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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Person Name: S. S. Wesley Composer of "FIDUCIA" in The Church Hymnal Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman

Arthur Henry Brown

1830 - 1926 Composer of "[Saviour, Who didst come to give]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Born: July 24, 1830, Brentwood, Essex, England. Died: February 15, 1926, Brentwood, Essex, England. Almost completely self taught, Brown began playing the organ at the age 10. He was organist of the Brentwood Parish Church, Essex (1842-53); St. Edward’s, Romford (1853-58); Brentwood Parish Church (1858-88); St. Peter’s Church, South Weald (from 1889); and Sir Anthony Browne’s School (to 1926). A member of the London Gregorian Association, he helped assemble the Service Book for the annual festival in St. Paul’s Cathedral. He supported the Oxford Movement, and pioneered the restoration of plainchant and Gregorian music in Anglican worship. Brown edited various publications, including the Altar Hymnal. His other works include settings of the Canticles and the Holy Communion Service, a Children’s Festival Service, anthems, songs, part songs, and over 800 hymn tunes and carols. Music: Alleluia! Sing the Triumph Arthur Dale Abbey Fields of Gold Are Glowing Gerran Holy Church Holy Rood If Angels Sang Our Savior’s Birth Lammas O, Sing We a Carol Purleigh Redemptor Mundi Ring On, Ye Joyous Christmas Bells Saffron Walden St. Anatolius St. Austell St. John Damascene St. Mabyn St. Sophronius Story of the Cross Sweet Child Divine --www.hymntime.com/tch

John I. Romig

Composer of "[Saviour, Who didst come to give]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes Composer of "ST. BEES" in The Book of Praise for Sunday Schools As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Person Name: Weber Composer of "[Saviour, Who didst come to give]" in The New Children's Hymnal Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Franklin W. Bartlett

1843 - 1915 Person Name: Rev. F. W. Bartlett, D.D. Author of "Saviour, Who didst come to give" in The New Children's Hymnal Bartlett, Franklin Weston, D.D., born at Towanda, Pen., Aug. 30, 1843; B.A., Union University, N.Y., 1865; Hon. M.A., Williams College, Mass.; D.D., Union University; Rector of various churches in Pen. and N. England, and for some time Prof. of Hebrew in Williams College. His hymns appeared mainly in the weekly press, including "Thy glorious name of Love" (Sunday); "0 God Triune, we praise and bless" (Holy Trinity); "Sun of my life, Thy rays divine" (The Christian's Light ). His hymn for Holy Communion, "Saviour, Who didst come to give," in The Hymnal of the Trot. Episcopal Church, 1892, was first printed in The Living Church, 1885, and passed from thence into several collections. It is a great drawback to Dr. Bartlett's hymns that they have not been gathered together in book form. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ======================= Bartlett, Franklin Weston (Towanda, Pennsylvania, August 30, 1843--ca.1917). Graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, B.A., 1865, which later honored him with a D.D. degree. In the 1880s he was living in Towanda, then in the next decade was rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and professor of Hebrew at Williams College. Williams gave him an honorary M.A. degree. After the turn of the century he was rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Rockport, Mass. His last years were spend in Mansfield, Ohio. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives

L. G. Hayne

1836 - 1883 Person Name: Leighton George Hayne Composer of "BUCKLAND" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: February 28, 1836, St. David’s Hall, Exeter, England. Died: March 3, 1883, Bradfield, Essex, England. Son of Richard Hayne, Rector of Mistley, Leighton graduated from Eton and Queen’s College, Oxford (BMus 1856, DMus 1860); at school, he was Eton College’s organist and conducted the Oxford University chorus. He also served as chaplain of Queen’s College; Vicar of Helston, Cornwall (1866-67); Succentor of Eton (1867-71); and Rector of Mistley, Essex (1871-83), and was well known as an organ builder. Music: BUCKLAND CHALVEY ST. CECILIA ST. LAWRENCE --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Nathaniel S. Godfrey

1817 - 1883 Person Name: Rev. S. N. Godfrey Composer of "[Saviour, Who didst come to give]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Born: November, 30, 1817, London, England. Died: October 26, 1883, Southsea, Hampshire, England. Son of an apothecary at Turvey, Bedfordshire, Godfrey was educated at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge (summa cum laude, 1847). He served as Curate of Swansea (1847-48) and Biddenham, Bedford (1848-50). He resigned in 1858 to become minister and Perpetual Curate at St. Bartholomew’s Temperance Church in Portsea, Hampshire. While at Portsea, he was suspended for three years for practicing spiritualism. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

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