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Full Name Frank Wilson Asper Born February 9, 1892Salt Lake City, Utah ( 1892-02-09 ) Resting place Salt Lake City Cemetery40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W / 40.7772000; -111.858000 (Salt Lake City Cemetery) Occupation Composer and also Mormon Tabernacle organist Spouse(s) Ellen Marie ConnorsFlorence E. Robinson Died 1973, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Similar People Henry Walter Bates, Heber J Grant, George Q Cannon, John Taylor, George Albert Smith | ||
Frank Wilson Asper (February 9, 1892 – November 8, 1973) was a Latter-day Saint composer and also Mormon Tabernacle organist beginning in 1925.
Asper came from a musically inclined family. He studied under Ebenezer Beesley as a youth and then studied at Stern Conservatory in Berlin and the New England Conservatory, Boston University, the University of Utah and Chicago Musical College. Besides being Mormon Tabernacle organist, Asper was the organist of the First United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Asper was a fellow of the American Guild of Organists.
Works
Asper penned words and music for several LDS hymns. Seven of these are found in the 1985 hymnal Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
References
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