| Davies, Evan Thomas |
b Dowlais, Glamorgan 1878, d Aberdare, Glamorgan 1969. Described by Canon Alan Luff as one of the most important names among Welsh composers of this period (Welsh Hymns and their Tunes, 1990). In the… |
| MacNeill, Edith |
b 1920. Her best-known song, included here, has circulated widely since 1974, and features in several contemporary collections including CH 2004. It has also been translated and published in German.… |
| Maunder, John Henry |
b Chelsea, W London (Middx) 1858, d Brighton, Sussex 1920. Trained at the RAM; he was organist at several churches and conducted the Civil Service Vocal Union. He regularly accompanied the solo singer… |
| 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… |
| 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;… |
| Macbean, Lachlan |
b Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire 1852, d Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire 1931. Living in the generation after Mary MacDonald (qv), he edited the Fifeshire Advertiser and was an authority on Gaelic culture including… |
| Kauflin, Jordan |
Jordan is published by Praise! online at number 1307
Jordan has written words and music in partnership with:
Matt Merker and Keith Getty at number 1266
Matt Merker and Dave Fournier at number… |
| Newman, Richard Stinson |
b Wednesbury, Staffs 1850, d Abergele, Conwy (Denbighs) 1927. From around 1870 he served as organist at Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Ch in Wolverhampton (now in W Midlands) for some 35 years. He is… |
| 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… |
| Young, James |
James was born in 1969 in Dubai. He served in the U.S. army for seven years before becoming a church evangelist in 2002. He has been a pastor since 2009.
James is published by Praise! online at… |
| 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… |
| Salisbury Book of Hours, 1514 |
Aka the Sarum Book of ‘Hours’, the Daily Offices prescribed for its monastic house, which Richard Pynson printed in London; one copy survives, at Clare Coll Cambridge. This was one of a series of… |
| Costain, George Arthur |
b 1901, d 1987. A secondary school music teacher at Leighton Park School, Reading. 1928–30, where David Preston (qv) also taught in the 1960s. Composed tunes for school use; Praise! is the first… |
| Campbell, Thomas |
b Sheffield, Yorks 1825, d 1876. For a composer of one highly popular hymn tune, some 90 years after the words to which it is sung, surprisingly little is known of his life. The Bouquet of 23 original… |
| Evans, T Hopkin |
b Resolven, nr Neath (Glam) 1879, d 1940. Studied under Prof David Evans (1874–1948 qv) before being appointed organist at London Rd Presbyterian Ch, Neath. He excelled at conducting large choirs,… |
| Macmillan, Alan |
b Nyack, New York State USA 1947. Learned violin from the age of 9; Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan; Boston Univ (BM, 1st prize for composition, later MM); Harvard (PhD). Spent two years in special… |
| Davies, Matthew William |
b Neath, Glam 1882, d Neath 1947. A Welsh composer whose best-known tune was chosen for 3 hymns in CH (2 in its 2004 edn) and 2 in Christian Worship (1976). No.126. |
| Phillips, Norman |
Norman Phillips was born in Bristol in 1953. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and gained a BSc in economics at Southampton University.
Norman is currently a Senior Project Manager with… |
| Jones, Wilfrid |
b 1862, d 1929. A Welsh composer whose work was included in the major Methodist collection in 1929, Llyfr Emynau a Thonau (‘The Book of Hymns and Tunes’). No.77. |
| K - in Rippon's Selection |
The 18th-c author of no.877 has never been convincingly identified; see notes in EP vol 1. See also under J Rippon; it was apparently Wm Gadsby (qv) who first linked this hymn with Kirkham, but this… |
| Bridge, Joseph Cox |
b Rochester, Kent 1853, d St Albans, Herts 1929. The surviving tune for which he is known is preserved in the 1933 Methodist book, the Redemption Hymnal (1955) and GH (set to two adjacent hymns) but… |
| Münster Gesangbuch |
1677. A collection belonging to what in Julian is called the ‘Third Period’ of German hymnody, seen with hindsight as coming between the great Reformation hymns and the beginnings of Pietism with… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Aaron Keyes and Stuart Townend |
See separate entries for Aaron Keyes and Stuart Townend |
| John Daniels and Phil Thomson |
See separate entries for John Daniels and Phil Thomson |
| Isaac Watts and Bob Kauflin |
Please see individual entries for Isaac Watts and Bob Kauflin. |
| Bob Kauflin and Tim Chester |
See separate entries for Bob Kauflin and Tim Chester |
| Geoff Roberts and Judith Roberts |
See separate entries for Geoff and Judith |
| Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Jesse Reeves |
See separate entries for Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Jesse Reeves |
