| Thompson, Colin Peter |
b Exeter, Devon 1945. Oxford Univ, MA, PhD. Ordained in the URC, 1971; formerly Chaplain to the Univ of Sussex; currently (2011) Lecturer in Spanish at Oxford. His first published hymn was Christian… |
| Mayor, Roger |
b Cheshire 1951. He studied at Wrekin Coll; Stony Brook Sch New York; Goldsmithsâ Coll and Trent Park (London Univ); and Capernwray Bible Coll in Lancs. An associate of Jubilate Hymns whose tunes… |
| Buck, Percy Carter |
b West Ham, Essex 1871, d Hindhead, Haslemere, Surrey 1947. Merchant Taylorsâ Sch, GSM, RCM (under CHH Parry), and Organist at Worcester Coll Oxford (1891â94); BA, MA, MusD in 1897. He was… |
| Hayne, Leighton George |
b Exeter, Devon 1836, d Bradfield, Essex 1883. Eton College and Queenâs Coll Oxford where he became precentor (1860â66) and in 1863 was Coryphaeus (chorus conductor) to the Univ and its public… |
| Malan, Henri Abraham CĂ©sar |
b Geneva, Switzerland 1787, d 1864. He was converted in 1817, studied theology in his home city and was ordained in the Swiss Reformed Ch. But the current ecclesiastical regime in Geneva forbade the… |
| Sweney, John Robson |
SWENEY, John Robson, b West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA 1837, d Chester, PA 1899. By the age of 22 he was teaching music in Dover, Delaware. After serving as a Delaware regimental band conductor in the… |
| Hassler, Hans Johann Leo |
b NĂŒremburg, Germany 1564, d Frankfurtam- Main, Germany 1612. Taught music by his father Isaak (c1530â91), in 1584 he became one of the first German musicians to travel to Italy, arriving in Venice… |
| Masson, Lynda |
Born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1951, Lynda Masson is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, where she specialised in Singing and Piano. Lynda completed her Certificate of Education in 1973 and… |
| Smith, Elizabeth Lee (Allen) |
b Pittsfield, Mass [?Dartmouth], USA 1817, d 1898. The daughter of Dr W Allen, president of Dartmouth Univ; in 1943 she married Dr H Boynton Smith, Prof at New Yorkâs Union Theological Seminary.… |
| Courteville, Raphael (or Ralph) |
b London c1675â76, d 1735. A Chapel Royal chorister who in 1691, aged 15, became a notable organist, and the first, of St Jamesâ Westminster (Piccadilly). It was thought at one time that he served… |
| Richardson, John |
b Preston, Lancs 1816, d Preston 1879. An alto singer who at the age of 13 joined the St Nicholas RC church choir in Liverpool. Apprenticed as a painter and decorator, he completed his training but at… |
| Fedak, Alfred V |
b Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA 1953. Degrees from Hope College and Montclair State Univ. Worked as organist and choir director in Michigan and New Jersey (Pompton Reformed) churches; currently (1999)… |
| Edwards, Howard M III (Rusty) |
b Dixon, Illinois, USA 1955. Interlochen Arts Academy and Univ of Nebraska. Teacher at St Boniface, Elgin, Nebraska. Luther Northwestern Seminary (MDiv); Graduate Theological Foundation, Notre Dame,… |
| 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… |
| Earwaker, John Clifford |
b S London 1936. Keble Coll Oxford (1956â 59, BA in Theology, MA) and Lincoln Theol Coll; ordained (CofE) 1961. After a curacy at Eccleshall, Staffs, he was briefly the Succentor at St Maryâs… |
| Piae Cantiones (1582) |
PIAE CANTIONES (1582). More fully, Piae Cantiones Ecclesiasticae et Scholasticae... (etc). âA very rare and precious bookâ (Routley), âfull of exquisite 16th-c tunesâ (Dearmer), which came… |
| Grier, Julia C |
Mrs Julia Christine Grier was born in Belfast in 1947. she attended Victoria College Belfast and gained a BA from Queen's University, Belfast.
Julia has a PGCE from Redland Collage, Bristol… |
| 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… |
| Thrupp, Joseph Francis |
b Mayfair C London 1827, d Surbiton, Surrey 1867. Winchester Coll and Trinity Coll Cambridge; ordained 1852, and soon afterwards appointed as Vicar of Barrington, nr Great Shelford, Cambs, where he… |
| Vincent, Charles John |
b Houghton-le-Spring, Co Durham 1852, d Monte Carlo 1934. Son of the organist-composer of the same name. A Durham Cathedral chorister, at 16 he became organist at Monkwearmouth Parish Church. He… |
| Allchin, William Thomas Howell |
b Oxford 1843, d Oxford 1883. Oxford BMus 1969; Organist of St Johnâs Coll Oxford 1875â83, and Conductor of the Oxford Choral Soc; Prof of Music and RAM examiner 1881. He composed a cantata and… |
| Jackson, Thomas |
b c1715, d Newark, Notts 1781. At Newark he was organist of the parish ch of St Mary Magdalen and Master of the Song School. A member of the Royal Soc of Musicians, he wrote A Favourite Lesson for… |
| Bower, John Dykes |
b Gloucester 1905, d Farnborough, Kent 1981. A great-grandson of J B Dykes (qv); Cheltenham Coll and Corpus Christi Coll Cambridge (Organ Scholar, 1922; Fellow 1933â37); he held a number of posts as… |
| Thiman, Eric Harding |
originally Thimann, b Ashford, Kent 1900, d Camden, London 1975. Partly self-taught but with early lessons in piano, organ and violin, he attended Caterham Sch and GSM; FRCO 1921, DMus (London 1927,… |
| Westbrook, Francis Brotherton |
b Thornton Heath, Surrey 1903, d Harpenden, Herts 1975. Whitgift (now Trinity) Middle Sch, Croydon; Didsbury Theol Coll Manchester; ordained 1930 (Wesleyan Methodist). Distinguished pianist; BA… |
| Kirkpatrick, William James |
b Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA 1838, d Germantown, Penns 1921. Learned music first from his father and then from other teachers. A lifelong Methodist, he had varied careers as a fife major during the… |
| Clausnitzer, Tobias |
b Thum (or Thurn), nr Annaburg, Saxony 1619, d Weiden, Upper Palatine 1684. Univ of Leipzig; graduated 1643. He served as Chaplain to a Swedish regiment during the Thirty Years War, and following the… |
| 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… |
| Rous, Francis |
b Dittisham, Devon 1579, d Acton, Middx 1658/9. MP for Truro, Speaker in Barebones Parliament, one of Cromwellâs Council of State, Provost of Eton, member of Westminster Assembly. In 1643 he rewrote… |
| Schlegel, Catharina Amalia Dorothea von |
b Germany 1697, d 17â?. Much about her life is unknown; she lived at Cöthen and appears to have been a significant spiritual leader in days of revival, But while one tradition (as in Julian) says… |
