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Article Title

“O My Father”: The Musical Settings

Authors

Michael Hicks

Keywords

Mormon studies, hymns, musical settings

Abstract

Saints sang this hymn to musical settings ranging from a Stephen Foster tune to a melody played by a Nephite in a dream. But eventually they canonized a tune form the genre of "gospel hymns."

Recommended Citation

Hicks, Michael (1996) "“O My Father”: The Musical Settings," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 36: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol36/iss1/4