| Morison, John |
b Cairnie, nr Huntly, Aberdeenshire 1750, d Canisbay, nr John OâGroats, Caithness (Highland) 1798. Kingâs Coll, Univ of Aberdeen (MA 1771). After teaching in a number of Caithness schools he… |
| Scottish Paraphrases, 1781 |
One of a series of metrical versions of the Psalms and other selected Scriptures, most of these being revisions of and intended replacements for the classic 1650 book. Nos.255, 780. |
| 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… |
| 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,… |
| Filitz, Friedrich |
b Arnstadt, Thuringia, central Germany 1804, d Munich (or Bonn?), Germany 1876. After achieving a doctorate in philosophy he lived in Berlin from 1843 to 1847, when he moved to Munich where he… |
| Fellingham, David (Dave) |
b Horsham, Sussex 1945. His Salvationist family settled in Tongham near Aldershot, where he responded to the gospel as a child, finding that faith and music mixed easily. He attended George Abbot Sch… |
| Didache |
The (aka The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, early 2nd c). Teaching material circulated among one group of Christians about Baptism, the Lordâs Supper, ministry and fasting. It has influenced some… |
| Swinstead, Eric Herbert |
(âHubertâ in CH 2004), b Hackney, Middx (NE London) 1882, d Essex 1950. He lived at Chingford, Essex, and belonged to the former Brethren Assembly meeting at Kingâs Head Hall; a youth worker who… |
| Edwards, Hywel Islwyn |
b 1906, d 1991. A Welsh composer who lived in Llangollen. According to his son Oswain, Prof in the Norwegian State Academy of Music, his best-known tune was ALED, published in a series of hymns for… |
| Founds, Rick |
A guitarist and worship leader since his teens, he began a full-time ministry in 1990 and has written over 500 âpraise songsâ in various styles. In 1992 he recorded âCarry me awayâ; today… |
| 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… |
| Hull, Asa |
b USA 1828, d ?USA. In 1879 he was the main editor of the Gospel Praise Book Complete Edition (suggesting earlier edns?), and later that year the Enlarged Edition; the names of D W Knowles, J P Mager,… |
| Everest, Charles William (?Henry) |
b East Windsor, Connecticut, USA 1814, d Waterbury, Conn 1877. Trinity Coll, Hartford, Conn (MA). He published Visions of Death, and Other Poems, which included the hymn-text for which he is best… |
| Matthews, Timothy Richard |
b Colmworth Rectory, Beds 1826, d Tetney, Louth, Lincs 1910. Bedford Grammar Sch and Gonville and Caius Coll Cambridge; studied music under the composer G J Elvey qv, ordained in the CofE. He was a… |
| Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford |
b Spa Villa, Bath (Som) 1835; d Newport, Monmouthshire 1917. Bath Grammar Sch and Queenâs Coll Cambridge (BA in classics 1857, MA). For a short time he was Classics master at Somersetshire Coll, and… |
| Latty, Geraldine |
Geraldine Latty is married to Carey Luce and lives in North London
Her musical worship journey has taken her from Australia to the Albert Hall, from street parties to cathedrals, from singing with… |
| Barnes, Gerald Linton |
b Hampstead, N London, 1935. A church organist, who was briefly at Tetherdown Congregational Ch (now URC), Muswell Hill, 1955â56. FRCO, GRSM, ARCM (London); now living in Finchley, N London. He… |
| Jenkins, Jill |
Mrs Jill Jenkins was born in Ealing, London in 1937. She was educated at Blackheath High School and achieved a distinction in a Diploma in Contextual Theology from the University of Wales,… |
| Newell, William Reed |
b Savannah, Ohio, USA 1868, d DeLand, Florida, USA 1956. Wooster (Univ) Coll; Princeton Theological Seminary; Oberlin Theol Seminary. He served several pastorates before being appointed asst… |
| 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… |
| Maule, Graham Alexander |
b Glasgow 1958, d 2019. An architectural student in Glasgow who turned to full-time youth work, first at parish level and then with the Iona Community. There he teamed up with John Bell, qv for notes… |
| Williams, Thomas John |
b Ynysmeudwy, Pontardawe (Neath, Swansea Valley), Glam 1869, d Llanelli, Carmarthenshire 1944. An insurance agent by profession, he studied music under David Evans of Cardiff, and was organist at… |
| King, Cora |
Ms Cora King was born in Calcutta in India in 1954.
She came to know God personally at age 14 through a school Christian meeting. She has been captivated and kept by His Word ever since through… |
| Musical and Poetic Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1794) |
A ânew editionâ or enlarged reprint of the collection edited by Edward Jones (1752â1824; âBardd y Breninâ, the Kingâs Bard). After a 2nd edn in 1805, the 3rd one (1808) was further… |
| Bortnianski (Bortnyansky), Dmitri Stepanovich (Dmitro Stepanovych) |
b Gloukoff (Hlukiv), Ukraine 1751, d St Petersburg, Russia 1825. A boy with a fine voice, probably first attending Hlukiv Choir Sch, whom Catherine the Great arranged to be trained by Galuppi at St… |
| Hymns and Sacred Poems |
Dublin (1749). More fully, A Collection of Hymns..., published by S Powell of Crane Lane and possibly edited by J Wesleyâs sometime colleague, the German J F Lampe. The book does not name this tune.… |
| Witvoet, Bert |
(not in Praise! index), b 1934. Coming from a Dutch family background, he is a Reformed (Calvinist) author living in St Catherineâs, Ontario, Canada. Four of his Psalm versions and one hymn (Text… |
| Earnshaw, Robert Henry |
b Todmorden, Yorks 1856, d Dumfries, D and Galloway, Scotland 1929. After study in London and gaining a doctorate, he spent most of his life in Lancs where he was organist successively of 3 churches;… |
| Moody, David (Dave) |
b Charlotte, N Carolina, USA 1948. One of 3 brothers from a famous evangelical and musical family, who performed on their parentsâ TV show in the early 1970s. Later their âAmericana Musicâ… |
| Medd, Veronica |
A lay worker in the Church of England who is also a writer of Christian verse, some of which has been published in Symphony magazine. She has written I was a Stranger: Lesson-notes on refugees and… |
