Composer
Composer, songwriter, conductor, organist, teacher and publisher. (Born: August 14, 1855 in Frankfort-on-Main, Germany — Died: August 3, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Geibel was blinded by an eye infection at age eight, studied at the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind, and wrote a number of Gospel songs, anthems, cantatas. He founded the Adam Geibel Music Company, later evolved into the Hall-Mack Company, and later merged to become the Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Company. He conducted the Stetson Chorus of Philadelphia, and from 1884-1901, was a music instructor at the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind. His popular songs include “Kentucky Babe” and “Sleep, Sleep, Sleep.”
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