Introduction

Biography

Rosecrans stu­died at the Bax­ter Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic in Friend­ship, New York.

After teach­ing for two years, he joined the Fill­more Bro­thers Mu­sic House in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. By 1880, he was teach­ing mu­sic in Doug­las Coun­ty, Co­lo­ra­do.

In 1884, he was an evan­gel­ist in Ca­li­for­nia, and lat­er was as­so­ci­at­ed with ev­an­gel­is­tic ef­forts in Tex­as, and taught mu­sic and Bi­ble at Car­lton Col­lege in Bon­ham, Tex­as.

Works

Rosecrans pub­lished ov­er 20 mu­sic col­lect­ions, in­clud­ing:

• Songs of Glo­ry, 1874
• The Beau­ty (Friend­ship, New York: J. C. Cran­dall, 1874)
• The Pear­ly Gates
• Wide Awake Glee Book
• The Help­ing Hand, with Will­iam T. Giffe (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: George D. New­hall, 1878)
• The Voice of Joy (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1882)
• The Child­ren’s Hal­le­lu­jah, with James Fill­more (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1886)
• Glory and Praise, with James Fill­more (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1887)
• Christian Work-Songs (New York & Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1890)
• Gems and Jew­els, with James Fill­more (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1890)
• Chiming Voic­es, with J. T. Toof (New York: Asa Hull, 1893)
• The Chris­tian Hym­nist (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing, 1895)
• Glad Tid­ings (New York: Fill­more Bro­thers, 1899)
• Crown of Beau­ty, with Le­on­ard Daugh­er­ty (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Stand­ard Pub­lish­ing, 1902)
• Praise Tri­um­phant, with Le­on­ard Daugh­er­ty (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Tri­umph­ant Pub­lish­ing, cir­ca 1915)