Arthur Lange
Arthur Lange was the composer credited with the tune to the early-twentieth-century sentimental song “Little White Church (in the Vale),” written with lyricist Jeff Branen. The Carter Family revived the song on Victor in 1928 and it has since circulated through country, bluegrass, and folk-revival recordings.
- Wrote the tune to “Little White Church (in the Vale),” set to a lyric by Jeff Branen.
- Worked in the Tin Pan Alley publishing orbit of the early twentieth century.
- The Carter Family cut the song for Victor in 1928; later versions came from Roy Acuff, the Stanley Brothers, and a long line of country and bluegrass acts.