| 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. |
| Trafford, David |
[omitted from Index to Praise!]. No further information. No.80*. |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| Wilcockson, Stephen Anthony |
b 1951. Univs of Nottingham (BA, French) and Oxford (MA, Theology); Wycliffe Hall Oxford, ordained (CofE) 1976. He served in northern and southern parishes (Pudsey, Yorks; Rock Ferry, Merseyside;… |
| Worton-Steward, Andrew |
b England 1948, d 1990. He composed liturgical music, most notably a Requiem when he knew he did not have long to live. No.119H. |
| Wood, D |
Of uncertain details; see the notes to his text. No.425. |
| Badrick, Albert E |
b N of England. An early 20th-c composer and band conductor, who in Sept 1944 conducted the first massed band concert in Huddersfield Town Hall. In 1964 he conducted the prizewinning Wellesley… |
| Thiman, Eric Harding |
originally Thimann, b Ashford, Kent 1900, d Camden, London 1975. Partly self-taught but with early lessons in piano, organ and violin, he attended Caterham Sch and GSM; FRCO 1921, DMus (London 1927,… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Gay, Annabeth McClelland |
b Ottawa, Illinois, USA 1925. Born as Annabeth McClelland, daughter of a pastor, she trained at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, specialising in organ, before marrying William Gay, a Congregational… |
| 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… |
| Stevenson, Lilian Sinclair |
b Rathgar, Co Dublin, Ireland 1870 or 71, d Beaconsfield, Bucks 1960. Raised in a Presbyterian manse, after studies at the Slade Sch of Art in London she worked with Temple Gairdner of Cairo in… |
| Este's Psalter (1592) |
More fully, The Whole Booke of Psalmes with their wonted tunes as they are sung in churches, composed in to foure parts...compiled by sundry authors; an Anglo-Genevan collection published by Thomas… |
| Dixon, Robert William |
b 1805, d 1876. No information about his life is available; the tune included here (and in CH and GH but rarely elsewhere) may have originated from the Burnley Tune Book, according to Cliff Knight.… |
| Darmstadt Gesangbuch (1698) |
Full title, Geistreiches Gesangbuch; this tune is the most notable survivor of the German collection. See also notes to 556 and 943 in vol 1. No.313. |
| Gustafson, Gerrit |
b USA. A church-planting pastor-teacher from c1970, he joined the Creative Team of Integrity Worship in 1985, which involved him in a world-wide musical and teaching ministry. Later he pioneered his… |
| Collection of Hymns of the United Brethren, 1825 |
A North American publication represented now only by part of one hymn. It was published in the same year as the short text by Montgomery to which the American words have often been added without… |
| Collection of Easy Litanies (1852) |
COLLECTION OF EASY LITANIES (1852). The English source of one tune which several late-20th-c books have continued to choose. No.273=353. |
| Charpentier, Marc-Antoine |
b in or nr Paris ?1643/50, d Paris 1704. See note in EP1 to no.54 and major article in Grove. |
| Bohemian Brethren, Kirchengesänge 1566 |
The much-abbreviated title of the last of a small group of early German and Slovak Psalters from this source between 1531 and 1566, each of which has yielded some classic hymn tunes in current use.… |
| Blockley, John |
b St Pancras, London (Middx) 1801, d Hampstead, N London (Middx) 1882. He was a prolific composer and publisher of songs in London who is sometimes confused with his son Thomas (1830–1904), also a… |
| 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.… |
| Amps, William |
b Cambridge 1824, d Cambridge 1910. Organist at King’s Coll Cambridge from 1855 to 1876, he spent all his life in that city. He was conductor of the Cambridge Music Soc and also organist at St… |
| Green, Harold |
b Helme, nr Huddersfield, W Yorks 1871, d Umzimkulu, Cape Province, S Africa 1930. Like E M Crawford (qv), the author of the hymn to which his one enduring tune is usually set (found mostly in… |
| 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 Edward’s Sch Oxford and Bilton Grange, Rugby, then at Cuddesdon… |
| 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… |
| Oakley, Paul |
A songwriter and guitarist whose words and music have appeared in Spring Harvest and similar ‘renewal’ collections from the 1980s onwards. He has a leading role in music and singing at the Church… |
