924 | |
| Still, Still with Thee | Sacred | 1914 | |
| Suffer Little Children | Anthem | 1912 | |
| Summer Song | Song | 1922 | |
| Summer Travesty | Travesty | 1924 | |
| Sun of My Soul | Hymn | 1921 | |
| Sunlight Land | Song | 1908 | |
| Te Deum in E flat, etc. | Sacred | 1914 | |
| That Glorious Song of Old | Song | 1922 | |
| That Sweet Story of Old | Hymn | 1920 | |
| The Angelic Message | 1918 | ||
| The Choir Angelic | Sacred | 1907 | |
| The Coming of the King | Anthem | 1914 | |
| The Console: Voluntaries | Organ | 1923 | |
| The CrossPatch Fairies, Xmas for kids | Musical | 1924 | |
| The Day is Past and Over | Hymn | 1916 | |
| The Flapper Is a Good Pal After All | 1929 | ||
| The Fountain | Song | 1924 | |
| The Gift Divine | Cantata | 1920 | |
| The Herald Angels | Cantata | 1922 | |
| The King Cometh | Cantata | 1916 | |
| The Light of the Morning | Duet | 1915 | |
| The Living Christ: Easter | Cantata | 1923 | |
| The Lord Is King | Hymn | 1922 | |
| The Lord Is My Strength | 1916 | ||
| The Lord Is Risen Indeed | Anthem | 1925 | |
| The Lord Reigneth | 1918 | ||
| The Morning Light Is Breaking | Anthem | 1922 | |
| The Office of the Holy Communion in G | 1922 | ||
| The Promised Child | Cantata | 1924 | |
| The Resurrection | Anthem | 1919 | |
| The Resurrection Song | Song | 1913 | |
| The Risen Lord | Cantata | 1921 | |
| The Song the Angels Sang | Song | 1908 | |
| The Springtime of My Heart | 1926 | ||
| The Story of Christmas | Cantata | 1915 | |
| The Story of Easter | Cantata | 1916 | |
| The Voice Triumphant | Song | 1905 | |
| The Watchful Shepherds | Anthem | 1919 | |
| The Woman of Endor | Cantata | 1925 | |
| The Wondrous Light: Christmas | Cantata | 1917 | |
| The Wondrous Story | Song | 1916 | |
| The World of To-morrow | Song | 1912 | |
| The World's True Light | Cantata | 1932 | |
| There Were Shepherds | Anthem | 1913 | |
| There's a Longin' in My Heart: Down in Carolina | 1920 | ||
| They Shall Not Hunger Nor Thirst | Anthem | 1920 | |
| Thinking of Thee | Piano | 1919 | |
| Thou Art the Way | Song | 1920 | |
| Thy Way, Not Mine, O Lord | Hymn | 1918 | |
| Toccatina | Piano | 1927 | |
| Triumphant Sion, Lift Thy Head | Anthem | 1921 | |
| We'll Bring Our Heroes Home | Song | 1919 | |
| What Are These Which Are Arrayed in White Robes! | 1915 | ||
| When at Thy Footstool, Lord I Bend | Hymn | 1922 | |
| When Christ Was Born | Song | 1920 | |
| Where the Buttercups Grew | Song | 1916 | |
| Yellow Pansy | Song | 1924 | |
| You Are the Light of My Life | Song | 1910 |