| Bury, William |
b ?Lancs 1788, d 1857. During his lifetime, his hymn tunes were circulated in ms in Accrington (Lancs) and more widely throughout the district. They never became well-known beyond there, but two of… |
| Ferguson, William Harold |
b Leeds 1874, d Littlehampton, Sussex 1950. Magdalen Coll School, Magdalen Coll chorister, and Keble Coll Oxford; 4 yrs teaching at St Edwardâs Sch Oxford and Bilton Grange, Rugby, then at Cuddesdon… |
| Sammis, John Henry |
b Brooklyn, New York, USA 1846, d Los Angeles, Calif 1919. He moved from New York to Logansport, Indiana, when he was 23, to work in a business which he later relinquished to serve with the YMCA.… |
| 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 cityâs churches, starting at… |
| Bain, James Leith Macbeth |
b Scotland c1840, d Liverpool (or Wallasey, Cheshire) 1925. A poet, composer and mystic whose religious views underwent many changes. In 1911 he published a collection with a title beginning In the… |
| Holmes, Henry James Ernest |
b Burnley, Lancashire 1852, d Burnley 1938. Clitheroe Grammar Sch; trained for the legal profession; solicitor at High Court of Chancery from 1875, and practised in Burnley for over 60 years. Began to… |
| Hall, Archibald Darroch (Archie) |
b Glasgow 1927, d 2017. Educated in Glasgow to Scottish âHighersâ; he was a member of the open Christian Brethren who until retirement was a manager in the Dept of Health and Social Security. He… |
| Grant, David |
(omitted from Praise! Index), b Aberdeen 1833, d Forest Hill, SE London 1893. A tobacconist in his home town of Aberdeen, he was a keen amateur musician. Known as the composer of CRIMOND from 1872 to… |
| Elvey, George Job |
b Canterbury, Kent 1816; d Windlesham, Surrey 1893. Raised as a Presbyterian, he became a Canterbury Cathedral choirboy and from there went in 1831 with his brother Stephen to New College Oxford (BMus… |
| The Psalter, 1912 |
A notable landmark in the line of Scottish metrical Psalters beginning with the classic 1650 collection, which remained unchallenged for nearly a century until revisions began in 1745; the 1912 book… |
| Edwards, Paul Christison |
b Turvey, Bedfordshire 1955. St Paulâs Cathedral Choir Sch, Bedford Modern Sch; ARCO 1980, LRSM 1991, LTCL 1992. He is Organist and choirmaster at All Saintsâ Kempston; a teacher, editor, examiner… |
| Davis, Gabriel |
b Bath, Somerset, c1768; d Portsea, Hampshire 1824. Little is known of his life; he led the music at the Baptist Chapel at Portsea and during that time (c1800) published Sacred Music including Forty… |
| Davies, Alan H |
20th-c composer of 3 unnamed tunes for canticles in Psalm Praise (1973); the opening item to a metrical Venite), another to a Te Deum version, and the one featured here, originally set to a newer… |
| Book of Hours, Salisbury 1514 |
see Salisbury Book of Hours. No.839. |
| 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… |
| Thwaites, Honor Mary (Scott Good) |
b Young, NSW, Australia 1914, d 1993. Geelong CofE Grammar Sch and the Univ of Melbourne. Coming to England in the 1930s, she worked in London with a group from the Society of Friends, assisting… |
| Coleman, T Brian |
b Wallsend, nr Newcastle, Tyne and Wear 1920. Contemporary composer of a tune (in 1979) first published in Partners in Praise (in 1979, the year of its composition) and now appearing in numerous other… |
| Campen, Basil Robert |
b Chelmsford, Essex 1938. King Edward VI Grammar Sch, Chelmsford, and London Bible College (BD). An accountant who lives in W Sussex, he belongs to Cuckfield Baptist Ch, he has written occasional… |
| Croft, William |
b Nether Eatington (Ettington), Warwicks 1678, d Bath, Somerset 1727. Chapel Royal chorister under John Blow; probably organist at St Anneâs Soho from 1700, then again at the Chapel Royal, at first… |
| Sutton, Wes |
After working for some years with Youth for Christ, in 1989 he became Senior Pastor of the Vineyard Ch in Loughton, Essex (founded 1985). A musician who has toured with Graham Kendrick, his work… |
| Pavlechko, Thomas |
b Ohio, USA 1962. Youngstown State Univ (BMus), Univ of Cincinnati (MMus). Organist and Music Director, St Martinâs Evangelical Lutheran Ch, Austin, Texas, active in many regional Lutheran… |
| Lane, Andrew |
b 1959, Cambridge) is a professional writer who works in broadcasting. He leads the worship in an FIEC church. Apart from his main work, he has published Just for Me, a collection of new worship… |
| Paris Antiphoner (1681) |
The liturgical choir book of antiphonal or alternate parts, which is the source of at least 3 tunes in current use. No.288. |
| Wilkes, John Bernard |
(b. 1785, d. 1869) was organist at Monkland where A&Mâs first editor H W Baker was vicar, in 1861, as acknowledged in the Preface. The Historical Companion to Hymns A&M (1962) says, âHe was… |
| Pearce, Frederick C P |
b Streatley, nr Luton, Beds 1874, d Luton 1948. His spiritual life began among the Methodists, but he later joined the Strict Baptist Ch at Barton-le-Clay nearby. Although he played no instrument, he… |
| Lee, James Vernon |
b Hove, Sussex 1892, d Southampton, Hants 1959. Committed to the work of the Boysâ Brigade, he was an officer of its Brighton Battalion from 1910, became its adjutant in 1914, but then joined the… |
| Paget, Catesby |
b ?England 1868, d 1930. Coming from a family including both ecclesiastical and military traditions featured in Burkeâs Peerage, this one of several historic Catesbyâs belonged to those then known… |
| Magdalen Hospital Hymns (c1762) |
Though indexed separately, this source may refer to the same book as the preceding item; the date is uncertain, and both book-titles were and are in use. A âFourth Collectionâ appeared in 1776. As… |
| Ward, Samuel Augustus |
b Newark, New Jersey, USA 1847, d Newark 1903. After musical training in New York, in 1878 he set up a retail music store in Newark. Organist at Grace Episcopal Church from 1880; founder and (till… |
| Meiningen Gesangbuch (1693) |
Also known as Meiningisches Gesangbuch; one main source of the German tune BREMEN which is also found in a 1682 collection, then in Störlâs Gesangbuch of 1711. No.277. |
