| Gaither, Gloria (Sickal) |
b Battle Creek, Michigan, USA 1942; graduated from Anderson Coll in French, English and Sociology. She met Bill (see next entry) while teaching in high school, and their joint songwriting virtually… |
| Hill, Clement |
A 20th-c composer in the Free Church tradition, one of whose tunes is found in Baptist, Pentecostal and Salvationist books. The 1986 New Redemption Hymnal, however, ascribes this to F C Maker, qv.… |
| Gaither, William J (Bill) |
b Alexandria, Indiana, USA 1936. Raised to work on a dairy farm in a rural community, he always appreciated sacred music, notably in ‘southern gospel’ mode. At 14, around 1950, he was captivated… |
| Howard, Brian Stanley |
b Hendon, Middx 1930. A contributor, by request or otherwise, of 3 tunes to the 1964 Hymns of Faith, all of them printed as alternatives to tunes which are well established but (in 2 cases) widely… |
| Medd, Veronica |
A lay worker in the Church of England who is also a writer of Christian verse, some of which has been published in Symphony magazine. She has written I was a Stranger: Lesson-notes on refugees and… |
| Beckley, Simon |
b 1938. London Univ (BA 1961) and Oak Hill Theol Coll from 1958; Ordained (CofE) 1963. After serving as a curate in Watford, New Ferry (Ches) until 1967, then at Chadderton (Gtr Manchester), he became… |
| Sayer, Paul |
b Twickenham, Middx 1934. d 2012. He was an associate of the Chartered Inst of Bankers and worked in banking until retirement. A former Elder of Hook Evangelical Ch (FIEC) in Surbiton, he subsequently… |
| 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… |
| Whittingham, William |
b Chester 1524, d Durham 1579. He married John Calvin’s sister at Geneva, succeeding John Knox as Pastor of the English-speaking congregation there. 7 of his Psalm versions formed part of a… |
| Garrett, Leslie (Les) Norman |
b Mamatmata, New Zealand 1943 or 1944. Trained at the Word of Faith Bible Sch before pastoring the Christian family Centre at Maddington, W Australia. He became known for his strong advocacy of the AV… |
| Keith Getty and Stuart Townend |
See separate entries for Keith Getty and Stuart Townend for details |
| Steve Cook, Vikki Cook & Bob Kauflin |
Steve, Vikki and Bob are published by Praise! online at number 1282
See individual entries for Steve, Vikki and Bob for more details. |
| Scottish Paraphrases, 1781 |
One of a series of metrical versions of the Psalms and other selected Scriptures, most of these being revisions of and intended replacements for the classic 1650 book. Nos.255, 780. |
| Rous, Francis |
b Dittisham, Devon 1579, d Acton, Middx 1658/9. MP for Truro, Speaker in Barebones Parliament, one of Cromwell’s Council of State, Provost of Eton, member of Westminster Assembly. In 1643 he rewrote… |
| Scottish Psalter (1615) |
The CL Psalms of David, published by Andro (or Andrew) Hart in Edinburgh (d 1621). This was the most successful and celebrated book from a collector of continental volumes (imprisoned for ‘tumult’… |
| Strasbourg Psalter, 1545 |
A book of Psalm versions and other metrical paraphrases published in a period of 2 or 3 decades of great industry, notably in London and Geneva. No.301. |
| McEwan, Steve |
b. South Africa; a songwriter in the radical/renewal tradition whose work was introduced at ‘Spring Harvest’ gatherings and has appeared in MP and similar books. His best-known song, as featured… |
| Musical and Poetic Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1794) |
A ‘new edition’ or enlarged reprint of the collection edited by Edward Jones (1752–1824; ‘Bardd y Brenin’, the King’s Bard). After a 2nd edn in 1805, the 3rd one (1808) was further… |
| Tiddeman, Maria |
b Oxford 1837, d Cowley, Oxon 1915 (or Croydon, Surrey 1913). Growing up in a clerical family at St Giles, Oxford, she studied music at Oxford Univ and was a writer of anthems, part songs, and one… |
| Smith, Henry Percy |
b Malta 1825, d Bournemouth, Hants 1898. Balliol Coll Oxford (BA, MA); ordained (CofE) in 1849, he was curate at Eversley, Hants, and York Town, nr Camberley, Surrey, for several years. He became… |
| Paderborn Gesangbuch (1765) |
The 3-vol Catholisch-Paderbornisches Gesaang-Buch which gave its name (via S Nicholson qv and the 1916 A&M) to the folk-tune adapted by and now taken from it in current books. No.584. |
| Thorne, Edward Henry |
b Cranborne, Dorset 1834, d Maida Vale, W London 1916. A chorister at St George’s Windsor (under G J Elvey qv), he became the deputy and then organist at Henley Parish Ch from 1853, and Chichester… |
| Barff, Frederick John |
b 1911, d 1968. Christ’s Coll Cambridge (BA History, MA), Wycliffe Hall Oxford 1934–35. He was ordained (CofE) in 1935; after a curacy in Stowmarket, Suffk, he worked with CSSM from 1938 to 1940.… |
| Pavlechko, Thomas |
b Ohio, USA 1962. Youngstown State Univ (BMus), Univ of Cincinnati (MMus). Organist and Music Director, St Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Ch, Austin, Texas, active in many regional Lutheran… |
| Hughes, Griffith William |
b Cefn-mawr, Wrexham, NE Wales 1861, d Prestatyn, Flints 1941. He spent most of his life in his home town, and became Precentor at the nearby Capel Mawr Calvinistic Methodist Ch at Rhosllannerchrugog,… |
| Matt Merker, Jordan Kauflin & Keith Getty |
Matt, Jordan and Keith have added alterative words and a chorus to Catherine L Bonar's words: Fade, fade each earthly joy.
it is published by Praise! online at number 1266. |
| Thomson, Phil |
He has been writing songs, alone or with John Daniels, since the 1980s. His best known, included here and known also as ‘Light [or Lights] to the world’ appeared in Glory to God (1994), and in the… |
| Slee, Ben |
Ben grew up in Bromley and studied music at university before coming to serve as the music pastor at Christ Church Mayfair in London.
He is married to Sarah and they have two children.
Ben is… |
| Strassen (S-Benjamin), Linda |
b Indiana, USA 1951. S Central High Sch; Ball State Univ, Muncie, In; El Camino Coll, Via Torrence, Ca. In the 1970s she composed and sang with recording groups ‘David’ (from 1974) and ‘New… |
| Gordon, Isobel |
b Glasgow, Scotland 1969. Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow; Royal Academy of Music and Drama 1987–91. B Ed (Music), RSAMD. She taught music at St Andrew’s Secondary Sch, Glasgow, 1991– 97, and was… |
