| Evans, David |
b Resolven, Glamorganshire, S Wales 1874, d Rhosllanerchrugogg, nr Wrexham, Denbighshire 1948. Not to be confused with his namesakes. Arnold Coll, Swansea; Univ Coll Cardiff; BMus and DMus (Oxford).… |
| Brooks, Gerard |
b Abingdon, Oxon 1956. John Mason High Sch; Lincoln Coll Oxford (MA, Music); Strasbourg Conservatoire (organ studies); and Homerton Coll Cambridge (PGCE). A travelling scholarship furthered his… |
| Schutter, Ignace De |
(also SUTTER, as in Praise!), b 1911, d 1988. A Belgian professional church musician and leading organist who also taught church music, Gregorian chant, Hymnology and Folksong studies at the… |
| Horder, Mervyn |
b 1910, d London 1997. Like H H Milman (see Authorsâ index) he was the son of a royal physicianâin this case Sir Thomas (the first Lord) Horder, who numbered Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones among his… |
| Grant, John Webster |
b Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada 1919. Pictou Academy; Dalhousie Univ (BA, MA); Princeton Univ; and Pine Divinity Hall, Halifax. In 1943 he was ordained in the United Ch of Canada. After a short time at… |
| Evans, M. Eddie |
b Talysarn, Gwynedd, N Wales 1890, d 1984. His parents owned and ran a grocer's shop in Talysarn. This was subsequently sold and the family moved to Liverpool where they opened a new grocer's shop.… |
| The Christmas Box, 1825 |
(not in Praise! index). The first complete book published by the Religious Tract Society, decades before the Victorian (and post-Victorian) flood of carol-books, was this seasonal assortment including… |
| Kocher, Conrad |
b Ditzingen, nr Stuttgart, Germany 1786, d Stuttgart 1872. He left home at 17 to work at St Petersburg as a tutor. While there he heard the works of Haydn and Mozart and resolved on a musical career.… |
| Shirley, William Walter |
b Staunton Har(r)old, nr Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics 1725, d Dublin 1786. Born into the aristocratic nobility, he became âthe Hon and Revâ Walter Shirley on his ordination in 1749 in the (Anglican)… |
| Davies, Samuel |
b nr Summit Ridge, Newcastle Co, Delaware, USA 1723 (or 1726?), d Princeton, NJ, USA 1761. Educated privately under the guidance of Samuel Blair, a clergyman from Chester Co, Pennsylvania. As a young… |
| Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings |
b Bournemouth 1848, d Rustington, Sussex 1918. He began to compose at the age of 8; Twyford Sch nr Winchester (where he met S S Wesley); Eton Coll (where he met Sir Geo Elvey), during which time he… |
| Redhead, Richard |
b Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex 1820, d Hellingly, Hailsham, Sussex 1901. At 9 years old he became a boy chorister at Magdalen Coll Oxford; while still only 19 he was invited by Frederick Oakeley (qv)… |
| Hutcheson, Charles |
b Glasgow 1792, d Glasgow 1860. A merchant and amateur musician, he belonged to St Georgeâs Tron Church, in the heart of the city where he remained for all his life. In 1832 he published Christian… |
| Booth, Gordon Thomas |
b Teddington, Middlesex 1922. d New Fairholme, Oswestry 15th July, 2013. Converted 1935 through Upper Tooting Crusaders, he trained for the Congregational ministry at New Coll, London. Â After serving… |
| Nageli, Johann (or Hans) Georg |
b Wetzikon, nr ZĂŒrich, Switzerland 1773, d Wetzikon 1836. Taught first by his minister father, from 1790 he studied further in ZĂŒrich, notably the music of J S Bach. He founded a music shop and… |
| Theodulph of Orleans |
b ?Spain c750, Angers, NW France 821. As a relatively young man he was abbot of a monastery in Florence. Favoured by Charlemagne (âCharles the Greatâ), he was brought to France to be Abbot of… |
| Ewing, Alexander |
b Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1830, d Taunton, Som 1895. Marischal Coll, Aberdeen, where he began a legal training which he never completed. He travelled to Heidelberg to study music, became… |
| Iliff, David |
b 1939. Formerly Director of Music at Emmanuel Church Northwood, N London; then from 1985 for more than 20 years at The British School of Brussels, Belgium, for English-speakers from more than 70… |
| Oakeley, Herbert Stanley |
b Ealing, W London (Middx) 1830, d Eastbourne, Sussex 1903. His musical gifts were evident from the age of 4 and he began to compose at 9. From Rugby Sch and Christ Church Oxford (BA, MA); he went on… |
| Miller, Edward |
b Norwich, Norfolk 1735, d Doncaster, Yorks 1807. Having begun to follow his father in the stone-paving trade, he left home abruptly to study music, playing the flute in Handelâs London orchestra at… |
| Allen, James |
(not in Praise! index), b Gayle, nr Hawes, N Yorks 1734, d Gayle 1804. He was preparing for ordination in the CofE but became for a time a follower of Benjamin Ingham, the Wesleysâ former colleague… |
| Merker, Matthew |
Matthew (Matt) has composed songs in association with other writers:
Matt is published by Praise! online at number 1219
He has written and composed with Jordan Kauflin and Keith Getty at number … |
| Giles, Gordon |
The Reverend Dr Gordon John Giles was born in London in 1966. He was educated at Lancaster and Cambridge Universities, gaining a BA, MLitt and a PhD.
Gordon was Curate at the Church of… |
| Wakely, Jenny |
Jenny was born in 1944 in Bexleyheath, Kent and died in 2014.
She attended Prendergast Grammar School in Catford before gaining a BSc and PhD from the University of London.
She worked in medical… |
| Benton, John Edward |
b Isleworth, Middlesex 1949. Southall Grammar Sch and Univ of Sussex (PhD). A journalist and minister of the gospel in the Grace Baptist tradition, he produced with Bill Bygroves in 1979 a collection,… |
| Rinkart, Martin |
b Eilenburg on the Mulde, Saxony 1586, d Eilenburg 1649. The Latin School at Eilenburg; chorister at St Thomasâ Sch, Leipzig. Univ of Leipzig 1602, where music teaching helped to pay his bills; MA… |
| 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 Matthewâs Anglican Ch in Winnipeg;… |
| 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… |
| Flook, Harold |
b Willesden, NW London 1909, d S Cornwall 2001. Brought up at Willesden Green Baptist Ch, he attended University College Sch in Hampstead from 1920, and the Univ of London (BSc Chemistry). After… |
| Smart, George Thomas |
b Soho, London (Middx) 1776, d Bloomsbury, C London (Middx) 1867. Chorister at the Chapel Royal; then at 15 he was appointed organist at St Jamesâs Chapel, Hampstead Rd, London. He played the violin… |
