Robert Lowry

Robert Lowry (March 12, 1826 – 25 November 1899) was an American preacher who became a popular writer of gospel music in the mid- to late-19th century. His best-known hymns include "Shall We Gather at the River", "Christ Arose!", "How Can I Keep from Singing?" and "Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus". Born in Philadelphia, Lowry studied at the University at Lewisburg and entered the Baptist ministry in 1854. During the following 45 years he held a number of pastorates in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Between 1869 and 1875 he combined his pastoral work with a professorship in rhetoric at his alma mater, and later served as the University's chancellor. From 1868 he acted as hymnals editor to Biglow and Main, the country's leading publisher of gospel and Sunday School music; under his supervision more than 20 hymnals were produced by the firm, many of wide and enduring popularity. Despite his protestations that preaching was his main vocation and that music was merely a sideline, it is as a hymnwriter that Lowry is chiefly remembered, ranking with such as W. H. Doane and Ira D. Sankey as one of the originators of a musical tradition that has lasted until the modern era of revival.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 12, 1826 (Philadelphia), Died November 25, 1899 (Plainfield)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 100 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	3149	10-in.	ca. Jan.-May 1905	One more day's work for Jesus	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Columbia	4536	10-in.	approximately June 1910	I need Thee every hour	Archibald Brothers' Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	39177	10-in.	1/8/1914	Where is my wandering boy tonight?	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	46388	10-in.	2/8/1916	I need Thee every hour	Columbia Stellar Quartette	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	77216	10-in.	7/17/1917	Where is my wandering boy tonight?	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Columbia	79404	10-in.	9/7/1921	I need Thee every hour	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79744	10-in.	3/1/1921	Shall we gather at the river	Cyrena Van Gordon	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	81835	10-in.	6/19/1924	Shall we gather at the river?	Mrs. William Asher ; Homer A. Rodeheaver	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist, composer
Columbia	140011	10-in.	9/10/1924	Where is my wandering boy tonight	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	lyricist, composer
Columbia	140295	10-in.	1/29/1925	Shall we gather at the river	Alcoa Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	lyricist, composer
Columbia	30200	12-in.	ca. 1908-Feb. 1909	Nothing but the blood of Jesus	Metropolitan Trio	Mixed vocal trio, with organ	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W140588	10-in.	5/5/1925	I need Thee every hour	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with organ	composer
Columbia	W141639	10-in.	2/16/1926	Where is my wandering boy tonight	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and organ	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W144401	10-in.	6/23/1927	Where is my wandering boy to-night?	Ford and Glenn	Male vocal duet, with organ	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W144605	10-in.	9/6/1927	I need Thee every hour	American Singers	Male vocal quartet	composer
Columbia	90147	10-in.	between 1918 and 1925	Columbia, the gem of the ocean	Columbia Band	Band	composer
Columbia	C4402	10-in.	2/22/1945	Where is my boy tonight?	Old Hickory Singers ; Claude Sharpe	Male vocal quartet, with piano, bass, and guitar	composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO41615	10-in.	7/30/1949	Shall we gather at the river	Chuck Wagon Gang	Mixed vocal quartet, with guitar	composer, lyricist
OKeh	312	10-in.	ca. Aug. 1918	Where is my boy tonight?	Frederick J. Wheeler	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-7480	10-in.	June 1920	I need Thee every hour	Charles Henry ; James Jordon	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
OKeh	S-7754	10-in.	Feb. 1921	Where is my boy tonight	Elliott Shaw	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
OKeh	8693	10-in.	Aug. 26, 1924	Shall we gather at the river	J. Douglas Swagerty ; Mrs. J. Douglas Swagerty	Female-male vocal duet, with piano	composer, lyricist
OKeh	W80952	10-in.	6/1/1927	Where is my wandering boy tonight?	Giddens Sisters	Female vocal trio, with mandolin and guitar	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	2017	10-in.	approximately July 1918	I need Thee every hour	Harry McClaskey ; Marie Morrisey	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	2086	10-in.	approximately July 1918	All the way my Saviour leads me	Harry McClaskey ; Marie Morrisey	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer

(Results 51-75 of 100 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lowry, Robert," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103429.

Lowry, Robert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103429.

"Lowry, Robert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.