| 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… |
| Chambers, Brent |
b Napier, New Zealand 1948. Educated at Colonso High Sch, Napier; converted at 18, and studied at the Bible College of New Zealand. He has been an author/composer of Scripture songs from the 1970s,… |
| Keswick Hymn Book |
The 1936/8 devotional and missionary hymnal designed for use at the annual summer Keswick Convention, and sometimes adopted for (eg) midweek use by churches sympathetic to its evangelical ethos. It… |
| 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… |
| Barham-Gould, Arthur Cyril |
b 1891, d Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1953. The hyphenated surname came later; hence some listings still under ‘Gould’. He prepared for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge; and was ordained in 1927 to… |
| Walch, James |
b Egerton, nr Bolton, Gtr Manchester (Lancs) 1837, d ?Llandudno, Conwy (Caernarvonshire) or acc to Routley, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Lancs), 1901. After studying music with his father and under H… |
| Woollett, Barbara |
b Merryoake, Southampton 1937. She left school at 16 to work in a chemist’s shop, 1953–60, and married David W (engineer) in 1960; they have 3 children and now several grandchildren. Her first… |
| Horatius Bonar, Matt Merker and Bob Kauflin |
Horatius Bonar wrote the original words to 'All praise to him who built the hills.'
Matt and Bob have written the music and additional words to the song, 'All praise to him, the God of light'
which… |
| 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… |
| Boyd's Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793) |
A Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes...by the late Henry Boyd, published, clearly posthumously, in Glasgow. This Scottish book has given the world, or preserved for it, one great tune. The only… |
| Gustafson, Gerrit |
b USA. A church-planting pastor-teacher from c1970, he joined the Creative Team of Integrity Worship in 1985, which involved him in a world-wide musical and teaching ministry. Later he pioneered his… |
| Bohemian Brethren, Kirchengesänge 1566 |
The much-abbreviated title of the last of a small group of early German and Slovak Psalters from this source between 1531 and 1566, each of which has yielded some classic hymn tunes in current use.… |
| 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,… |
| Coffin, Charles |
b Buzancy, Ardennes, France 1676, d Paris 1749. From 1712 he was principal of the Coll of Dormans-Beauvais, Univ of Paris, and in 1718 he became Rector of the University. Many of his (Lat) hymns… |
| Farrant, Richard |
b c1525–1530, d Windsor or Greenwich 1580. A Gentleman of the Chapel Royal who became Master of the Choristers and one of the organists of St George’s Chapel Windsor from 1564 to 1569. He thus… |
| 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)… |
| Frey, Marvin V |
b Sherwood, Oregon, USA 1918, d N Tarrytown, New York, USA 1992. He was an ordained American evangelist and songwriter who wrote over 2000 ‘songs of faith’. One short but notable and Scriptural… |
| 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… |
| Cushing, William Orcutt |
b Hingham Center, Mass, USA 1823, d Lisbon, New York, 1902 or 1903. Ordained as a minister of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, he served several New York pastorates (listed by Gordon Taylor… |
| Cook, Vikki |
COOK, Vikki, b England? 20th-c solo-singer, singing teacher, songwriter and worship leader; most notably, she has composed one tune which gained rapid popularity wedded to an older text. Many of the… |
| 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;… |
| Marshall, Jane |
b Dallas, Texas, USA 1924. Southern Methodist Univ (BMus, MMus); she later joined the School of Music faculty there, 1968–75. From then until 1986 she taught at the Perkins School of Theology, where… |
| Horner, Egbert Forster |
b Greenwich, SE London (Kent) 1864, d Paddington, W London 1928. A pupil of the organist, composer and author Sir J Frederick Bridge, he was organist at St Alphege’s Southwark (1884– 86), St… |
| 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,… |
| Gordon, Andrew |
b St Andrews, Fife, Scotland 1969. Auchmuty High Sch, Glenrothes, Fife; Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama 1987– 91; GSM 1991–92. B Ed (Music), RSAMD, LGSM (Jazz and Studio Music). He has… |
| 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… |
| Goodhart, Arthur Murray |
b Wimbledon, Surrey 1866, d Oxford 1941. As a Housemaster at Eton College in 1915, he arranged the World War I song ‘Tipperary’ in 6 variations for piano. Between about 1890 and 1930 he published… |
| Parker, Ian |
b Middlesbrough, N Yorks 1956. A chartered civil engineer who is employed as a director by his local council; also a member of Browning Avenue Baptist Ch in Hartlepool (Grace Baptist). He composed… |
| Stewart, Alexander |
b Glasgow 1843, d Prestwick, nr Kilmarnock (S Ayrshire) 1923. Research into the life of this evangelical Scottish Victorian author, known almost entirely for one distinctive hymn, have so far yielded… |
