| Smith, Alfred Morton |
b Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, USA 1879, d Brigantine, Philadelphia, USA 1971. Univ of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Divinity Sch, ordained (Protestant Episcopal Church) 1905. Served churches in… |
| Sibomana, Emanuel T |
b Burundi c1910–15, d 1975. He probably grew up in central Burundi, and lived near Musema where there was a Baptist mission. In the 1930s he became a Christian, and was ordained as a Baptist pastor… |
| 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… |
| Phillips, Thomas |
b ?Bristol 1735, d Bristol 1807. A brushmaker by trade, he was known in his home city as one of the ‘lovers of Psalmody’. Several hymn tunes are credited to him, including the one classic… |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| Owens-Collins, Jamie |
b Castro Valley, California, USA 1955, daughter of the songwriting couple Jimmy and Carol Owens. Surrounded by music from the early days, by her mid-teens she was well known in the USA as a solo… |
| Robinson, George Wade |
b Cork 1838, d Southampton, Hants 1877. Trinity Coll, Dublin; New Coll (St John’s Wood), N London. He was ordained to minister in the Congregational church, first as co-pastor at York St Chapel,… |
| 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… |
| Howarth, Wright |
A composer from the Grace (Strict) Baptist tradition, 10 of whose tunes are included in the 1927 The Companion Tune Book (qv). His work does not seem to appear in other British books. No.633. |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Riches, Tanya |
Tanya Riches obtained her PhD at Fuller Theological Seminary in 2017. Her research examines real, vibrant Christian spiritualities lived in the contemporary world. She is a singer/songwriter, author… |
| 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,… |
| Jeboult, Harold Arthur |
b Taunton, Som 1871, d Taunton 1925. Born into a musical family with a long Taunton pedigree, he qualified as FRCO, ARCM, and LMus. From 1888 to 1897 he was organist of Holy Trinity Ch Taunton,… |
| 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… |
