| Coombe, James Anthony (Tony) |
b Brixton, S London 1931. d October 2018. He read Maths at Emmanuel Coll Cambridge (BA/MA) and studied Theology at Tyndale Hall, Bristol (London BD 1960). Ordained (CofE) 1960; after curacies at… |
| J S, in the Gospel Magazine of 1776. |
No.273; see notes. |
| Irvine, Jessie Seymour |
b Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland 1836, d Aberdeen 1887. Daughter of the parish Minister who later moved to Peterhead, then to Crimond. No.23B(?), see notes. |
| Wood, D |
Of uncertain details; see the notes to his text. No.425. |
| Irons, Herbert Stephen |
b Canterbury, Kent 1834, d Nottingham 1905. A Canterbury Cathedral choirboy (where his father was a lay-vicar) 1844ā49, he studied music at Oxford with his uncle Stephen Elvey (another uncle being… |
| Hymn Book of King's School Canterbury |
An independent school collection issued in 1960. No.66. |
| Hurst, William |
b Leicester 1849, d Coalville, Leics, 1934. He lived in Coalville for most of his life, with no permanent musical post. His compositions were limited to organ music and hymn tunes. Contributor to the… |
| Huntingdon, Countess of |
see Lady Huntingdonās Hymn Book. |
| Hughes, John (Glandwr) |
b Penbryn nr Cardigan, S Wales 1872, d Swansea, S Wales 1914. Johnās parents moved to Swansea when he was 2; when his father died 8 years later he left school, and to support the family began work… |
| 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,… |
| Hoyle, Richard Birch |
b Cloughfold, Lancs 1875, d Wimbledon, Surrey 1939. Born into a Methodist family, he became a Baptist, training at Regents Park Coll, London. He served in the ministry from 1900 to 1926, concluding at… |
| 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. |
| Hine, Stuart Wesley Keene (or Keane) |
b London 1899, d Somerset 1989. Educated at the Coopersā Company School at Bow, E London. After a brief wartime spell in the army he was ordained to the Methodist ministry, and with his wife served… |
| Hearn, Naida |
b 1944. An author/composer in the renewal tradition who has been writing songs since the early 1970s, some of which have been widely recognised in contemporary collections including other mainstream… |
| 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… |
| Cousins, Marion |
Born at Felixstowe, Suffolk, into a musical family, she grew up in the Salvation Army, playing the piano from an early age and with formal lessons from 7 onwards. From the mid-1970s she has played the… |
| Jones, Wilfrid |
b 1862, d 1929. A Welsh composer whose work was included in the major Methodist collection in 1929, Llyfr Emynau a Thonau (āThe Book of Hymns and Tunesā). No.77. |
| King A |
One tune of his appears in GH, where no āpermissionā is listed; it featured in the Bristol Tune Book, but no further information is available. (Not the author Andrew King, b 1961.) No.554. |
| Shaw, Geoffrey Turton |
b Clapham, Surrey/SW London 1879, d Westminster, London 1943. A younger brother of Martin S (see below), he attended St Paulās Cathedral Sch; Gonville and Caius Coll Cambridge. From 1902 to 1910 he… |
| 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… |
| Virginia Harmony (1831) |
An influential collection published at Winchester, Virginia, USA, and now mainly known for an early printing of one notable tune. This was also found in Columbia Harmony, or, Pilgrimās Musical… |
| Thorne, Edward Henry |
b Cranborne, Dorset 1834, d Maida Vale, W London 1916. A chorister at St Georgeās Windsor (under G J Elvey qv), he became the deputy and then organist at Henley Parish Ch from 1853, and Chichester… |
| Thompson, Stephen (Steve) |
A professional band director and music producer who has combined with some well-known rock musicians, and since the early 1980s with Graham Kendrick. He has worked in over 60 countries including… |
| Wainwright, John |
b Stockport, Gtr Manchester (Ches) 1723, d Stockport 1768. A joinerās son who moved into Manchester aged 23. He was a āsinging manā at the cityās Collegiate Church (see notes to 352 in EP1)… |
| Thomas, David Vaughan |
b Ystalyfera, Powys 1873, d S Africa 1934. He studied music under Dr Joseph Parry after moving to Pontardulais, and then at Llandovery Coll and Exeter Coll Oxford (BA, MA, MusD). He was a… |
| Walch, James |
b Egerton, nr Bolton, Gtr Manchester (Lancs) 1837, d ?Llandudno, Conwy (Caernarvonshire) or acc to Routley, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (Lancs), 1901. After studying music with his father and under H… |
| Strutt, Richard |
b Terling, nr Chelmsford, Essex 1848, d Bath 1927. Winchester Coll; Magdalen Coll Oxford (MA 1876). Worked for an American bank in London, then at the Stock Exchange. Choirmaster and Churchwarden at… |
| Stanley, Samuel |
b Birmingham 1767, d Birmingham 1822. Violinist and cellist; precentor at Carrās Lane Meeting House aged 20, then (for 34 years) at Ebenezer Chapel, both in the home town where he spent his life. He… |
| Spiess's Davids Harpffen-Spiel, Heidelberg (1745) |
Johann Martin Spiess was Prof of Music at Heidelberg Gymnasium and Organist at St Peterās Ch. He was then Cathedral Organist at Berne, Switzerland, from 1746 until his death in 1772. No.765. |
| 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… |
