Rigdon McCoy McIntosh

1836-1899

Born: April 3, 1836, Maury County, Tennessee. Died: July 2, 1899, Atlanta, Georgia. Buried: Oxford, Georgia.

McIntosh attended Jackson College in Columbia, Tennessee, and studied music under Asa Everett. In 1875, he was appointed head of the Music Department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1877, he joined the faculty of Emory College, Oxford, Georgia. In 1895, he left Emory College to devote his time to the R. M. McIntosh Publishing Company. He also served as music editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Publishing House for over 30 years.

Music:

1. At the Beautiful Gate
2. Beautiful Christmas
3. For Many, Many Years
4. Gathering Home
5. How Firm a Foundation
6. Kingdom Is Coming, The
7. Not Far from the Kingdom
8. On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand
9. Once o’er Judea’s Hills by Night
10. Story of the Cross
11. Tell It Again
12. The Wise Virgins