Person Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 11 - 20 of 52Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Alexander Robert Reinagle

1799 - 1877 Person Name: Reinagle Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord]" in Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other services Alexander Robert Reinagle United Kingdom 1799-1877. Born at Brighton, Sussex, England, gf Austrian descent, he came from a family of musicians, studying music with his father (a cellist), then with Raynor Taylor in Edinburgh, Scotland. Reinagle became a well-known organ teacher. He became organist at St Peter’s Church, Oxford (1823-1853). He was also a theatre musician. He wrote Teaching manuals for stringed instruments as well. He also compiled books of hymn tunes, one in 1830: “Psalm tunes for the voice and the pianoforte”, the other in 1840: “A collection of Psalm and hymn tunes”. He also composed waltzes. In 1846 he married Caroline Orger, a pianist, composer, and writer in her own right. No information found regarding children. In the 1860s he was active in Oxford music-making and worked with organist, John Stainer, then organist at Magdalen College. Reinagle also composed a piano sonata and some church music. At retirement he moved to Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England. He died at Kidlington. John Perry

Thomas Attwood

1765 - 1838 Person Name: Thomas Attoood (1767-1838) Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord]" in Hymnal Amore Dei Thomas Attwood, born 1767; organist and composer; wrote many operas and other works; died March 24, 1838. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

Henry Hiles

1826 - 1904 Person Name: H. Hiles Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks] (Hiles)" in The Church Hymnal Born: December 31, 1826, Shrewsbury, England. Died: October 20, 1904, Worthing, England. Hiles was educated at Oxford (BMus 1862, DMus 1867). He played the organ at Shrewsbury, as his brother’s deputy (1846); Bishopwearmouth (1847); St. Michael’s, Wood Street (1859); the Blind Asylum, Manchester (1859); Bowden (1861); and St. Paul’s, Manchester (1863-67). He lectured in harmony and composition at Owen’s College in Manchester (1867) and Victoria University (1879), and was Professor at the Manchester College of Music (1893). He also conducted musical societies in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and owned and edited the Quarterly Music Review (1885-88). He retired in 1904, moving to Pinner, near Harrow. His works include: Twelve Tunes to Original or Favourite Hymns, 1867 Harmony of Sounds, three editions: 1871, 1872, 1879 Wesley Tune Book, 1872 (editor) Grammar of Music, 1879 First Lessons in Singing (Manchester: Hime & Addison, 1881) Part Writing or Modern Counterpoint (Novello: 1884) Harmony or Counterpoint, 1889 Harmony, Choral or Counterpun --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Stephens

Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord]" in The Morning Hour

Isaac Barrow

Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing praises unto Thy name]" in Hymns of the Church

J. L. Hopkins

Composer of "BONUM EST CONFITIERI" in Songs of Worship

Thomas Turton

1780 - 1864 Person Name: T. Turton Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord]" in Common Praise Turton, Thomas; b. 25 Feb. 1780 Yorkshire, England; d. 7 Jan. 1864 London; clergyman and scholar

Thomas Norris

1741 - 1790 Person Name: Charles Norris Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord]" in Songs for the Lord's House

Seth Bingham

1882 - 1972 Composer of "[It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord]" in Hymns of the Kingdom of God Seth Daniel Bingham was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904 from Yale. He then studied organ and composition in Paris from 1906-1907 and returned to Yale and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1908. He became organist and choirmaster at Rye Presbyterian Church in New York and also began teaching music at Yale. He taught at Yale for 12 years and then was on the music faculty at Columbia University. He was organist and music director at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City for 35 years. He composed may choral and organ works with a religious theme, as well as secular music for orchestra, chamber groups, and choruses. Dianne Shapiro from obituary, New York Times, June 22, 1972 (accessed 12/28/2022