| 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… |
| Griffiths, Thomas Vernon |
b West Kirby, Cheshire 1894, d Christchurch, NZ, 1985 [sic]. Norwich Grammar Sch, Pembroke Coll Cambridge (MA, MusB), where he was organist and choirmaster 1919–22. After teaching music at two… |
| 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… |
| Walker, Edward Charles |
b Silverdale, nr Lancaster, Lancs 1848, d Cheltenham, Glos 1872. Ordained 1872 in the CofE, he became curate of Whalley Range Parish Ch (St Edmund’s) on the outskirts of Manchester, but died a few… |
| 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… |
| Edwards, Thomas David |
b Pittson, Penns, USA 1875, d Portmadoc, Caernarvonshire 1930. He was born of Welsh parents from Rhymney nr Merthyr Tydfil in Gwent, who had emigrated to N America, but health problems hindered his… |
| Zeuner, (Charles) Heinrich Christoph |
b Eisleben, Saxony, Germany 1795, d nr Delaware River, Philadelphia, USA 1857. Having been a court musician for the German military, Changing his original first name to Charles when emigrating to N… |
| Hare, Susie |
Susie Hare was born in 1947 in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She was awarded the Hampshire Music Scholarship in 1957 and studied composition at Weymouth Teacher Training College (1965 – 68)
As well as… |
| Rogers, Phil |
b 1949. Bristol Univ (BSc 1971), followed by maths teaching. In 1979 he left his school job to work full-time in a SE London church. After 11 years he then moved to Bracknell, Berks, returned to… |
| Phillips, Thomas |
b ?Bristol 1735, d Bristol 1807. A brushmaker by trade, he was known in his home city as one of the ‘lovers of Psalmody’. Several hymn tunes are credited to him, including the one classic… |
| Hall, William John |
[not in Praise! index] b London 1793, d Tottenham N London 1861. A CofE incumbent and author now known mainly for jointly editing the 1836 collection popularly known as The Mitre Hymn Book, and for… |
| 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… |
| Klusmeier, Ronald |
b Canada 1946. A composer/musician with 16 tunes, one arrangement and a Psalm text included in Voices United, the 1996 Hymn and Worship Book of the United Ch of Canada. The tunes were composed between… |
| Steffe, William |
mid-19th c. The name traditionally given as that of the author commissioned by a Charlestown ‘fire company’ c1852 to write a shanty; Steffe was organist and choirmaster for the annual camp… |
| König's Harmonischer Liederschatz (1738) |
The German composer-singer-organist-cellist-editor Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758) published his Harmonischer Lieder Schatz [variously two words, one word, or hyphenated], oder Allgemeines… |
| Killingley, Sophie |
Sophie Killingley was born in 1983 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She grew up reaching Grade 8 in violin and piano, becoming a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and awarded by the… |
| Cooke, William Henry |
b 1820, d Bath, Som 1912. Lived for most of his life in Bath, where in later years he was a familiar figure recognised by his large plaid shawl. Organist of Argyle Congregational Ch, 1856–80, then… |
| 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… |
| Ireland, John Nicholson |
b Bowdon, nr Altrincham, Gtr Manchester (Ches) 1879, d Rock Mill, Washington, nr Steyning, W Sussex 1962. Born into a literary but less than happy family and losing both parents in his early years, he… |
| Allen, Oswald |
b Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland (Cumbria) 1816, d K Lonsdale 1878. Educated at home in Kirkby Lonsdale and suffering from a spinal disorder from boyhood onwards, he followed his father into the banking… |
| Bowater, Chris |
b Birmingham 1947. Waverley Grammar Sch, Birmingham and RCM, London (BMus 1968, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM, DipEd, PGCE 1969). He became a Christian through ‘Youth for Christ’ in Birmingham, 1955, and… |
| Revell, Alison |
(née Huntley, aka Alison Huntley Revell); named in error as the author-composer of no.695, a popular song from 1978 which several books have included since the 1980s. It was printed as ‘Anon’ in… |
| Wade, John Francis |
b ?England 1710 or 1711, d Douai, France 1786. An English Roman Catholic Latin teacher and music copyist, whose family or friends may have joined the small community of RCs who settled for security in… |
| Campbell, Thomas |
b Sheffield, Yorks 1825, d 1876. For a composer of one highly popular hymn tune, some 90 years after the words to which it is sung, surprisingly little is known of his life. The Bouquet of 23 original… |
| Wilson, David Gordon |
b Greenwich, SE London 1940. Colfe’s Grammar Sch, Lewisham; Manchester Univ (BSc Botany); Clare Coll and Ridley Hall Cambridge (MA Theol). Ordained (CofE) 1965, serving curacies in London, then… |
| Prichard, Rowland Hugh |
b Graienyn (or Craienyn) nr Bala, Merionethshire, N Wales 1811, d Holywell, Flintshire, N Wales 1887. (His name is often given as ‘Pritchard’ but the shorter spelling now seems better… |
| European Magazine (1792) |
The Nov 1792 issue of The European Magazine and London Review is the first known appearance of an earlier version of a tune still in some demand. No.649. |
| Rees, Bryn Austin |
b Chelsea, W London 1911, d Epping, Essex 1983. His family moved to the manse at Neath, S Wales, in 1912, so he attended Neath Grammar Sch; then trained for the Congregational ministry at Hackney and… |
| Willing, Christopher Edwin Cumming |
b Tavistock, Devon 1830, d Bowes Park, Southgate, Middx 1904. Westminster Abbey chorister from 1839; organist of Blackheath Park Ch from 1845, and asst organist, Westminster Abbey. Organist at the… |
| 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… |
