Alfred+B.+Smith

=Alfred B. Smith (1916 - 2001)=

He studied at Juilliard School of music, Moody Bible Institute, and Wheaton College in 1943. His roommate at Wheaton was Billy Graham, and Smith was the youngest song leader of the evangelist’s church. In 1941, he did his first music publishing under the name Singspiration. He a popular hymnbook called Inspiring Hymns in 1951. Smith employed Mr. Peterson in music editing and music publication from his Company in 1954. Smith sold half his interest in Singspiration to Zondervan Company of Grand Rapids Michigan, in 1962 ten years later. He founded Encore Publication, in Pennsylvania, and published Living Hymns in 1972. Smith was given the honorary Mus.D. degree by Brown University. ||
 * [[image:smith_alfred.jpg align="left"]] || Alfred Barnerd Smith was born in New Jersey on November 8, 1916. He died August 9, 2001. He was a boy prodigy on the violin. He was a student of Leopold Auer, and a soloist with New York Symphony with Walter Damrosch conducting.
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