| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jacob Ludwig Felix |
b Hamburg, Germany 1809, d Leipzig 1847, Grandson of a philosopher (Moses M) and son of a banker who converted from Judaism to Lutheran Christianity (hence the compound surname), befriended by Goethe.… |
| Pantry, John |
b Harrow, Middx 1946. After school he trained in recording engineering studios in C London for two and a half years, while developing his own singing and songwriting gifts. So he has been a performer… |
| Pilcher, Charles Venn |
b Oxford 1879, d Sydney, NSW, Australia 1961. Charterhouse Sch; Hertford Coll Oxford (BA, MA, BD). Ordained in 1903, he was a curate in Birmingham before becoming chaplain to Bp Handley Moule of… |
| Johnston, Phil Lawson |
b London 1950. Eton Coll (where his songwriting began), and Inchbald Sch of Design (History of Art). From 1971 he has worked as a self-taught professional glass-engraver; from 1972, when he… |
| Johnson, Mark and Helen |
When Mark and Helen were married in 1988, they both had a keen interest in music. Helen had completed a degree course in English at Leicester University, followed by a PGCE at Froebel College,… |
| Motyer, John Alexander (Alec) |
b Dublin 1924. d 2016. The High School, Dublin and Trinity Coll, Univ of Dublin; MA, BD, with several prizes, and Lambeth DD (1997). Ordained (CofE) in 1947, he served curacies in Penn Fields… |
| Warren, Norman Leonard |
b Sydenham, S London 1934. Dulwich College, Corpus Christi Coll (Music and Mod Langs), and Ridley Hall, Cambridge; MA. Ordained (CofE) 1960; after a curacy at Bedworth, Warwicks, he served as… |
| Bilbrough, Dave |
b London 1955. He grew up in Romford, Essex, where he still lives. At the age of 14 he accepted an invitation to attend church. He valued the questions posed by some of Paul Simon’s songs, and even… |
| Jarman, Thomas |
b Clipston, Northants (nr Market Harborough), 1776, d Clipston 1861. Following his father into the tailoring trade, he still made time for much music, largely self-taught by the Tonic Sol-Fa method.… |
| Brown, Arthur Henry |
b Brentwood, Essex 1830, d Brentwood 1926. Starting to play the organ from the age of 10, he was organist of Brentwood Parish Ch from 1842 (aged 12) to 1853, then moving to Romford for 5 years before… |
| Ward, James C |
James Ward was born in Belleville, Illinois, USA in March 1950.
He received a BA in Music at Covenant College in 1972 and an MM in Jazz piano from the University of Tennessee in 1996.
James was… |
| Bancroft, Henry Hugh |
b Cleethorpes, Lincs 1904, d Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1988. After studying at Grimsby (FRCO 1925) he emigrated to Canada in 1929 as Organist and Choirmaster of St Matthew’s Anglican Ch in Winnipeg;… |
| Caswall, Edward |
b Yateley, Hants 1814, d Edgbaston (nr Birmingham), Warwicks 1878. 4th son of the Vicar of Yateley; Chigwell Grammar Sch, Essex; Marlborough Coll, Wilts; Brasenose Coll Oxford (BA 1836, MA). As a… |
| Lew, Timothy T'ing Fang |
b Wenchau, Chekiang, China 1891, d Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 1947. Educated in China and at the Univs of Columbia and Yale, USA, and at New York’s Union Theological Seminary. He lectured in N… |
| Purday, Charles Henry |
b Folkestone, Kent 1799, d Notting Hill, London 1885. Born into a musical family he became a musician, publisher and lecturer in music. From the 1840s he was Precentor (Conductor of the Psalmody) at… |
| Smart, Henry Thomas |
b St Marylebone, Middx (London) 1813, d Hampstead, Middx 1879. Highgate Sch; gave up training as a solicitor for a largely self-taught musical career notwithstanding his musical relatives (see… |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian |
b Eisenach, Thuringia, central Germany 1685, d Leipzig, Germany 1750. Beginning as a choirboy, cared for by musical elder brother and with initial training at Ohrdurf, Lüneburg and Lübeck (under… |
| Howorth, David |
b 1866, d 1947. A music-lover from his early years and soon a pianist, he was brought up in the CofE but later joined the Particular Baptist Ch at Tong, Bacup, Lancs, and was baptized in Dec 1892. His… |
| Howells, Herbert Norman |
b Lydney, Glos 1892, d Putney, London 1983. Lydney Grammar Sch and Gloucester Cathedral Sch; articled to the Gloucester organist Sir Herbert Brewer 1905–11, he won an RCM scholarship in 1912 (the… |
| Bode, John Ernest |
BODE, John Ernest, b St Pancras, Middx (C London) 1816, d Castle Camps (nr Haverhill), Cambs 1874. Eton Coll, Charterhouse Sch, and Christ Ch Oxford (BA, MA). Ordained (CofE) in 1841, he was Rector of… |
| Mountain, James |
b New Wortley, nr Leeds, Yorks 1844, d Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1933. Trained for ministry in the churches of the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion at Rotherham College; subsequently at Nottingham,… |
| Gill, Thomas Hornblower |
b Bristol Rd, Birmingham 1819, d Grove Park, SE London 1906. King Edward’s Grammar Sch, Birmingham. Prevented from attending Oxford Univ by the Unitarian family faith (formerly Presbyterian) which… |
| Needham Nicholas (Nick) |
b London 1959. Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar Sch; he was converted in 1976, and a year later read Augustine’s Confessions, which proved a life-changing experience. Edinburgh Univ 1978–87 (BD,… |
| Crossman, Samuel |
b Bradfield Monarchorum, Suffolk c1624, d Bristol, 1683/4. After study at Pembroke Coll Cambridge (BD) he became vicar of All Saints’ Sudbury, Suffolk, which was in effect a Congregational or… |
| Novello, Vincent |
b St Marylebone, London (Middx) 1781, d Nice, France 1861. The son of a Piedmontese pastrycook who settled in London with his English wife and wanted the best possible education for their children. He… |
| Purcell, Henry |
b Westminster, London (Middx) 1659, d Westminster 1695. One of a musical family active through 4 generations; the most notable being Henry who at the age of 6 joined the choir of the Chapel Royal… |
| Gaunt, Howard Charles Adie |
b Edgbaston, Birmingham 1902, d Winchester, Hants 1983. Tonbridge Sch; King’s Coll Cambridge (BA 1925, MA). He played hockey and tennis for Cambridge and cricket for Warwicks; became asst master at… |
| Philip, William |
Rev, Dr William James Unwin Philip, MB ChB, MRCP, BD was born in Edinburgh in 1967. His father, James Philip, was minister of Holyrood Abbey Church. Through university and subsequent years working in… |
| Orr, James Edwin |
b Belfast, N Ireland 1912, d Asheville, N Carolina, USA 1987. When just turned 21, he sailed from his native Ireland to begin what became a lifetime’s global evangelistic and teaching ministry. An… |
| Polman, Bert |
b Rozenburg, The Netherlands 1945. After his first 2 years spent in Indonesia, he returned to Holland and in 1955 emigrated with his family to Canada. He studied at Dordt Coll, Sioux Center, Iowa (BA… |
