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PART
III.
CONSISTING
OF
ODES
AND
ANTHEMS
CHRISTMAS
ANTHEM.
"And
she
spake
out
with
a
loud
voice,
and
said,
Blessed
art
thou
among
women,
and
blessed
is
the
fruit
of
thy
womb."
Luke
1:42.
Key
of
G
Major.
James
Denson,
1844.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Oh
how
charming,
Oh
how
charming
Are
the
ra
-
diant
bands
of
mu
-
sic,
mu
-
sic,
mu-sic
!
mu-sic
Oh
how
charming
Oh
how
charming,
Oh
how
charming
Are
the
ra
-
diant
bands
of
mu
-
sic,
mu
-
sic,
mu-sic,
mu-sic!
Oh
how
charming
Prof.
James
Denson
composed
the
above
Anthem
in
1844.
He
is
supposed
to
have
been
born
about
1820
in
Walton
county,
Ga.
He
died
out
west
soon
after
the
Civil
War
according
to
the
best
information
we
can
obtain.
He
had
composed
a
large
lot
of
music,
and
intended
to
compile
a
song
book,
but
died
before
doing
so
He
was
a
brother
of
Rev.
L.
P.
Denson
of
Cleburn
county,
Ala.,
who
died
in
1889,
who
was
a
Methodist
minister
and
is
the
father
of
Prof.
S.
M.
Denson
and
T.
Denson,
who
have
a
number
of
compositions
in
this
volume.
James
Denson
and
L.
P.
Denson
were
both
fine
directors
and
leaders
of
music.
The
fact
is
all
the
Denson
family
are
musical
inclined.