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Myrtle D. Ingalls

Author of "We'll be equal to the angels" in The More Perfect Gospel Hymnal, a Revision of the Cross and Resurrection in Song

1535 - 1592 Composer of "[O bone Jesu]" Following early studies with Vincenzo Ruffo at Verona, Ingegneri was appointed choirmaster at Cremona Cathedral in 1570. His pupils included the young Claudio Monteverdi. Ingegneri produced a book of hymns, two books of masses, three books of motets, and eight volumes of madrigals. Richard Proulx, notes on "O Bone Jesu," GIA Publications

Nathaniel Ingelo

Author of "Divine Use of Music"

Jean Ingelow

1820 - 1897 Person Name: Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) Author of "And didst Thou love the race that loved not Thee?" in The Hymnal Ingelow, Jean, daughter of W. Ingelow, Boston, Lincolnshire, was born in 1820. Her writings are well and favourably known. Her poetical pieces have been published as Poems, 1863, and A Story of Doom and other Poems, 1867. From her Poems, 1863, the cento "And didst Thou love the race that loved not Thee" (Love of Christ in the Congregational Church Hymnal 1887, is taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) =============== Born: March 17, 1820, Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Died: July 20, 1897, Kensington, London, England. Buried: Brompton Cemetery, London, England. A well known 19th Century poet, Ingelow’s works include: A Rhyming Chronical of Incidents and Feelings, 1850 Poems, 1863 A Story of Doom and Other Poems, 1867 Mopsa the Fairy One of her more popular poems was "O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove." --www.hymntime.com/tch

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

1789 - 1862 Person Name: B. S. Ingemann Author of "From east the sun, in splendor dressed" in Wartburg Hymnal Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:— Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most English-speaking countries. The translation was published in the People's Hymnal, 1861. It was greatly improved in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875, and has been specially set to music by several composers. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Joerg von Ingersheim

Author of "O herre gott vom himmelreich merck auf" in Ausbund, das ist

S. Ingersoll

Author of "Do sore aflictions press thee down"

W. H. Ingersoll

Person Name: H. W. Ingersoll Composer of "[I saw one hanging on a tree] (Ingerson)" in Band Music

Benjamin Ingham

1712 - 1772 Person Name: Benjamin Ingham, 1712-1772 Author of "The One Thing Needful, That Good Part" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Ingham, Benjamin, M.A. The details of the life of this hymn-writer are given in the article on Inghamite Hymnody. Ingham's hymns appeared in the Kendal Hymn Book, 1757, and in various editions of the English Moravian Hymn Book. The 1886 edition of the Moravian Hymn Book contains the following hymns by him:— 1. Jesus, my Saviour, full of grace. Jesus All in All 2. The one thing needful, that good part. Mary's Choice. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)