Fanny Crosby Musical artist

Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. A member of the Sixth Avenue Bible Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, she wrote many hymns together with her pastor, Robert Lowry. She was one of the most prolific hymnists in history, writing over 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with over 100 million copies printed, despite being blind from shortly after birth. She is also known for her teaching, and her rescue mission work. By the end of the 19th century, she was "a household name".Known as the "Queen of Gospel Song Writers", and as the "Mother of modern congregational singing in America", with most American hymnals containing her work, as "with the possible exception of Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley, Crosby has generally been represented by the largest number of hymns of any writer of the twentieth century in nonliturgical hymnals". Her gospel songs were "paradigmatic of all revival music", and Ira Sankey attributed the success of the Moody and Sankey evangelical campaigns largely to Crosby's hymns. Some of Crosby's best-known songs include "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour", "Blessed Assurance", "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home", "Praise Him, Praise Him", "Rescue the Perishing", and "To God Be the Glory". Because some publishers were hesitant to have so many hymns by one person in their hymnals, Crosby used nearly 200 different pseudonyms during her career.Crosby wrote over 1,000 secular poems, and had four books of poetry published, as well as two best-selling autobiographies. Additionally, she co-wrote popular secular songs, as well as political and patriotic songs, and at least five cantatas on biblical and patriotic themes, including The Flower Queen, the first secular cantata by an American composer. Crosby was committed to Christian rescue missions, and was known for her public speaking.

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Alias (AKA)	Frances Jane Crosby Frances Jane Van Alstyne
Birth date	March 24, 1820
Birth place	Brewster New York , New York
Date of death	February 12, 1915
Place of death	Connecticut , Bridgeport Connecticut , Mountain Grove Cemetery Bridgeport

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Musical artist

Career started	1844
Career ended	1915
associated musical artist	Ira D. Sankey William Howard Doane George Coles Stebbins George Frederick Root William J. Kirkpatrick Philip Bliss Hart Pease Danks Phoebe Knapp Robert Lowry (hymn writer) William Batchelder Bradbury Silas Jones Vail Hubert P. Main John R. Sweney Philip Phillips (song evangelist) William Fiske Sherwin
Background	Non performing personnel
genre	Hymn Gospel music