Robert Lowry was a Baptist minister, church musician and literature professor of the latter half of the 19th century. A current (Nov '01) thread deals with the song "How Can I Keep from Singing?", for which he wrote the original tune and probably most of the traditional words. This is in the Digitrad but the DT doesn't mention him there. The only song in the DT that overtly credits Lowry is "Shall We Gather at the River?" (incidentally, tune-name nomenclature for the tune of "Shall We Gather" is "Hanson Place). In the "How Can I Keep from Singing?" thread I mentioned his "Chorus of Fire". Also, Lowry wrote the tune of the English original underlying the Hawaiian Christmas carol "Nu 'Oli" (the English text is variously credited to him or to Fanny Crosby—both I and the Cyberhymnal folks are looking for the rest of the verses—the Hawaiian is, of course, by Laiana, the Catherine-Winkworth-in-drag of Hawaiian hymnody). Another one of Lowry's important contributions was the addition of the refrain to transform the staid Isaac Watts call-to-worship hymn "Come, ye that love the Lord" (to St. Thomas) into the foot-stompin' processional/recessional "Marching to Zion". I invite people to post Lowry info (including additional texts or tunes) that goes beyond what is in the Cyberhymnal bio.
I also thought I would take this opportunity to try out the MID2TXT program and see if I could produce posts you all could turn into simple MIDIs. So here is my attempt at the tune of "Chorus of fire":
MIDI file: chorusf1.mid
Timebase: 192
Name: chorusfi
Text: By Robert Lowry, 1868
Copyright: Public domain
Tempo: 150 (400000 microsec/crotchet)
Key: Bb
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 75 110 0160 0 75 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 70 110 0094 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 75 110 0160 0 75 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 62 110 0160 0 62 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 74 110 0094 0 74 000 0002 1 72 110 0094 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 70 110 0142 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 72 110 0142 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0046 0 74 000 0002 1 75 110 0160 0 75 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 65 110 0142 0 65 000 0002 1 65 110 0046 0 65 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0336 0 70 000 0048 1 70 110 0142 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 75 110 0160 0 75 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 74 110 0142 0 74 000 0002 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0142 0 70 000 0002 1 69 110 0046 0 69 000 0002 1 70 110 0142 0 70 000 0002 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 74 110 0142 0 74 000 0002 1 75 110 0046 0 75 000 0002 1 77 110 0336 0 77 000 0048 1 74 110 0142 0 74 000 0002 1 72 110 0046 0 72 000 0002 1 70 110 0160 0 70 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 70 110 0720 0 70 000
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
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ABC format:
X:1
T:chorusfi
M:3/4
Q:1/4=150
K:Bb
Bcd2e2|d2d2c2|B2c2B2|G2G2F2|F2D2F2|B2B2A2|
B2d2c2|B2c4|Bcd2e2|d2d2c2|B2c2B2|G2G2F2|F2D2F2|
B2B2c2|d2c2B2|A2B4|dcB2F2|A2B4|B3/2c/2d2c2|
B2c4|c3/2d/2e2d2|c2d2c2|B2B2A2|B2c4|F3/2F/2B2c2|
A2B4|B3/2c/2d2e2|d2c4|d3/2c/2B3/2A/2B3/2c/2|
d3/2e/2f4|d3/2c/2B2c2|A2B4|-B7/2||and here is my rough draft of "Nu 'Oli", both based on the four-part/piano-arrangement MIDIs in The Cyber Hymnal:
MIDI file: Nu_Oli1.mid
Timebase: 192
Name: Nu Oli! (Glad Tidings!)
Text: By Robert Lowry, 1873; public domain
TimeSig: 3/4 24 8
Start
0000 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 64 110 0160 0 64 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 76 110 0160 0 76 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 65 110 0160 0 65 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0336 0 71 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 76 110 0160 0 76 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 74 110 0160 0 74 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 76 110 0528 0 76 000 0048 1 74 110 0336 0 74 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 74 110 0528 0 74 000 0048 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0336 0 67 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 74 110 0528 0 74 000 0048 1 71 110 0336 0 71 000 0048 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 76 110 0528 0 76 000 0048 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000 0048 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 69 110 0160 0 69 000 0032 1 67 110 0160 0 67 000 0032 1 72 110 0160 0 72 000 0032 1 71 110 0160 0 71 000 0032 1 72 110 0336 0 72 000
EndThis program is worth the effort of learning it.
To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here
ABC format:
X:1
T:Nu Oli! (Glad Tidings!)
M:3/4
Q:1/4=120
K:C
G2G2E2|G2G2E2|G2e2d2|c2G4|G2A2F2|A2A2F2|A2d2c2|
A2G4|G2B2B2|B2c2c2|c2d2d2|c2B4|G2e2d2|c2A2d2|
c2B2A2|B2c4|G2e4|-e2d4|G2d4|-d2c4|c2c2A2|
c2c2A2|c2c2B2|A2G4|G2d4|-d2B4|G2e4|-e2c4|
c2c2c2|c2A2A2|A2G2c2|B2c7/2||How'd I do, Joe?
Liland