| Lyra Davidica (1708) |
The title could mean ‘David’s Lyre’ or ‘David’s Song’. The book was an anonymous London collection of mainly English versions of Latin or German hymns. At least 4 texts and one tune have… |
| Stuart Townend and Keith and Kristyn Getty |
see separate entries for Stuart Townend and Keith and Kristyn Getty for details |
| Strutt, Richard |
b Terling, nr Chelmsford, Essex 1848, d Bath 1927. Winchester Coll; Magdalen Coll Oxford (MA 1876). Worked for an American bank in London, then at the Stock Exchange. Choirmaster and Churchwarden at… |
| Maurus, Rabanus |
(not in Praise! index), b 776 or 784, d 856. The possible author of the original Lat of no.522, he was educated under Alcuin (qv), and ordained in 814. He became Abbot of Fulda, Archbishop of Mainz… |
| Scripture Union |
Founded in 1879, in addition to its evangelistic and Bible-teaching initiatives the SU has played a significant part in hymnody. This has come through many individual stories, but also in publishing… |
| Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend |
See separate entries for Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend for details |
| 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… |
| Dale, Benjamin James |
b Highbury, Middlesex (N London) 1885, d Kensington, W London 1943. Composed an overture Horatius, publicly performed in London, when only 14. He studied at the RAM from 1902 to 1905, where he wrote a… |
| Lloyd, John Ambrose |
b Mold, Flintshire 1815, d Liverpool 1874. Moved to Liverpool when 15, and the next year composed his first hymn tune there. A commercial traveller (representative) who had music lessons but was… |
| Playford's Psalms (1671) |
John Playford (1623–c1686/87), a music bookseller and Vicar-choral of St Paul’s Cathedral, compiled and published Psalms and Hymns in Solemn Musick of Four Parts...(etc), one of a rich series of… |
| Naylor, Kenneth Nicholson |
b Sunderland, Co Durham 1931, d Cambridge 1991. Kingswood Sch, Bath, and Magdalene Coll Cambridge (graduating in music). He taught at The Leys Sch, Cambridge (1953–80), and Christ’s Hospital… |
| Scott-Gatty, Alfred Scott |
b Ecclesfield, nr Sheffield, S Yorks 1847, d St Marylebone, C London 1918. Born into a clerical family as A S Gatty, he coupled his mother’s maiden name (not his wife’s) with his own. His great… |
| Lahee, Henry |
b Chelsea, W London (Middx) 1826, d Croydon, Surrey 1912. Studied music under Sterndale Bennett, John Goss and Cipriani Potter; after organ posts with 3 W London and city churches he settled at Holy… |
| Roberts, John Henry |
b ?Mynydd Llandegai, Pen-rallt, Y Gefnan, Caernarvons 1848, d Liverpool 1924. As a boy he worked in Penrhyn slate quarry, Bethesda, and was organist at 14 in a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. A quarry… |
| Lowry, Robert |
b Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1826, d Plainfield, New Jersey, USA 1899. After study at Bucknell Univ, he was ordained as a Baptist and served pastorates in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.… |
| Scholefield, Clement Cotterill |
b (St Clement’s Ch) Edgbaston, nr Birmingham (Warwicks) 1839, d Godalming, Surrey 1904. The youngest son of a Birmingham MP, he attended Pocklington Grammar Sch and St John’s Coll Cambridge; BA,… |
| Langran, James |
b St Pancras, London (Middx) 1835, d Tottenham, N London (Middx) 1909. He learned his musical skills in London under Sir Frank Bridge and J B Calkin qv, and became organist at St Michael’s Wood… |
| Vulpius (Fuchs), Melchior |
b Wasungen, nr Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany c1560–70, d Weimar, Germany 1615. He attended the Latin School in his home town, later Latinising his family surname; then studied music at Speyer and… |
| Featherston(e), William Ralph (or Rolf) |
b Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1846, d Montreal 1873. He grew up as a Wesleyan Methodist in Montreal. His family’s church later became St James’s Methodist Ch, then St James’s United Ch; WRF lived… |
| Ley, Henry George |
b Chagford, Devon 1887, d Feniton, nr Ottery St Mary, Devon 1962. St George’s Sch Windsor (chorister at St George’s Chapel), Uppingham Sch (music Scholar), and RCM. Organist at St Mary’s Farnham… |
| Zundel, John |
b Hochdorf, Germany 1815, d Cannstadt, Germany 1882. Studied violin and organ in Germany; in 1840 became organist of St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Petersburg, Russia, where he was also bandmaster… |
| Rose, Barry |
b Chingford, Essex 1934. Sir George Monoux Grammar Sch, Walthamstow, Essex, and RAM; in 1960 he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral where he remained until 1974;… |
| Thompson, Stephen (Steve) |
A professional band director and music producer who has combined with some well-known rock musicians, and since the early 1980s with Graham Kendrick. He has worked in over 60 countries including… |
| Jenner, Henry Lascelles |
b Chislehurst, Kent 1820, d Preston-next-Wingham, Eastry, nr Sandwich, Kent 1898. Harrow Sch and Trinity Coll Cambridge LLB 1841. Ordained in 1843, he was a curate at Chevening, Kent; St Columb and St… |
| Lloyd, William Freeman |
b Uley, nr Dursley, Glos 1791, d Stanley Hall, Kings Stanley, nr Stroud, Glos 1853. He was employed as a teacher in Oxford, then in London, before becoming a Secretary of the (National) Sunday School… |
| Leslie, Henry Temple |
b 1825, d Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hants 1876. A music teacher and organist in England (including St Mary-le-Port in Bristol) and Ireland, who composed and edited a varied musical selection. He wrote… |
| Guillebaud, Rosemary |
b 1915, d Cambridge 2002. Born into a missionary family, she first went to live in Africa at the age of 10, when her skill in translation first became apparent. She read Modern Langs at Cambridge Univ… |
| Lam, Pandina |
A member of the wider music team for Praise! who worked with Linda Mawson on the contemporary tunes. Pandina lives at Redbridge in the London Borough of Ilford on the edge of Essex, and provided… |
| Head, Elizabeth (Bessie) Ann Porter |
b Norfolk 1850, d Wimbledon, Surrey 1936. Also known by her maiden name as Bessie Porter, her various forms of Christian service included the YMCA, as secretary of the Swansea branch. From 1897 to… |
| Thomas, John |
b Blaenannerch, Cardigans, S Wales 1839, d Llanwrtyd Wells, Breconshire 1921. Known by both his birthplace and his later home of Llanwrtyd. Apprenticed to a shop in Newcastle Emlyn, but returned to… |
