Introduction

Biography

Emmett was the son of J. C. Dean, and hus­band of Maud Hill­en.

A Me­tho­dist, he taught sing­ing schools for 40 years, wrote some 500 songs, and for four years head­ed the Trio Mu­sic Com­pa­ny.

With Frank­lin Ei­land and Ho­mer El­li­ott, he found­ed the South­ern De­vel­op­ment Nor­mal Mu­sic School in Wa­co, Texas.

Publications

• Reaper Songs, with J. F. May­field & Ri­chard M. Mor­gan) (Wa­co, Tex­as: Trio Mu­sic, 1908)
• Tidings of Glo­ry (Wa­co, Tex­as: Trio Mu­sic, 1916)
• The Guid­ing Star (Wa­co, Tex­as: Trio Mu­sic, 1917)
• New Vic­tory (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Pub­lish­ing Board, 1918)
• Victory for Chris­tian Work and Wor­ship (Wa­co, Tex­as: Trio Mu­sic, 1918)