Introduction

Biography

Adam was the Adam Geibel and Louisa Frey, and hus­band of Kate An­na Rink (mar­ried 1881, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia).

Though blind­ed by an eye in­fec­tion at age eight, Gei­bel was a suc­cess­ful com­pos­er, con­duc­tor, and or­gan­ist.

Emigrating from Ger­ma­ny pro­ba­bly around 1864, he stu­died at the Penn­syl­van­ia In­sti­tute for the Blind, and wrote a num­ber of Gos­pel songs, an­thems, can­ta­tas, etc. He was al­so well known for se­cu­lar songs like Ken­tuc­ky Babe and Sleep, Sleep, Sleep.

He found­ed the Ad­am Ge­ibel Mu­sic Com­pa­ny, which lat­er ev­olved in­to the Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny, then merg­ed to be­come the Ro­de­hea­ver Hall-Mack Com­pa­ny.

In 1885, Gei­bel or­gan­ized the J. B. Stet­son Mis­sion. He con­duct­ed the Stet­son Chor­us of Penn­syl­van­ia, and was a mu­sic in­struc­tor at the Penn­syl­van­ia In­sti­tu­tion for the Ins­truc­tion of the Blind (1884–1901).

Works

• Evening Bells, 1874
• Where the Pret­ty Dai­sies Grow, with George M. Vick­ers, 1883
• Kentucky Babe, with Ri­chard Hen­ry Buck, 1896. One of his most po­pu­lar songs, it has been re­cord­ed by No­ble Sis­sle (1928), Bing Cros­by, the Chor­dettes, Max­ine Sul­li­van, Dean Mar­tin & Ed­dy Ho­ward.
• Saving Grace, with Al­on­zo Stone (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Stone & Bech­ter, 1898)
• Heavenly Sun­light (co-ed­it­or) (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Mac­Cal­la, 1900)
• Uplifted Voic­es, with Frank Leh­man (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Gei­bel & Leh­man, 1901)
• Consecrated Hymns, with Frank Leh­man (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Gei­bel & Leh­man, 1902)
• World-Wide Ho­san­nas, with Frank Leh­man (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Gei­bel & Leh­man, 1904)
• Hymns of the King­dom, with Frank Leh­man et al. (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Gei­bel & Leh­man, 1905)
• Songs of Ser­vice, with Aus­tin Miles & Lin­coln Hall (Hall-Mack, 1910)
• Ideal Sun­day-School Hymns, with Aus­tin Miles & Lin­coln Hall (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1912)