| Smith, Alfred Barnerd (Barney) |
b Wortendyke, NJ, USA 1916. A boy prodigy on the violin, he appeared as a guest soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra, and studied at the Juilliard Sch of Music, the Moody Bible Institute and… |
| Athanasius |
b Alexandria, Egypt c296, d Alexandria c373. After education probably in the city’s catechetical sch, he became sec to the bishop, attending him at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and succeeding him 3… |
| Martin, George Clement |
b Lambourn, nr Newbury, Berks 1844, d London 1916. On hearing Herbert S Oakeley (qv) play the music of Bach in his parish church at Lambourn, Martin resolved to become a musician. Not having played a… |
| Brent Smith, Alexander |
b Brookthorpe, nr Gloucester 1889, d Gloucester 1950. An articled asst to Sir Ivor Atkins at Worcester Cathedral for 2 years, followed by an appointment as Director of Music at Lancing College from… |
| Teschner, Melchior |
b Fraustadt, Silesia (now Wschowa, SW Poland) 1584, d Oberprietschen, Posen (now Przyczyna Go¯ rna, Pozna´n, W Poland) 1635. After studying theology, philosophy and music at Frankfurt-an-der-Oder,… |
| Praetorius, Michael |
Praetorius - Lat form of Schulz/Schultze, b Kreuzburg-ander-Werra, Thuringia, Germany 1571, d Wolfenbuttel, Brunswick, Germany 1621. He attended the Latin Sch of Zerbst, Anhalt; then studied… |
| Zeuner, (Charles) Heinrich Christoph |
b Eisleben, Saxony, Germany 1795, d nr Delaware River, Philadelphia, USA 1857. Having been a court musician for the German military, Changing his original first name to Charles when emigrating to N… |
| Kauflin, Bob |
Bob is published by Praise! online at numbers 1184 and 1187. He composed number 1282 with Steve Cook and Vikki Cook, number 1134 with Tim Chester and number 1254 with Doug Plank.
He has written… |
| Naylor, Edward Woodall |
b Scarborough, Yorks 1867, d Cambridge 1934. The son of a musical family, he learned first from his father and was a chorister at York Minster; organ scholar at Emmanuel Coll Cambridge (BA 1887, MusB… |
| Lavater, Johann Caspar |
b Zurich, Switzerland 1741, d ?Zurich 1801. He studied theology at the Academic Gymnasium of Zurich (1758–59), and after further training in the Dept of Theology he was ordained to the Reformed… |
| Caldbeck, George Thomas |
b Waterford, Co Waterford, Southern Ireland 1852, d Epsom, Surrey 1918. The National Model Sch, Waterford and Islington Coll, London. Health problems frustrated his original hope to become an overseas… |
| Hall, William John |
[not in Praise! index] b London 1793, d Tottenham N London 1861. A CofE incumbent and author now known mainly for jointly editing the 1836 collection popularly known as The Mitre Hymn Book, and for… |
| Barnard, John |
b Harrow, Middx (NW London), 1948. John Lyon (secondary) Sch, Harrow, and Selwyn Coll Cambridge; he returned to the John Lyon Sch as a teacher of German, then Deputy Head, from 1974 to 2002. A… |
| Killingley, Sophie |
Sophie Killingley was born in 1983 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She grew up reaching Grade 8 in violin and piano, becoming a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and awarded by the… |
| Sparrow-Simpson, William John |
(aka Simpson, W J S), b London 1859, d Ilford, Essex 1952. St Paul’s Sch; Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA, 1st in theology, MA). He was ordained in 1882 and served in 3 central London parishes (Albany… |
| Gladstone, William Henry |
b Hawarden, Flintshire 1840, d Westminster, London 1891. Eton Coll and Christ Ch Oxford; the eldest son of Prime Minister Wm E Gladstone, who followed his father into the House of Commons as MP for 20… |
| Croft, William |
b Nether Eatington (Ettington), Warwicks 1678, d Bath, Somerset 1727. Chapel Royal chorister under John Blow; probably organist at St Anne’s Soho from 1700, then again at the Chapel Royal, at first… |
| Clarke, Jeremiah |
b c1674 (some give earlier dates), d St Paul’s, London 1707. See also the entry (above) for Jer Clark. Chorister at the Chapel Royal, organist at Winchester College, then from 1695 at St Paul’s… |
| Mawby, Colin |
Colin Mawby was born in 1936 and educated at Westminster Cathedral Choir School and the Royal College of Music. He was Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral 1961 - 1977 and Choral Director at… |
| MacGregor, Malcolm |
Birmingham Coll of Art and Design, where he was converted 1971. After working as an Art teacher in special hospitals for handicapped and mentally ill patients in Devon and C Durham, from 1977 to 1993… |
| Spafford, Horatio Gates |
b North Troy, NY, USA 1828, d Jerusalem 1888. After growing up in New York he moved to Chicago where he established a successful law practice. He belonged to the Presbyterian Ch, supported the early… |
| Elvey, George Job |
b Canterbury, Kent 1816; d Windlesham, Surrey 1893. Raised as a Presbyterian, he became a Canterbury Cathedral choirboy and from there went in 1831 with his brother Stephen to New College Oxford (BMus… |
| Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland |
b Westminster, London 1845, d E Cowes, Isle of Wight 1914. Eton Coll; St Andrews; and Trinity Coll Cambridge. He was Marquis of Lorne and sat as MP for Argyllshire 1868–78; in 1871 he married… |
| Neander, Joachim |
b Bremen, N Germany 1650, d Bremen 1680. His pastor-grandfather adapted the family name ‘Neumann’ to its Gk form. He attended the Paedagogium and Academic Gymnasium, Bremen; after his dissolute… |
| Hare, Susie |
Susie Hare was born in 1947 in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She was awarded the Hampshire Music Scholarship in 1957 and studied composition at Weymouth Teacher Training College (1965 – 68)
As well as… |
| Cowen, David |
b.1945 into a run-down area of Liverpool, where he lived until his family was transferred to a council house in Kirkby in 1953. Here he attended the newly-formed Baptist church, and in 1963 gained… |
| Moore's (The) Psalm-Singer's Pocket Companion |
c1756. A Scottish collection, the title of which continues, ‘...containing great variety of the best English Psalm-tunes, suited to the different metres in the Scotch version of the Psalms of David,… |
| Evans, David J |
b Dartford, Kent 1957; except for two years in Maryland, USA, he lived most of his early life in Winchester. He graduated in Social Science (BSc) from the Univ of Southampton, a city where he… |
| Palmer, Ray |
b Little Compton, Rhode Is, USA 1808, d Newark, NJ, USA 1887. After a short period in business, at work in a Boston dry goods store, he studied at Phillips Academy, Andover and Yale Univ while also… |
| Layfield, Stephen (Steve) |
b Leeds, W Yorks 1960. The Yorkshire Martyrs Sch, Bradford and Keele Univ (BA, Maths and Physics). He has taught science since the mid-1980s, mostly in schools in and around W Yorks. Up to 2000 he… |
