Cora S. Briggs

Cora Skillings Briggs (13 May 1859, South Paris, Maine – 12 December 1935) was an American composer and organist. She studied harmony with Stephen A. Emery and piano and organ with Hermann Kotzschmar and E. W. Hanscom; performed as the organist for the First Congregational Church of her birthplace for forty-eight years.Edwards, George Thornton: Music and Musicians of Maine Pg. 366 She wrote around eighty sacred Christian songs, the most famous one being Hold Thou My Hand. Her husband, George A. Briggs was a vocalist.Edwards, George Thornton: Music and Musicians of Maine Pg. 161

List of compositions Some of the compositions are stored in Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women’s Song.

Hold Thou My hand Song of Confidence What Would You Say, Dear?

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1907 Postcard and Letter from George A. Briggs and wife Cora (Skillings) Briggs of Paris, Maine