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NOTE: special thanks to (1) I thank Charles Ten Brink for initially requesting I sequence one of Towne's songs which led me to further discover and enjoy more of his music; and, (2) Dave Miller who sent me his extensive biographical and works research on the composer's life and music. Thomas Martin Towne was born on 30 May 1835 in Colerain, Franklin County, Massachusetts and died circa 1912. His parents were Arad Towne (1791-1875) and Tryphenia McCloud (1797-1871). He married twice. In the 1850s he married his first wife Lucy Annn Millington and they had six children. He married his second wife on 8 Jun 1867, Isabel Electra Kellogg (born 1 Jun 1844 in Wisconsin). They had three children: Walter Washburn Towne, Willis Hiram Towne and Bessie Towne. His wife also wrote Sunday school books and edited several Sunday school papers besides writing lyrics for some of her husbands songs using the pseudonymns Mrs. Thomas Martin Towne, Mrs. E. S. Kellogg, and Belle Kellogg. At one time he was a member of the singing group, The Continentals, as well as being a doctor, teacher and composer. Among his most popular songs was "Old Abe" the Battle Eagle (1865). NOTE: the Source* columns below refer to the digitized sheetmusic images stored at The Lester S. Levy Collection by Box/Item number or just with the word "Levy;" the Library of Congress' LCCN number (which can be used to request copies from the Photoduplicatoin Services Division there); or if just labeled "LoC" then it is available as digitized images from the American Memories webpages at the Library of Congress. An 'a' or 'b' prefix indicates a Duke University file index number. |
| Title | Words | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Unkown Dates | ||
| De Charming Molly Kane | -- | -- |
| The Wise Old Bachelor | -- | -- |
| 1862 | ||
| Take Your Harps From Silent Willows, or "Union One--As Is the Sea" [c1862; 21 Jan 1863] |
George Pope Morris, Esq., 1804-1864 | 200002097@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| The Slaves Consolation; or, I'll Neber Hoe de Cotton Any More | James Roberts Gilmore, 1822-1903 (from Among the Pines) | b2045@Duke |
| 1863 | ||
| His Country Needs Him More Than I [c1863; 11 Jan 1864] | M. P. | 200002087@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| Just Across the Narrow River (No. 5 from Concert Gems) | Lilly Waters | Chicago: H. M. Higgins, 117 Randolph St. |
| O Touch Not My Sisters Picture; or, The Confession of a Rebel Prisoner [9 Dec] |
Mrs. E. S. Kellogg | 089/061@Levy; 200002091@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| Old Friends Meet Together (Song & Chorus) | Towne | Chicago: H. M. Higgis, 117 Randolph St. |
| The Plains of Tennessee (Song & Chorus) [On Picket Guard, at Stone River] [c1863; 11 Jan 1864] | Sargt. T. Holingsworth (of the Second Battalion, Pioneer Brigade) | 200002095@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| The Union League, or Our Hearts Are With the Nation (Quartette and Chorus) | anon. | 200002088@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| There's a Dear Vacant Spot on My Pillow (Ballad) | Towne | Chicago: H. M. Higgins |
| We Wait Beneath the Furnace Blast (Quartette) (from Concert Gems, No. 5 of 6) [c1863; 11 Jan 1864] | John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892 | 200002089@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| 1864 | ||
| Gracious Spirit, Love Divine (Hymn) | John Stocker, 1776 | The Tabernacle: No. 184a |
| My Father's Half-Bushel (Comic Song) | Towne | 053/007 |
| Welcome Song of the 40th Wisconson Volunteers [10 Oct] | Lieut. Sanford Fillmore Bennett, 1836-1898 | 200002099@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| When Will My Darling Boy Return? (Song & Chorus) [5 Mar] | Mrs. E. S. Kellogg | 200002100@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| 1865 | ||
| By-and-By (Song) [28 Dec] | L. J. Bates | [M1621.T]; 52-53280 |
| Freedom's Harvest Time (Song & Chorus) [30 Oct] | L. J. Bates, Esq. | 200002090@LoC/IHAS-CWM |
| Mary'll Meet Me at the Door | Towne | 131/033 |
| "Old Abe," the Battle Eagle | L. J. Bates | 005/066; scsm@LoC |
| Our Boys Are Coming Home | Towne | 089/091 |
| Our Boys Are Home to Stay (A Sequel to Our Boys Are Coming Home)[28 Dec] | Mrs. E. S. Kellogg | 200002094@LoC/IHAS-CWM; unk84-49364 |
| That Missing Voice (Song with Chorus) [28 Dec] | Mrs. E. S. Kellogg | 200002098@LoC/IHAS-CWM; 52-49140 |
| 1866 | ||
| Cream City Waltz | none | [M32.T]; unk84-206690 |
| Girls Take Care | Towne | unk84-201721 |
| 1867 | ||
| I'm Alway's Your Lovin' Katreen; or, Katrina's Story [19 July] | Mrs. Maud L. Brainard | [M1621.T]; unk84-200572 |
| My Darling's Little Shoes (A Pathetic Ballad)(with Chorus, ad lib.) | anon. | Songs of Yesterday: pp. 243-246 |
| The Old Church Choir [20 Sep.] | Mrs. L. Hawley | [M1621.T]; unk84-194185 |
| 1868 | ||
| A Sweet Little Child [9 Jun] | Rev. C. Hartley | The Triumph:p. 114 |
| Dear Home (S. M.) (Hymn) [9 Jun] | Towne | The Triumph:p. 212 |
| Freedom and Truth [9 Jun] (Quartet and Chorus) | R. A. C. | The Triumph:p. 366 |
| Little Acts of Kindness [9 Jun] | Towne | The Triumph:p. 105 |
| O Praise the Lord [9 Jun] | Towne | The Triumph:p. 316 |
| Sing Unto the Lord [9 Jun] | Towne | The Triumph:p. 299 |
| Softly Fades the Twilight Ray [9 Jun] (Quartet, Solo, and Chorus) | Towne | The Triumph:p. 363 |
| The Old Threshold | Miss Josephine Furman | [M1621.T]; unk84-62029 |
| Who Is Thy Neighbor? (Chant) [9 Jun] | Robert Coffin | The Triumph:p. 390 |
| 1869 | ||
| Hurrah! for the Camp in the Glade (Quartett and Chorus) | Alfred B. Street | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 10 |
| Grannie's Trust | anon. | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 44 |
| To-day | L. J. Bates Esq. | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 64 |
| The Old Log Hut (Quartet and Chorus) | R. Sinclair | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 74 |
| Pinning for the Old Fireside | Josephine Furman | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 117 |
| Love Me Dearest | Mrs. Rev. Pancoast | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 168 |
| I Would Not Die Early (Duet and Chorus) | Mrs. Elect[r?]a Stratton (Washburn) Kellogg | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 176; reprinted in The Prize, 1870 |
| Those Sweet Blue Eyes | Rev. C. Hartley | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 186 |
| Rest, But Not Here (Quartet) | Lena | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 192 |
| Kick Him When He's Down | Towne | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 208 |
| O Ye Rain! | Mrs. E. J. Flanders | The Pacific Glee Book: p. 224 |
| 1870 | ||
| I Would Not Die Early (Duet and Chorus) [20 Apr] | E. S. Kellogg | The Prize: p. 175 |
| 1871 | ||
| Lake Forest Marzurka [5 July] | none | 06378@LoC |
| The Flies' Revel (Arr. by Frederic Woodman Root as Piano Piece No. 25) | none | 100003592@HSM/LoC |
| We Should Hear the Angels Singing | Towne | LoC |
| 1872 | ||
| Isabella Schottische | none | am3984@Mills |
| The Model Church | J. G. Saxe | 133/135 |
| We Live for Those We Love | C. B. Harger | LoC |
| 1873 | ||
| Barkis Is Willin' (Serio Comic) | Miss Allie Hayer | LoC |
| Oh! Let Not Thy Heart Be Sighing (c1873) | Alice Hayner | 1874-06573@LoC |
| Pitty the Poor Beggar Girl | "A" [Alice Hayner] | LoC |
| Railroad Monopoly | Rev. J. W. Carhart | 059/028 |
| We Shall Meet and Love in Heaven | Bella French | LoC |
| 1874 | ||
| 1875 | ||
| Friendless! | O. A. Curtiss | LoC |
| Lost and Saved (Dramatic Cantata in 3 Acts) | Towne | tmp84-208234 |
| The Moneyless Man | Henry Stanton | LoC |
| 1876 | ||
| 1877 | ||
| Good Will (Hymn) | Margarette W. Snodgrass | LoC |
| In God's Name (Hymn) | Eben Eugene Rexford, 1848-1916 | 13824@LoC |
| 1878 | ||
| God's Wonderful Love (Hymn) | Rev. J. B Atchinson | International Lesson Hymnal by David C. Cook; reprinted in The (Enlarged) Morning Light: p. 114, by Solomon S. Straub (1882) |
| 'Twas Rum That Spoiled My Boy | Reverend L. F. Cole | LoC |
| The Little Newsboy [c1878; copy. 1879] | Mrs. V. J. Kent | 1879-00478@LoC |
| 1879 | ||
| 1880 | ||
| 1881 | ||
| Iola of the Dell [December] | Eliza M. Sherman | 20082@LoC |
| Oh, Mystical River! [6 Dec] | Fannie I. Kennish | 18868@LoC |
| We Will Never Sip Wine or Beer | Towne | reprinted in Beginners Songs (1902): No. 78 |
| The Rescue of Harry Gray (Dramatic Contata) | A. J. Foxworth | BLL01004707348@BritishLibrary |
| 1882 | ||
| Is Rum to Be King [5 Dec.] | Mattie Pearson Smith | 20588@LoC |
| Our Boys Are in Danger! (Battle/Temperance Song) | Towne | 18152@LoC |
| Something for Jesus (Hymn) | Eben Eugene Rexford, 1846-1916 | The (Enlarged) Morning Light!: p. 99 by Solomon W. Straub |
| Teach Me (Hymn) | Towne | : p. 38 from The (Enlarged) Morning Light! by Solomon W. Straub |
| Winnie Dell | Rev. A. A. Hoskin | 16618@LoC |
| 1883 | ||
| One More Struggle | Rev. A[bner?]. A. Hoskin, 1831-1883+ | Temperance Battle Songs! by S[olomon]. W. Straub, pp. 12-13 |
| 1884 | ||
| Savior, I Will Trust Thee | Towne | Living Fountain by S. W. Straub, page 103 |
| The Golden Time Is Now [2 Jun] | Towne | 11187@LoC |
| The Gurgle of of the Jug (from Musical Gems, Vocals, No. 5) [11 Aug.] | Towne | 05272@LoC |
| To-morrow [2 Jun] | W. E. Penn | 11188@LoC |
| We'll Soon Be Home | Eben Eugene Rexford, 1848-1916 | Living Fountain by S. W. Straub, pages 172-3 |
| When the Pearly Gates Unfold | Ira J. Bailey | Living Waters: by S. W. Straub, page 140 |
| 1885 | ||
| The Old Songs My Dear Mother Sung | Mathew P. Brady, Esq. | 12149@LoC |
| 1886 | ||
| 1887 | ||
| Action! Action! Action! (for Temperance Occasions) | Towne | Beautiful Songs! by Solomon W. Straub, page 155 |
| Beautiful, Beautiful Life [Song and Chorus] | Ella McCafferty | Beautiful Songs! by Solomon W. Straub, pages 84-85 |
| The Beautiful River (Good as Solo and Chorus) | Mrs. C. L. Shacklock | Beautiful Songs! by Solomon W. Straub, pages 50-51 |
| 1888 | ||
| A Woman's Question | Mary T. Lathrop | Chicago: S. W. Straub & Co. |
| Easy Polka | none | Chicago: S. W. Straub & Co. |
| Our Hammock Is Swinging | Mrs. Thomas Martin Towne | Chicago: S. W. Straub & Co. |
| Pioneer Preacher | Rev. L. F. Cole | Chicago: S. W. Straub & Co. |
| The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Adaline Hohf Beery | 100009427@HSM/LoC; Chicago: S. W. Straub |
| Liberty and Union | Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) | 39-18946 |
| 1889 | ||
| The Pioneer Pedagogue (from Concert Numbers for Costuming, No. 1) [31 Dec.] | C. A. Murch | [M1509.T74P5]; unk84-143747 |
| 1890 | ||
| The Quiltin' Bee (Character Sketch for Soprano, Contralto, Tenor & Base) [20 Feb.] | C. A. Murch | [M1509.T74Q5]; unk84-182938 |
| 1891 | ||
| The Enchanted Wood | Towne | unk84-131663 |
| 1892 | ||
| 1893 | ||
| I Gave a Cup of Water | Towne | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, p. 139 |
| I Will Praise the Name of Jesus | Philip Doddbridge, 1702-1751 | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, pp. 96-97 |
| I'll Stand By My School | Belle Kellogg Towne | Bright Light [1893] by Solomon W. Straub, p. 201; Uncle Sam's School Songs [1904]: p. 194 |
| Never Mind | Rev. Henry Burton, M. A. | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, p. 169 |
| Singing to the Lord | Mrs. C. L. Shacklock | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, pp. 132-133 |
| The Sparrow's Fall | I. B. Mitchell | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, p. 91 |
| We Come, Come Again (Opening Song) | Adeline Hohf Beery | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, pp. 88-89 |
| We're Children of a King | Mrs. Adeline Hohf Beery | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, p. 54 |
| Work for the Master | Adeline Hohf Beery | Bright Light by Solomon W. Straub, p. 77 |
| 1894 | ||
| He Shall Guide Me | David C. Cook | No. 174 from Uplifting Songs, New and Old |
| 1895 | ||
| 1896 | ||
| Wonderful Love | Rev. J. B. Atchinson | Uplifting Songs New and Old: p. 187, No. 175 |
| 1897 | ||
| The Sheppard's Call (Exercise for children's day...) | Towne | unk84-88048 |
| 1898 | ||
| 1899 | ||
| 1900 | ||
| Christ Is All the World to Me (Melody from the Scotch Air Annie Laura originally arranged by Finley Dun (1795-1853) in 1838) (Arr. by Towne) | anonymous (first appeard in 1869, from The Revivalist by Joseph Hillman and L. Hartsough) | No. 111 from Kingdom of Song Edited by Thomas Miles Bowdish |
| Trim Your Lamp [Ref. the Bible, Matt. V:16] | Lena Elizabeth Griswold (1879-1930+) | Kingdom of Song: p. 11, Edited by Thomas Miles Bowdish |
| 1901 | ||
| When the Regiment Came Back [8 May] | Ella Wheeler Wilcox (from Harper's Weekly, 1898) | [M1644.T]; unk84-182128 |
| 1902 | ||
| Photographic Courtship [11 Sep.] | Amos R. Wells | unk84-143749 |
| 1903 | ||
| 1904 | ||
| 1905 | ||
| 1906 | ||
| 1907 | ||
| Getting Ahead of Santa Claus (music with John P. Hamilton) (Christmas Cantata) [20 Nov.] | Lizzie de Armond, Belle Kellogg Towne, Edith Sanford Tillotson, and others | [M2190.H225]; unk84-109780 |
| 1909 | ||
| Around the World with Santa Claus (Cantata) | Ida Scott Taylor | Univ. Colorado |
| CANTATAS, etc. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Title | Words | Source |
| A Chime of Silver Bells | Julia H. Johnston | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing |
| Santa Claus' Dream | Belle K. Towne | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| The Crowning of Christmas | Ida Reed Smith | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| The Lesson of the Lillies (Easter Concert Exercise) | Fannie E. Newberry | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| The Pilgrim's Vision (Easter Concert Exercise) | Fannie E. Newberry | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| Chaplets for Children's Day (Children's Day Exercises) | Fannie E. Newberry | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| Hearts of Gold (Children's Day Exercises) | Ida Reed Smith | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| Garnered Sheaves (Harvest Home Cantata) | Fannie E. Newberry | Chicago, IL: David C. Cook Publishing Co. |
| Message of Christmas [1885] | ??? | Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company |
| Title | Year | Words/Comments | Source* |
Choir Anthems
(A collection of new anthems, chants, etc., for use in public worship) |
1880 | Towne; 159 pages | unk84-114904 |
Temperance Anthems
(A collection of anthems, quartets, duets and choice musical compositions...) |
1881 | Towne | unk84-155554 |
Sabbath Songs
(for the use of Sabbath schools, social meetings, and the services of the church) |
1886 | with David Caleb Cook (1850-1927); 160 pages | unk84-136787 |
Liberty and Union:A Cyclopedia of Patriotism: Embracing the Best Oratory, Poetry and Music Relating to the American Republic, Together with a Vast Amount of Political, Historical and Miscellaneous Information, Statistics, Tables, Etc., Etc., Pertaining to the National and State Governments ... |
1889 | with Samuel Fallows; 512 pages | H. J. Smith & Co. |
Anthems of Joy
(A new collection of choice, new and selected anthems for church choirs) |
1891 | Towne; 208 pages | unk84-84-46030 |
| Towne's Enunciator or Choir Companion | 1898 | Towne | unk84-125726 |
The King's Message in Song
(for use in the Sunday school, and all the services of the church) |
1901 | edited with Charles Boaz; 128 pages | mus01-68 |
Pentecostal Hymns
(Nos. 3 and 4) |
circa 1902-1907 | 2 vols. in 1; edited with Henry Date, Elisha A. Hoffman (1839-1929), Tullius Clinton O'Kane (1830-1912), W. W. Bently | 16-7630 |