Rens. DeGeer

Life

Born: 1831

Died: 1917

Biography

Renssellear (Rensaller/Rensselaer) DeGeer was born in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. He and his brother Philip emigrated to the U. S. and settled in Sanilac County, Michigan. Philip was a bugler in the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry regiment in the Civil War and formed a band in Lexington, Michigan, after the war. Rens played horn in the band and taught music in the Lexington schools. A small number of compositions appear in a few pedagogical collections.

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List of choral works

• Sleep, Beloved, Sleep

 
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Settings of text by Rens. DeGeer

• Sleighing song (George R. Sturgis)
• A very bad cold (George R. Sturgis)

Publications

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