| Jude, William Herbert |
b Westleton, nr Aldeburgh, Suffolk 1851, d Willesden, Middx 1922. During early years at Wisbech Grammar Sch, Cambs, he wrote incidental music from the age of 8 onwards for school productions of… |
| Gounod, Charles-François |
b Paris, France 1818, d St Cloud nr Paris, 1893. His father having died in 1823, he was first taught music by his mother. He showed an early talent for painting, but at various Paris boarding schools… |
| Cennick, John |
(pronounced âSennickâ), b Reading, Berks 1718, d London 1755. Born of staunch Quaker stock, he nevertheless had an Anglican upbringing and trained as a land surveyor. As a young man he was… |
| Light, Alfred Weldon |
b Hants 1873, d Longford, nr Colnbrook, Bucks 1954. Apprenticed to a Basingstoke saddler at 13; in 1888 his work took him to Whitechapel, E London, and in 1895 to Falmouth. In 1898 he was invited by… |
| Kent, John |
b Tiverton, Devon 1766, d 1843. Born of âpoor, but pious and industrious parentsâ who valued the ministry of Samuel Lavington, who baptized John, he worked as a shipwright in the royal dockyard,… |
| Cotterill, Thomas |
b Cannock, Staffs 1779, d Sheffield, Yorks 1823. The Free School, Birmingham, and St Johnâs Coll Cambridge (BA 1801); elected a Fellow, then ordained (CofE) 1803. After serving a curacy at Tutbury,… |
| Baxter, Richard |
b Rowton, High Ercall, Shrops 1615; d Charterhouse Liberty, Middlesex (London) 1691. Donnington Free Sch, Wroxeter, and private tuition at Ludlow. After a brief time at court he studied theology at… |
| Lady Huntingdon's Hymn Book (1774) |
The collection of hymns published under the auspices of Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (nĂ©e Shirley, 1707â91), the titled patron of much evangelical advance in the 18th-c times of revival.… |
| Urhan, Chrétien |
b Montjoie nr Aix-la-Chapelle, France (now Aachen, Germany) 1790, d Paris, France 1845. As a young enthusiast for music, he was first taught the violin by his father and soon learned to play the viola… |
| Petersson (Pjétursson), HallgrÏmur (Hallgrim) |
b Gröf, nr HĂłlar, Iceland 1614, d Sourby, Iceland 1674. The son of a farmer and cathedral bellringer, expelled from the attached school for his satirical verse and sharp tongue. He was sent (or ran… |
| Gaunt, Alan |
b Manchester 1935. Silcoates Sch, Lancashire Independent Coll, and Manchester Univ. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry 1958, later the United Reformed Church; his 42 years of pastoral… |
| Patrick |
b ?Ailclyde, now Dumbarton c370 (or the village of Bannaven), d Saul, Co Down, Ireland c461. Born to a Romano-British family, at 16 he was enslaved and taken to Ireland by raiders. In Co Antrim and/or… |
| Schein, Johann Hermann |
b GrĂŒnhain, nr Annaburg (now Annaberg-Bucholz), Saxony (Germany) 1586, d Leipzig, Germany 1630. When the family moved to Dresden following the early death of his father, a Lutheran pastor, the young… |
| Gerhardt, Paulus (Paul) |
b GrĂ€fenhainichen, SW of Wittenberg, Germany c1607, d LĂŒbben am Spree, Saxe-Merseburg, 1676. Born to Lutheran parents in an agricultural town, he had many siblings but seems to have been orphaned… |
| Berthier, (Jean) Jacques |
b Auxerre, Burgundy, France 1923, d Paris 1994. As the Organist of St Ignatiusâ Ch, Paris, which became a leading centre of French liturgical renewal, he was a prolific composer. But he has become… |
| Latty, Geraldine |
Geraldine Latty is married to Carey Luce and lives in North London
Her musical worship journey has taken her from Australia to the Albert Hall, from street parties to cathedrals, from singing with… |
| Mason, Lowell |
b Medfield, Massachusetts, USA, 1792, d Orange, New Jersey, USA 1872. Taught as a child by the local schoolmaster, the bandmaster and a neighbouring violinist among others, he also attended a singing… |
| Turl, Margaret Emma |
b Shrewsbury 1946. Stamford High Sch (Lincs) and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA English and Cert Ed). Born into a literary household, she loved poetry from childhood, and was converted aged 13 at a… |
| Smith, Walter Chalmers |
b Aberdeen 1824, d Kinbuck, Dunblane, Perthshire (Stirling) 1908. Aberdeen Grammar Sch and Marischal Coll; Aberdeen Univ (MA 1841); then studied under Thos Chalmers at New Coll Edinburgh. After a… |
| Mainzer, Joseph |
b TrĂšves (Trier), France 1801, d Salford, Gtr Manchester (Lancs) 1851. He attended the MaĂźtrise (choir school) of Trier Cathedral, but went on to study mining engineering, including work in the… |
| Woodward, George Ratcliffe |
b Birkenhead, Ches (Merseyside) 1848, d Highgate, N London 1934. Harrow Sch and Gonville and Caius Coll Cambridge (BA 1872, MA). Ordained in 1874, he was twice curate at the âadvancedâ… |
| Eddison, Robert John Buchanan |
b Derbyshire 1916, d Lingfield, Surrey 2011. Wellington Coll, Trinity Coll Cambridge (MA, History) and Ridley Hall Cambridge; ordained (CofE) 1939. After a curacy at Tunbridge Wells he was a… |
| Redman, Matt |
b Watford, Herts 1974. Brought up from the age of 2 to attend St Andrewâs Church (CofE), Chorleywood, Herts, he learned there to value varied styles of Christian music. His Christian faith became… |
| Marshman, Joshua |
b Westbury Leigh, nr Bath, Som 1768, d Serampore, India 1837. Largely self-educated owing to his familyâs poverty, he worked first for his father in the weaving trade. He taught for a time at a… |
| Giardini (Degiardino), Felice De |
b Turin, Italy 1716, d Moscow 1796. At school in Milan; he was a Cathedral chorister and youthful violinist, studying singing and composing for the harpsichord. On returning to Turin he had further… |
| Bell, John Lamberton |
b Kilmarnock, Ayrshire 1949. Univ of Glasgow (degrees in Arts and Divinity after one false start and an interval working as a volunteer in London and Amsterdam). He was then ordained in the Ch of… |
| Terry, Richard Runciman |
b Ellington, nr Ashington, Northumb 1865, d Kensington, W London, Easter Day 1938. Having moved to South Shields as a boy, he played the parish church organ for midweek events at the age of 11. This… |
| Evans, David Emlyn |
b Castellnewydd (Newcastle) Emlyn, Penralltwen, Dyfed (Cardiganshire) 1843, d Cemmaes, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire 1913 (or London?). Apprenticed to a draper and clothier, he worked in that business… |
| Samuel, Leith |
b Wallasey, Merseyside (Ches) 1915, d Frinton, Essex 1999. Wallasey Grammar Sch; Univ of Liverpool 1933â36, Queenâs Coll Birmingham 1936â37. He worked at St Markâs New Ferry from 1937â38… |
| Wren, Brian |
b Romford, Essex 1936. Romford Liberty Grammar Sch; New Coll Oxford (BA Mod Langs 1960); Mansfield Coll Oxford 1960â62, followed by research on OT prophets (PhD 1968). He was ordained in 1965 to the… |
