Lewis Redner
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Lewis Henry Redner (December 15, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – August 29, 1908, Hotel Marlborough, Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol "St. Louis", better known as "O Little Town of Bethlehem".
Redner worked in the real-estate business in Philadelphia, and played the organ at four different churches during his life. He held the title of Organist/Choirmaster at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia 1861-1864 and 1869-1871 While there, he set Pastor Phillips Brooks's poem of his recollection of a pilgrimage to Bethlehem to music on Christmas Eve, 1868, and the carol was first sung the next day.
Redner was very involved with local charities. He served on the first board of Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter and soup kitchen, in 1878.
Redner never married. He was buried at The Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.
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- Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Jauchzet, frohlocket (Arr. for Brass Ensemble by Matthias Höfs) - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Joy to the World - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- The First Noel - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Deck the Halls - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- O Little Town of Bethlehem - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- O Come All Ye Faithful - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Wir singen dir in deinem Heer (Arr. for Brass Ensemble by Matthias Höfs) - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht (Arr. for Brass Ensemble by Werner Heckmann) - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Sleighride - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Winterwonderland - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Jingle Bells - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Nebo yasni zirky vkryly - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Shchedryk - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Petersburger Schlittenfahrt, Op. 57 - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Pásli ovce valsi - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Já bych rád k Betlému - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Nesem vám noviny - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Zu Bethlehem geboren - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- The Christmas Song - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Let It Snow - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Ihr Kinderlein kommet - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- La Califfa - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Aguinaldo - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- O Tannenbaum - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Leise rieselt der Schnee - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann / O Freude über Freude - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Still, still, still - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Tochter Zion (Arr for Brass Ensemble by Alexander Erbrich Crawford) - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
- Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 769 (Arr. for Brass Ensemble by Matthias Höfs) - It's Christmas Time - Lewis Redner
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