SPARAKPAR@`ÿÿÿÿÿÿSTEXT`ERuncie, Constance Faunt Le Roy 1836Ð1911 composer Born in Indianapolis on January 15, 1836, Constance Faunt Le Roy was a granddaughter of Robert Owen, the Welsh industrial reformer. She grew up in New Harmony, Indiana. She early displayed musical talent, and from 1852 to 1857 she studied piano and composition in Germany. Back in New Harmony, she organized in 1859 the Minerva Society, one of the first womenÕs clubs in America. In April 1861 she married the Reverend James Runcie, with whom she lived in Madison, Indiana, for a decade and then in St. Joseph, Missouri. While continuing her interest in the womenÕs club movement, she devoted much time to composing hymns and songs. Her earliest hymn, written in 1863, was ÒThere Is a Land of Pure Delight.Ó Later works included ÒIÕve Wandered Far Away,Ó ÒInvocation to Love,Ó ÒDas Všglein Singt,Ó ÒTake My Soul, O Lord,Ó ÒAround the Lord in Glory,Ó ÒHear, O Hear Us,Ó ÒI Hold My Heart So Still,Ó ÒWe Have Sinned Unto Death,Ó a cantata, a ÒTe Deum,Ó and The Prince of Asturia, an opera. Her compositions were generally well received by critics, and many became widely known. It was said that no piece of hers was ever rejected by a publisher. She also wrote numerous stories and in 1888 published a volume of Poems, Dramatic and Lyric. She died in Winnetka, Illinois, on May 17, 1911. Östyl` !5ª5ª)5ª3!IB 5ªC!Iö!I!Iø!I!Ilink`