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[[Image:Mcgranahan j.jpg|thumb|right|200px|James McGranahan]] '''James McGranahan''' was a nineteenth-century American musician and composer, most known for his various [[hymn]]s. He was born [[4 July]] 1840, in [[1840]]West Fallowfield Township, inChester County, Pennsylvania|West Fallowfield]] or [[Adamsville, [[Pennsylvania]], and died [[9 July]], [[1907]] at his home in [[Kinsman, Ohio]] .<ref>The New York Times, July 10, 1907 [httphttps://querytimesmachine.nytimes.com/memtimesmachine/archive-free1907/07/10/106757980.pdf?_r=1&res=9C0DEED8133EE033A25753C1A9619C946697D6CF&oref=slogin available online]</ref>.

He composed over 25(?) hymns. For example, in one work he is listed as the composer of three notable songs: "He Will Hide Me" by [[Mary Elizabeth Servoss]], "Revive Thy Work, O Lord" by [[Albert Midlane]], and "Come" by a "Mrs. James Gibson Johnson." ;<ref>Brown, Theron and Butterworth, Hezekiah, ''The Story of the Hymns and Tunes''. New York: Amer­i­canAmerican Tract So­ci­e­tySociety, 1906. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18444/18444-h/18444-h.htm at Project Gutenberg]</ref> and he composed the music for at least 39 of the 79 hymns in a work co-authored with [[Ira D. Sankey]].<ref>Ira D. Sankey and James McGranahan, ''The Christian Choir''. London: Morgan & Scott, [c.1900]</ref> McGranahan composed most of the tunes for the lyrics of Major [[Daniel Webster Whittle]], including EL NATHAN, the tune associated with Whittle's "I Know Whom I Have Believèd" (written 1883).

The music of his hymn "My Redeemer," written for lyrics by [[P. P. Bliss]],<ref>The tune is often known by the first line in Bliss' lyrics, "I will sing of my Redeemer." See McCann, Forrest M. (1997). ''Hymns and History: An Annotated Survey of Sources''. Abilene, TX: ACU Press. Pp. 154, 359-360. [{{ISBN |0-89112-058-0]}}</ref> is used as the accompaniment for the [[Latter-Dayday Saints]] hymn "[[O My Father]]."<ref>See also [[Calon Lân]].</ref>

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