Anthony Johnson Showalter
Reverend Anthony Johnson Showalter (1858–1924) was an American gospel music composer, teacher and publisher.[1] He was born May 1, 1858 in Cherry Grove, Virginia. Showalter was trained in the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music and was teaching in singing schools by age fourteen. In 1884, he formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton, Georgia. He was also an elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton.
Showalter's best known song is "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", which was published in 1887. He wrote the music and chorus, and Elisha A. Hoffman wrote the verses.[2] The song features prominently in the score of Night of the Hunter and forms about a quarter of the score of the 2010 film True Grit.[3]
Showalter authored several rudimentary books on music theory and a book on harmony and song composition. These were widely used in singing schools across the South.
Anthony Johnson Showalter died September 14, 1924 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is buried in the West Hill Cemetery of Dalton, Georgia.
[edit] References
- ^ "Anthony Johnson Showalter". http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/vanga.cgi?query=id%3Awtf028&_cc=1.
- ^ Midi file and text of the song on Timeless Truths website
- ^ Burlingame, Jon (15 December 2010). "Burwell in tune with Coen brothers". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118028850/. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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