Gustav Stolpe

Gustav Stolpe was born in Torsåker Parish, Gästrikland, Sweden.

Gustav Stolpe is most frequently remembered as the composer of When Through the Torn Sail which was written with lyricist, Reginald Heber.

[2] His work papers are included in the Manuscript Collections in the Thomas Tredway Library at Augustana College.

Stolpe composed 38 operettas, 25 orchestral works, 25 pieces for brass band, and 25 piano solos.

Dr. Johan Gustaf Mauritz Stolpe (1858–1938), had been the rector of Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church in Manhattan, New York, at 155 East 22nd Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues), which in 1901, was the largest church of the denomination in the United States.