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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Composer of "[Thou Judge of quick and dead]" in The Church Anthem Book 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

W. S. Hoyte

1844 - 1917 Composer of "ST. BONIFACE" in The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book Born: September 22, 1844, Sidmouth, England. Died: July 2, 1917. Buried: Sidmouth, England. Hoyte studied under John Goss and George Cooper. He played the organ at various locations, finally at All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1868-1907). He was also a professor of organ at the Royal College of Music (1888), and at the Royal Academy of Music (1893), and professor of the pianoforte at the Guildhall School. He was a member of the Philharmonic Society, and received his DMus degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1904. --www.hymntime.com/tch

R. M. McIntosh

1836 - 1889 Composer of "[Thou Judge of quick and dead]" in Crown of Beauty Used Pseudonym: Robert M. McIntosh ========== Rigdon (Robert) McCoy McIntosh USA 1836-1899 Born at Maury County, TN, into a farming family, he attended Jackson College in Columbia, TN, graduating in 1854. He studied music under Asa Everett in Richmond, VA, and became a traveling singing school teacher. He also served briefly in the Civil War. He wrote several hymns during this period of his life. In 1860 he married Sarah McGlasson, and they had a daughter, Loulie Everett. In 1875 he was appointed head of the Vanderbilt University Music Department in Nashville, TN. In 1877 he joined the faculty of Emory College, Oxford, GA. In 1895 he left Emory College to devote his time to the R M McIntosh Publishing Company. He also served as music editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Publishing House for over 30 years. His song book publications include: “Good news” (1876), “Light & life” (1881), “Prayer & praise” (1883), “New life” (1879), “New life #2” (1886), and “Songs of service” (1896). He died in Atlanta, GA. John Perry

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