1853–1931

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 3, 1853, Øystre Slidre, Opp­land, Nor­way.

Buried: Oak­land Ce­me­te­ry, Saint Paul, Min­ne­so­ta.

Biography

Dahle emi­grat­ed to Am­eri­ca in 1877. He was an or­gan­ist, com­pos­er, song lead­er, mu­sic ed­it­or, teach­er, and au­tho­ri­ty on hym­no­lo­gy.

He taught at Lu­ther Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry in St. Paul, Min­ne­sota. From 1924–28 he ed­it­ed a three vol­ume Lib­ra­ry of Chris­tian Hymns, with the his­to­ry of each of the 615 hymns in the Lu­ther­an hym­na­ry.

Sources

Music

  1. Red Wing Se­mi­na­ry

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