Wilbur Caldwell Held

HELD, Wilbur Caldwell. b. Des Plaines, Illinois, 20 August 1914; d. Claremont, California, 24 March 2015. Held was a composer, organist, and professor of organ and choral music at Ohio State University. He composed IN BETHLEHEM, several other hymn tunes, and many organ arrangements of hymn tunes. Wilbur Held’s parents were Walter Wilbur Held (1884–1981) and Amy Caldwell (née Greene) Held (1886–1937). Walter owned a heating business in Des Plaines, where he served on the school board for 13 years and the Board of Trustees of First Congregational Church (FCC) for more than 40 years. Amy, having graduated from Chicago Musical College, was a violin teacher. Wilbur’s sister Miriam (1923–2018)...