| Stocker, John |
(not in Praise! index). A resident for at least some time of Honiton, Devon, he contributed 9 hymn texts to the Gospel Magazine in 1776–77. In 1861 he was identified by the hymnologist Daniel… |
| Bernard of Cluny |
(aka B of Morlaix, Morlass, Morval or Murles), b Morlaix, Brittany, France, early 12th c (c1140), d Cluny, Burgundy, France. Born probably of English parents, he became a monk in the community of… |
| Allsup, Olive Joyce |
b Leominster, Herefordshire 1938. Leominster Grammar Sch; she works as a self-employed retailer. Beginning to write song lyrics and music in 1994, she would often sing into a pocket taperecorder while… |
| 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,… |
| Colquhoun, Frances Sara (Fuller-Maitland) |
b Shinfield Park, nr Reading, Berks 1809, d Edinburgh 1877. She wrote at least 3 hymns before the age of 18, including her adaptation of the hymn by H K White (qv) with which she became associated.… |
| Clark, Jeremiah |
b Worcester c1749, d Bromsgrove, Worcs. 1809. Not to be confused with Jeremiah Clarke (c1674–1707). Having been Organist of St Philip’s Birmingham (now the cathedral) for nearly 40 years from 1765… |
| Ellor, James |
b Droylsden, Lancs (Gtr Manchester) 1819, d Newburgh, New York, USA 1899. A self-taught musician who worked in a Droylsden hat factory and at the age of 18 was leading the local Wesleyan chapel choir.… |
| Wilkes, John Bernard |
(b. 1785, d. 1869) was organist at Monkland where A&M’s first editor H W Baker was vicar, in 1861, as acknowledged in the Preface. The Historical Companion to Hymns A&M (1962) says, ‘He was… |
| Thomson, Hugh J |
Dr Hugh James Thomson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1954. He studied at the University of Aberdeen and gained a MBChB, a FRCS and a ChM.
Hugh practised as a surgeon from 1977 - 2003. He has… |
| Motyer Lowndes, Catherine (Kate) M |
b London 1968, daughter of J A Motyer qv (Author index). Talbot Heath Sch for Girls, Bournemouth and Cambridge Univ (B Ed); works as a teacher, and belongs to St Chad’s ch, Handforth, Ches (CofE);… |
| 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… |
| Swift, James Frederick |
b Manchester 1847, d Liscard, nr Wallasey, Merseyside (Ches) 1931. Living in Liverpool for over 40 years from boyhood onwards, he was organist in at least 3 of the city’s churches, starting at… |
| Greiter, Matthäus |
(both names variously spelt), b Aichach, nr Augsburg c1494, d Strasbourg 1550. A monk and singer at Strasbourg Minster until becoming a Protestant, (Lutheran) in 1524. The organist at St Thomas’ Ch,… |
| Bruce, Robert |
No information on this 19th-c author has yet come to light, apart from the evidence of his biblical faith in the hymn for which his name is known, and the fact that Sankey included his work in his… |
| Nystrom, Martin (Marty) J |
b Seattle, Washington, USA 1956. Raised in the Methodist tradition, he graduated in Music Education from the Oral Roberts Univ. After being responsible for the music ministry of ‘Christ for the… |
| Helen Lemmel, George Romanacce, Nic Trout, Kevin Winebarger and Nathan Stiff |
Helen wrote the words for 'O soul, are you weary and troubled'.
Additional words and a chorus have been added by George Romanacce, Nic Trout, Kevin Winebarger and Nathan Stiff.
This has been… |
| Otte, Helen |
b ?USA 1931. An American writer who has revised older Psalm versions and made new paraphrases; 14 of these and 2 hymns, all from the 1980s, feature in the Psalter Hymnal of the Christian Reformed… |
| Ravenscroft's Psalter (1621) |
Thomas Ravenscroft (c1590–1634) was a St Paul’s Cathedral chorister, BMus (Cambridge), and Music Master at Christ’s Hospital. The most notable and influential of his many books was his 1621… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Armes, Philip |
b Norwich, Norfolk 1836, d Durham 1908. A Norwich Cathedral choirboy under Zechariah Buck, he went from there to Rochester Cathedral (1848–50) to study under J L Hopkins. He became organist in… |
| Jones, Griffith Hugh |
b Llanberis, Caernarvonshire 1849, d Rhiwdollion, Caernarvonshire 1919. Showing early musical talent, he assisted his precentor-father at their home chapel, then John Roberts at Capel Coch. Taught at… |
| 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… |
| Smith, Oswald Jeffray (Jeffrey) |
b Odessa. Ontario, Canada 1889, d Toronto, Canada, 1986. He founded and (for over 30 years pastored) The People’s Church in Toronto, moving from senior pastor to missionary pastor and visiting every… |
| Smyttan, George Hunt |
b ?Bombay (Mumbai), India c1822, d Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1870. Corpus Christi Coll Cambridge (BA 1845); ordained in 1848. He was briefly curate of Ellington nr Alnwick, Northumberland; then… |
| White, Peter Gilbert |
b Plymouth, Devon 1937. Plymouth Coll; Royal Academy of Music; RSCM; and St John’s Coll Cambridge (MA, MusB, FRCO (CHM), LCTL, ARAM, ARSCM. Member of the CofE; formerly Master of the Music,… |
| Haydn, Johann Michael |
b Rohrau, Lower Austria 1737, d Salzburg 1806. Younger brother of FJH qv, and like him an older contemporary and friend of W A Mozart; he became Kapellmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg, holding… |
| Bullinger, Ethelbert Willliam |
b Kent 1837, d Hendon, Middx 1913. A Canterbury Cathedral Choirboy, he studied music under J P Hullah and W H Monk (qv) and trained for ordination at King’s Coll London. Skilled in Heb and Gk, he… |
| Brierley, John Michael |
b Leicester 1932. London Univ (BD 1971) and Lichfield Theol Coll; ordained (CofE) 1960. Parish ministries in Worcs as curate and vicar; also an organist who while a student assisted Gordon Hartless at… |
