Anthony Johnson Showalter
Anthony Johnson Showalter (May 1, 1858 – September 14, 1924) was an American gospel music composer, teacher and publisher. He was born in Cherry Grove, West Virginia. Showalter was trained in the Ruebush-Kieffer School of Music and was teaching in shape note singing schools by age fourteen. In 1884, he formed the Showalter Music Company of Dalton, Georgia. He was also an elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton.Showalter's best known song is "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms", which was published in 1887. He has generally been credited with writing the music and chorus. However, Showalter's nephew, Samuel Duncan, is also credited with some of the music for the verses. Elisha Hoffman wrote some of the verses. The song features prominently in the score of ''Night of the Hunter'', serving as a ''leitmotif'' for Robert Mitchum's character Reverend Harry Powell, and forms about a quarter of the score of the 2010 film ''True Grit''.
Showalter authored several rudimentary books on music theory and a book on harmony and song composition. These were widely used in singing schools across the South.
He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1924 and is buried at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Showalter, Anthony J
Published 1899
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2by Showalter, Anthony J
Published 1904
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3by Showalter, Anthony J
Published 1896
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4by Showalter, Anthony J
Published 1916
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5by Showalter, Anthony J
Published 1898
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6by Showalter, Anthony J., 1858-1924
Published 1900
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7by Showalter, Anthony J., 1858-1924
Published 1896
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8by Showalter, Anthony J., 1858-1924
Published 1901
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9by Dorsey, Thomas A., Paulus, Stephen, Scholz, Robert, Schwalm, C. Thomas, Showalter, Anthony, Traditional
Published 2002
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10by Argento, Dominick, Berger, Jean, Campanus, Jan, Enns, Leonard, Grotenhius, Dale, Hays, William Shakespeare, Kelly, Daniel, Monk, William Henry, Ogura, Ro, Olatunji, Babatunde, Roberton, Hugh S., Schutz, Heinrich, Showalter, Anthony, Smith, Byron J., Tavener, John, Viadana, Lodovico, Whalum, Wendell P.
Published 2004
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11Published 1898Other Authors: “...Showalter, Anthony J., 1858-1924...”
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