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Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer.
Fanny Crosby was an American writer of hymns, the best known of which is “Safe in the Arms of Jesus.” In all, Crosby wrote between 5,500 and 9,000 hymns, the exact count being obscured by the numerous pseudonyms she employed to preserve her modesty.
One of a handful of female composers during the interwar period, and the only female light-music composer in the era. Renowned for the cosmopolitan and multicultural touch to her schlagers, her operetta work and her association with the leading lights of interwar Poland, including Andrzej Włast.
Fanny Gordon, birthname Fajga Joffe, married name Kwiatkowska (23 December 1914, Yalta – 9 July 1991, Leningrad) – composer, lyricist, writer, translator, academic teacher. Member of the Polish Society of Authors and Composers (Związek Autorów i Kompozytorów Scenicznych – ZAiKS) from 1932.
Fanny is a musical with a book by S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan and music and lyrics by Harold Rome. A tale of love, ... as the fourth show in its Lost Musical Series 1997 "Composer-Lyricist Festival," celebrating five great Broadway composers who also wrote their own lyrics.
Fanny Gordon, or rather Fajga Jofé (* 23.12.1914 Saint Petersburg – † 1991 Petersburg) – the artist, active in Warsaw in the interwar period, was the author of mainly pop music. In her youth, she lived in China, America and Egypt.
Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with more than 100 million copies printed.
