| 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… |
| Ford, Mavis |
Her work began to appear in the 1980s, and her most popular song has reached such standard hymn-books as Baptist Praise and Worship (1991) and Rejoice and Sing (also 1991) as well as MP etc. (Loxley… |
| Smith, Alfred Morton |
b Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, USA 1879, d Brigantine, Philadelphia, USA 1971. Univ of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Divinity Sch, ordained (Protestant Episcopal Church) 1905. Served churches in… |
| Piae Cantiones (1582) |
PIAE CANTIONES (1582). More fully, Piae Cantiones Ecclesiasticae et Scholasticae... (etc). ‘A very rare and precious book’ (Routley), ‘full of exquisite 16th-c tunes’ (Dearmer), which came… |
| Merker, Matthew |
Matthew (Matt) has composed songs in association with other writers:
Matt is published by Praise! online at number 1219
He has written and composed with Jordan Kauflin and Keith Getty at number … |
| Keith and Kristyn Getty |
Keith and Kristyn are published by Praise! Online at numbers 1155 and 1191.
They are also published in collaboration with other authors and composers:
With Stuart Townend at numbers 1118,1119,… |
| 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… |
| Bianco da Siena |
b ?Anciolina, Val d’Arno, Tuscany, C Italy, ?, d ?Venice, ?1434. In 1367 he entered the Jesuate order (not the Jesuits, but lay followers of the Augustinian Rule), lived for some time in Venice and… |
| Williams, Robert |
b Mynydd Ithel, Anglesey 1781, d Mynydd Ithel 1821. He was born blind but earned his living at home on the family farm as a basket-maker. Said to have a good ear, a good voice and a good memory, he… |
| Smallwood, William |
b Kendal, Westmorland (Cumbria) 1831, d Kendal 1897. Coming from a musical family, he studied the organ at York; became organist of Kendal Parish Ch at 15 and remained there for 50 years. He composed… |
| Auber, Henriette |
(often ‘Harriet’ in error), b Spitalfields, Middx (E London) 1773, d Hoddesdon, Herts 1862. She was a descendant of Huguenot refugees from the revoked Edict of Nantes (1685), many of whom settled… |
| Finlay, Kenneth George |
b St Marylebone (Middx), London 1882, d Glasgow 1974. Robert Gordon’s Coll, Aberdeen; Merchiston Castle Sch, Edinburgh. Member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, worked in shipbuilding… |
| Ebeling, Johann Georg |
b Lüneburg, nr Hamburg, N Germany 1637, d Stettin (Szczecin), S Poland 1676. St Johannis’ Gymnasium, Lüneburg; Univ of Helmstedt (Theology). In 1662 he succeeded J Crüger (qv) as Cantor at St… |
| 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… |
| Magdalen Chapel Hymns (c1760) |
In about 1760, Thos Call compiled or issued The Tunes & Hymns as they are used at the Magdalen Chapel, Properly set for Organ, Harpsichord and Guitar (!); the chapel belonged to the Magdalen Hospital… |
| Day, Victor Edward |
b Ipswich, Suffolk 1943. Northgate Grammar Sch Ipswich and Ipswich Sch of Art. FPC3; then followed his main career as financial adviser, CIS Ltd. He is a member of Mt Zion (Grace) Baptist Ch, Ipswich.… |
| Hémy, Henri Friedrich |
b Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1818, d. Hartlepool, Co Durham 1888. Of German parentage, he became organist at St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Ch, Newcastle, before teaching music at Tynemouth, then singing and… |
| Matthews, William |
b Ilkeston, Derbys 1759, d Nottingham 1830. After his youth spent in Ilkeston he became a stocking manufacturer in Nottingham. His spare time was devoted to music, both conducting the local choir and… |
| Irons, Herbert Stephen |
b Canterbury, Kent 1834, d Nottingham 1905. A Canterbury Cathedral choirboy (where his father was a lay-vicar) 1844–49, he studied music at Oxford with his uncle Stephen Elvey (another uncle being… |
| Baker, Henry |
b Nuneham Courtenay, nr Abingdon, Oxon 1835, d Wimbledon, Surrey 1910. Winchester Coll and Exeter Coll Oxford, where he was already composing music; worked as a civil engineer and was employed for… |
| 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… |
| Simpson, Robert |
b Glasgow 1790, d Greenock, Inverclyde (Renfrewshire) 1832. Brought up to the weaver’s trade, his musical ability led to his becoming Precentor leading the Psalm-singing at the Albion St… |
| Riches, Tanya |
Tanya Riches obtained her PhD at Fuller Theological Seminary in 2017. Her research examines real, vibrant Christian spiritualities lived in the contemporary world. She is a singer/songwriter, author… |
| Harrison, Ralph |
b Chinley, nr Whaley Bridge, Derbys, 1748, d Manchester 1810. Studied and later taught at the short-lived Warrington Academy (Unitarian); assistant minister at Shrewsbury Unitarian Chapel, 1769–71.… |
| Tozer, Augustus Edmond(s) |
b Sutton, nr Macclesfield, Ches 1857, d Brighton, Sussex 1910. Studying at the RCM, he moved from a Congregational ch upbringing to the form of Anglicanism which attracted him at Westminster Abbey.… |
| Stanley, Samuel |
b Birmingham 1767, d Birmingham 1822. Violinist and cellist; precentor at Carr’s Lane Meeting House aged 20, then (for 34 years) at Ebenezer Chapel, both in the home town where he spent his life. He… |
| Barthow, Mary Kirkbride |
Her best known (and jointly-authored) song, included here, made its first impact in the UK through Spring Harvest events and MP; it has now reached CH in its 2004 edn. But she has worked with Mary Lou… |
| 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… |
| Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend |
See separate entries for Keith and Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend for details |
