ITEM 1.) John W. Peterson, Compiler; Singspiration Christmas Ensemble - Ladies Trio & Male Quarter Arrangements - May be Used Separately or Together; Song Folio Song Book; Piano / Vocal; Complete Sheet Music; 1970; Zondervan Publishing House / Belwin #?????;

English Throughout;

Front Cover Artwork featuring a Star Inside a Snowflake;

Preprinted Cover Price on Title Page of $1.50;

Inside Front Cover has Foreword Focused on the versatility of this publication (SSA, TTBB, SSA/TTBB, Full Choir formats all supported);

Each tune has bars of music for SSA, TT, BB, and Piano;

Title Page;

Table of Contents on Inside Rear Cover;

Angels We Have Heard on High; Old French Carol, John W. Peterson;

In a Cave; Harold B. Franklin, Harold DeCou;

No Room; John W. Peterson, Harold DeCou;

Ring the Bells; Harry Bollback, Harold DeCou;

Will It Be Soon?; A Song of Advent; N.J. and E.O. Sellers, Norman Johnson;

5 Tunes Total;

31 Pages of Music; ALL WITH LYRICS;

Inside Rear Cover has Table of Contents with Ads for Similar Works;

Rear Cover has publishers logo;

Published by Singspiration Inc., an affiliate of Zondervan Publishing House in cooperation with Belwin Inc.; Grand Rapids, Michigan / Rockville Centre, New York; Copyright 1970;

Condition VERY Good for age and the fact that it was "on display" for some time; Covers Show Storage Wear; Pages Clean, Tight and Unmarked;

The primary item was part of the collection of Henry J. Hauschild Jr., who billed himself as a “Physiognomist – Bibliopolist – Cognoscente di Eccellentissimo”, and was the very proud owner of the world famous "Nose Gallery” at “The Oldest House” in Victoria, Texas. Henry Senior founded the Hauschild Music Company which was later owned by his 8 children and eventually the four brothers before being closed in 1980; After the Opera House Restaurant failed, the space became the Bible Book Store and later Opera House Antiques; This item was part of the leftover inventory of the Music Store and at one time was on consignment at the Bible Book Store;

"Musicologist and historian, Delmer Rogers, longtime member of the staff of the Department of Music at the University of Texas, is of the opinion that the Hauschild Music Company, founded in Victoria, Texas in 1891, was the second oldest institution to commercially publish sheet music in Texas. (Thos. Goggan of Houston being the first.) Also, his extensive research indicates that Hauschild's was the first in Texas to issues music with Spanish titles. About thirty were published, many by talented writers, and sold in large numbers. In addition, probing seems to prove that Hauschilds was the first to publish the efforts of several of the music-loving Germans of the area. Most interesting, too, is that the spritely composition, the Cowboy Rag offered in 1904 possibly was the purcursor of this genre of popular music." taken from "The Cognoscenti Collections";

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HISTORICAL NOTE: "Zondervan is no longer in the music publishing business…. former music division, once known as Singspiration, is now a part of the Benson Music Group at Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "John W. Peterson (November 1, 1921 – September 20, 2006) was a songwriter who had a major influence on evangelical Christian music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He wrote over 1000 songs, & 35 cantatas. Born in Lindsborg, Kansas, he served as an Army Air Force pilot flying the China Hump during World War II. Later, he attended Moody Bible Institute & served on the radio staff there for a number of years. In 1953, he graduated from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago & shortly thereafter settled in Pennsylvania to continue his songwriting career. He then moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where for over ten years he was President & Editor-in-Chief of Singspiration, a sacred music publishing company. While there, he compiled & edited a hymnal called "Great Hymns of the Faith", (c) 1961. He also served on the board of Gospel Films, Inc. of Muskegon, Michigan. He also had direct contact with popular Christian musicians of the day such as Bill Pearce & Dick Anthony. He resided in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he continued to write music. Peterson died September 20, 2006, aged 84, following a bout with prostate cancer. Some of his more popular song titles include "It Took a Miracle", "Over the Sunset Mountains", "Heaven Came Down", "So Send I You", "Springs of Living Water", "Jesus is Coming Again", & "Surely Goodness & Mercy". His cantatas include Night of Miracles & Down From His Glory. In 1986, he was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.";

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