| Clements, Keith Winston |
b Szechwan (Sichuan), W China 1943. King Edward VII Sch Lytham, Lancs, Kingâs Coll Cambridge (MA 1969), and Regents Park Coll Oxford; ordained to the Baptist ministry 1967. He served first in… |
| Tuttiett, Lawrence |
b Colyton, nr Seaton, S Devon 1825, d St Andrews, Fifeshire 1897. Christâs Hospital (public sch), W Sussex, and Kingâs Coll London; declining to follow his father by training for the medical… |
| Draper, William Henry |
b Kenilworth, Warwicks 1855; d Clifton, Bristol 1933. Cheltenham Coll and Keble Coll Oxford; ordained (CofE) 1880. Curate and later vicar in Shrewsbury, also serving the parishes of Alfreton, Derbys,… |
| Chetham's A Book of Psalmody (1718) |
A composer as well as a compiler, John Chetham or Cheetham (b ?Newton, Ches, or Yorks 1665, d ?Skipton, N Yorks 1746) attended Duckingfield Sch; at some point he was ordained, serving at Skipton as… |
| Niles, Daniel Thambyrajah |
b Telipallai, Sri Lanka 1908, d Vellore, S India 1970. Univ of Ceylon (law); ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1932. He became a Local Minister and Circuit Superintendent, Chairman of N Ceylon… |
| Hewitt, Eliza Edmunds |
b Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1851, d Philadelphia 1920. Raised in a family where the Bible was read daily and gospel songs were sung and learnt, she attended the Girlsâ Normal Sch in… |
| Thomas, David John (Afan) |
b Llan Baglan, nr Cwmavon, W Glamorgan 1881, d S Wales 1928. He learned to play the violin from the age of 6, and the piano soon afterwards, under the home tuition of his grandfather David Nicholas.… |
| Allen, Hugh Percy |
b Reading 1869, d Oxford 1946. Organist of St Saviourâs Reading at the age of 11, and at 18 asst organist at Chichester Cathedral and asst music master at Wellington Coll. Studied at Oxford,… |
| Sibelius, Jean (Johan Christian Julius) |
b HĂ€meenlinna (in Swedish, Tavastehus), a small town 100km N of Helsinki, Finland 1865, d JaË rvenpÀÀ, SW Finland 1957. Attracted to the piano at the age of 5, encouraged by his uncle the… |
| Parker, Handel |
b Oxenhope, nr Haworth, W Yorks 1854, d Shipley, Yorks 1928. Born into an extensive musical family, of parents who named their children after composers including Haydn and Jubal. He played the flute… |
| Fudge, Roland |
b Bristol 1947. Bristol Univ (BMus with Theology, 1968); RAM 1968â71 (ARCM). He began composing at 15; from 1970 to 1975 he played in the Sartori String Quartet based in London, Sussex Univ, then… |
| Prudentius, Marcus Aurelius Clemens |
b Caesarauguta, N Spain 348, d c413. Trained as a lawyer, he practised as a judge and made his main career in civil administration, culminating in being made chief of the emperor Honoriusâ imperial… |
| White, David Ashley |
b San Antonio, Texas, USA 1944. Del Mar Coll, Corpus Christi, Texas; Univ of Houston, TX, and the Univ of Texas at Austin, TX. He was composer-in-residence at the 1984 Green Lake Festival of Music in… |
| Coates, Eric |
b Hucknall, Notts 1886, d Chichester, Sussex 1957. RAM from 1906; a viola player (and violinist) who became one of the finest composers of songs, light orchestral and film music of the mid-20th c, and… |
| Ireland, John Nicholson |
b Bowdon, nr Altrincham, Gtr Manchester (Ches) 1879, d Rock Mill, Washington, nr Steyning, W Sussex 1962. Born into a literary but less than happy family and losing both parents in his early years, he… |
| 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 Yorkâs Union Theological Seminary. He lectured in N… |
| Peacock, David Christopher |
b Bradford, Yorks 1949. Birmingham Univ (BMus and Cert Ed) Member of Jubilate Hymns from 1970s, and of the music group for Hymns for Todayâs Church, 1982); JH Secretary from 1992. Composer,… |
| Cox, Frances Elizabeth |
b Oxford 1812, d Iffley, nr Oxford 1897. She seems to have spent her life in or around Oxford, but in view of her literary achievements it is tantalising to know so little of her education and… |
| Getty, Kristyn |
Keith and Kristyn Getty are Irish singer/songwriters and recording artists. They are among the preeminent modern hymn composers of this generation. Keith wrote âIn Christ aloneâ with Stuart… |
| Jones, Robert (Bobi) Maynard |
b Cardiff, S Wales 1929. Cathays High Sch, where he learned Welsh and soon became fluent in its written and spoken forms, and the Univ of Wales; he also studied at the Univ of Ireland and Laval Univ,… |
| Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore |
b Westminster, London (Middx) 1825, d Hereford 1889. The musical infant prodigy son (beginning to compose at the age of 3) of an ambassador and baronet. Educated first at home, he then had tuition… |
| Monk, Edwin George |
b Frome, Somerset 1819, d Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire 1900. Organist at Midsomer Norton and Frome; then precentor and master of music at St Columbaâs Coll Rathfarnham (Stackallan) nr Dublin (1844)… |
| Reed, Edith Margaret Gellibrand |
b Islington, Middx (N London) 1885, d Barnet, Herts 1933. St Leonardâs Sch; and GSM. Her lifeâs work lay in music for and with children, aiming to see and hear songs and hymns through a childâs… |
| Roberts, Caradog |
b Rhosllanerchrugog nr Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales 1878, d Wrexham 1935. Student-teacher at the elementary school, then an apprentice carpenter, but left to study piano and organ; taught by the… |
| Haighton, Michael |
b Nantwich, Ches 1952. Boarding sch until his 17th year, followed by Danebank Further Education Coll in Crewe and then ministerial training at Cliff Coll. Michael is a Free Church minister who has… |
| Brownlie, John |
(formerly Brownlee), b Glasgow 1857 (1859, Julian), d Crieff, Perthshire 1925. Univ of Glasgow and the Free Church College. Licensed to preach in 1884, he served the Free Ch of Scotland congregation… |
| Harris, John |
b Ugborough, S Devon 1802, d Hampstead, Middx 1856. The eldest of 8 children, and not too robust, he helped in his fatherâs tailorâs and draperâs shop but spent much of his free time reading.… |
| Williams, Peter |
b Llansadyrnin (Llansadurnin), nr St Clears, Carmarthen 1721/22, d Llandyfeilog (Llandyfaelog), nr Kidwelly, Carmarthen 1796. Carmarthen Grammar Sch, Carmarthen Coll. Warned by a tutor against the… |
| Rees, William |
b Llansannan nr Denbigh (Clwyd) 1802, d 1883. He briefly attended the local school while also working on the family farm, largely teaching himself as he grew up from the Welsh literature available to… |
| Francis, Benjamin |
b nr Pen-y-Gelli, nr Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed (Carmarthens) 1734, d Horsley, nr Stroud, Glos 1799. He grew up in Swansea and was baptized there at the age of 15. At 19 he began to preach and went on to… |
