George Austin Minor

1845-1904

Born: De­cem­ber 7, 1845, Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia.

Died: Jan­u­a­ry 30, 1904, Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia.

Buried: Hol­ly­wood Cem­e­te­ry, Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia.

Minor at­tend­ed a mil­i­tary acad­e­my in Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia, and served dur­ing the Amer­i­can civil war. Af­ter the war, he went in­to the mu­sic field, teach­ing at sing­ing schools and con­duct­ing at musical con­ven­tions. He helped found the Hume-Minor Com­pa­ny, which made pi­a­nos and or­gans.

A mem­ber of the First Bap­tist Church of Rich­mond, Vir­gin­ia, Mi­nor was the Sun­day school su­per­in­ten­dent there. His works in­clude:

• Golden Light No. 1, 1879
• Golden Light No. 2
• Golden Light No. 3, 1884
• Standard Songs, 1896
• The Rosebud

Music

1. Bring­ing in the Sheaves

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