Singers Glen
Singers Glen, Virginia, is a hamlet in the Shenandoah Valley about eight miles north-northwest of Harrisonburg. It was originally named Mountain Valley by its German-speaking Mennonite settler, Joseph Funk*, who is buried in Singers Glen. It was renamed Singers Glen in 1860 when a post office was established there, and after Funk’s music business had become successful.
Its significance is twofold: (1) it was the original base of the music-publishing business (known variously as Joseph Funk & Sons, Joseph Funk’s Sons, The Patent Note Publishing Company, Ruebush, Kieffer & Company, and The Ruebush-Kieffer Company (see Ruebush-Kieffer Company, USA*) established by Funk and...
If you have a valid subscription to Dictionary of Hymnology, please log inlog in to view this content. If you require a subscription, please click here.
Cite this article
MLA style (see MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Ed.)
. "Singers Glen."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 25 Apr. 2025.<
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/s/singers-glen>.
Chicago style (see The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Ed.)
. "Singers Glen."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed April 25, 2025,
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/s/singers-glen.