| Description |
Adam Craik Smyth. 1840-1909. organist, conductor, composer, came from England in 1864. Graduate of London Conservatory of Music. Me lived in Salt Lake City. Manti and Fountain Green, where he taught music and directed choirs and operas. Many of his hymns are included in !he LDS hymn book. John Hasler came from Switzerland in 1869 and spent his life in Mt. Pleasant. It was said of him that "no ofher man helped to bring music into the homes of so many people over so large an area as did John Hasler." William Fowler, 1B30-1865. violinist, orphaned at 15, baptized a Utter-day Saint in 1849. Served a mission in England and emigrated to America in 1663 and settled in Manti. Worked for a time as a school teacher. Wrote the familiar LDS hymn, ''We Thank Thee, O God, tor a Prophet." George Brox was born in Rhine land in 1860. Organized a German band, and male chorus in Manii where he was well known with his zither and trumpet. |
