| Allsup, Thomas Noel |
b Haslingden, Lancs 1930. Haslingden Grammar Sch and Univ of Edinburgh; qualified as veterinary surgeon (BVMS, MRCVS, BVSM, Dip Adv Portuguese). With his wife Olive (see above), whose songs and hymns… |
| Williams, Thomas John |
b Ynysmeudwy, Pontardawe (Neath, Swansea Valley), Glam 1869, d Llanelli, Carmarthenshire 1944. An insurance agent by profession, he studied music under David Evans of Cardiff, and was organist at… |
| Hughes, John (Glandwr) |
b Penbryn nr Cardigan, S Wales 1872, d Swansea, S Wales 1914. John’s parents moved to Swansea when he was 2; when his father died 8 years later he left school, and to support the family began work… |
| Monaghan, Stephanie |
(formerly MASON), b Islington, N London 1953. Central Foundation Girls’ Grammar Sch, London EC1. Graduated BA in Theology and Religious Studies (1998); Diploma in Journalism and Combined Arts. A… |
| Haworth, Sally |
She became a Christian in the mid-1970s and now teams up in concerts together with husband Bryn, working as his manager and sometimes as a co-author—see above, and Blanchard and Lucarini’s Can we… |
| Harris, William Henry |
b Lambeth, S London (Surrey) 1883, d Petersfield, Hants 1973. A chorister at St David’s, S Wales, where he was educated; then at RCM studying organ and composition. 9 years as asst organist at… |
| Herbst, Martin |
b Rothenbach, Germany 1654, d Eisleben, Germany 1681. After his education at the St Lorenz Sch, Nüremburg, he went on to study theology and philosophy at Âltdorf and Jena. He became pastor of St… |
| Wilson, Hugh |
b Fenwick, Ayrshire 1766, d Duntocher, Dunbartonshire (Strathclyde) 1824. After village schooling he joined his father in shoemaking, while also studying music and maths and designing sundials. In his… |
| George Romanacce, Nic Trout, Kevin Winebarger and Nathan Stiff |
George, Nic, Kevin and Nathan added additional words and a chorus to the words, 'O soul are you weary and troubled' by Helen Lemmel. |
| 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… |
| Cunningham, Thomas Lister (Tom) |
b Edinburgh 1946. Edinburgh Univ (BSc, Maths). About 20 of his songs are published, in the UK and USA; two tunes and one arrangement feature in Carols for Today, 1986; one tune in The Carol Book (RSCM… |
| Dawney, Michael William |
b Romford, Essex 1942. Studied at the Univs of Durham, Oxford (Lincoln Coll), Leeds (Inst of Dialect and Folk Life Studies) and Bournemouth, and London International Film Sch: BA, M Litt, M Phil, A… |
| Macwilliam, Margaret |
An early 20th-c composer; her only known tune in print was published in the University Carol Book: A Collection of Carols from Many Lands, for All Seasons, edited by Erik Routley in 1961. At that time… |
| Hatton, John |
b Warrington, Lancs c1710, d Windle, St Helens, Lancs 1793. Known as ‘John of Warrington’, he lived in Duke Street in Windle, a district or suburb of St Helens; hence the name of the one tune… |
| Martin, George William |
[some books give G Walter], b London 1828, d Wandsworth, S London 1881. A St Paul’s Cathedral chorister who sang at Queen Victoria’s coronation. He was Music master at the Normal Coll for Army… |
| Flemming, Friedrich Ferdinand |
b Neuhausen, Germany 1778, d Berlin, Germany 1813. After training in medicine at Wittenburg from 1796 to 1800, he did further study at Jena, Vienna and Trieste. He then worked as a Berlin doctor for… |
| 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… |
| Würtemburg Gesangbuch (1784) |
A volume (with a much longer full name) of 55 texts and an appendix with 14 tunes, now in the Berlin State Library. The book was used in the private chapel of the Duke of Würtemburg; its most notable… |
| Psalmodia Evangelica (1789) |
A 2-vol compilation by Thos Williams, published in London, subtitled A Complete Set of Psalms and Hymn Tunes in Three Parts for Public Worship. Some, like its single most enduring contribution to… |
| Moss, Edwin |
b Hanover Square, C London (Middx) 1838, d Hackney, E London 1919. The first known appearance in a hymnal of a tune of his came in 1964, with Hymns of Faith, which has no acknowledgement of any… |
| Heaps, Phil |
b Dewsbury, W Yorks 1975. Cambridge Univ (MA Maths); a systems software engineer who belongs to a Grace Baptist church, and wrote his first hymn text, first published in Praise!, while still a… |
| Hurst, William |
b Leicester 1849, d Coalville, Leics, 1934. He lived in Coalville for most of his life, with no permanent musical post. His compositions were limited to organ music and hymn tunes. Contributor to the… |
| Prothero, Henry Allen |
b Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Hants 1848, d Cheltenham, Glos 1906. An architect who worked for some years in Cheltenham, he is known in hymnody for a single tune in The Bristol Tune Book and The… |
| Howard, Samuel |
b London 1710, d St Clement Danes, C London (Middx) 1782. A chorister at the Chapel Royal (under W Croft), he was appointed organist at St Bride’s and St Clement Danes in central London. He sang… |
| Morley, Henry Litchfield |
b ?London 1834, d ?Greenwich 1916 or ?N America 1883 (dates not certain as given in 1st Full Music edn). He is said to have been a music teacher in Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, SE London, and… |
| Clausnitzer, Tobias |
b Thum (or Thurn), nr Annaburg, Saxony 1619, d Weiden, Upper Palatine 1684. Univ of Leipzig; graduated 1643. He served as Chaplain to a Swedish regiment during the Thirty Years War, and following the… |
| Macdonald, Mary (MacDougall) |
b Ardtun, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire 1789, d Ardtun 1872. Her whole life was spent on the Scottish W coast island of Mull. As a crofter’s wife who saw troubles enough over the years, she would… |
| Companion Tune Book (1927) |
A compilation from the Strict (Gospel Standard) Baptist ‘Companion Tune Book Trustees’, entitled Companion Tunes to Gadsby’s Hymnbook, which went into several edns from its original printing in… |
| Vale, Walter Sydney |
b Hillingdon, Middx c1874, d Aix-en-Provence, France 1939. He was a Prof at the RAM and (from 1907) Organist at All Saints’ Ch, Margaret St, London, where he remained for over 30 years and gained a… |
| The Psalter Hymnal, 1987 |
A collection from the Christian Reformed Ch in N America, edited by a group of 12 chaired by Emily R Brink, ‘including the psalms, Bible songs, hymns, ecumenical creeds, doctrinal standards and… |
