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Henry Lawes
1596 - 1662 Person Name: Henry Lawes (1595-1662) Composer of "LEDBURY" in The Oxford Hymn Book Born: January 5, 1596, Dinton, Wiltshire, England.
Died: October 21, 1662, London, England.
Buried: In the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Lawes, tutor to the daughters of the Earl of Bridgewater, is best known as a composer. He became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1626, and a member of the "King’s Musick" in 1631. He wrote over 400 vocal pieces, as well as anthems and instrumental compositions. His works include:
Choice Psalmes Put into Musick for Three Voices, 1648
Ayres and Dialogues (London: 1653)
Sources:
Frost, p. 680
Hughes, pp. 467-68
Nutter, p. 460
Stulken, p. 292
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Henry Lawes
Louis Spohr
1784 - 1859 Composer of "[Lamb of God, I look to Thee]" in Harmonies of Praise Also:
Spohr, Ludwig, 1784-1859
Shpor, Lui, 1784-1859
Spohr, L. (Louis), 1784-1859
Shpor, Ludvig, 1784-1859
Spohr, Ludewig, 1784-1859
Louis Spohr
Edgar Pettman
1886 - 1943 Composer of "SYDNEY" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures
Edgar Pettman
Mary S. Attwood
Person Name: M. S. A. Composer of "[Lamb of God, I look to thee]" in Sunday School Hymnal
Mary S. Attwood
R. B. Addison
Composer of "[Lamb of God, I look to Thee]" in The New Children's Hymnal
R. B. Addison
S. L. Harkey
1827 - 1901 Person Name: S. L. H. Author (chorus) of "Lamb of God, I look to thee" in Songs of Beulah Born: April 3, 1827, Iredell County, North Carolina.
Died: September 23, 1901, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
Son of John and Sarah Harkey, Sydney grew up on a farm. While he was still small boy, his family moved to Illinois. He attended the Hillsboro Academy, and (1844-47) Pennsylvania College. He studied theology under his brother, Dr. Simeon W. Harkey.
Sydney received his preaching license at , Maryland in 1848. During his ministry, he served many congregations and parishes: Cumberland, Maryland (1848); Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (1849-52); Peoria and Pekin, Illinois (1852-54); Mendon, Illinois (1854-59); Decatur, Illinois (1859); Shelbyville (1860-62); Nokomis and Audubon (1862-65); Vandalia (1865-68); Chicago, Illinois (1870-71); Dayton, Ohio (1871-72); Indianapolis, Indiana (1872-73); Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania (1873-83); Toledo, Ohio (1883-87); Melrose, Florida (1887-88); North Lima, Ohio (1888-91); and Kutztown, Pennsylvania (1891-1901).
Harkey also served as an agent of Illinois University (1857); army chaplain (1862); professor at Augustana College and Theological Seminary (1868-70); secretary of the Lutheran Illinois Synod (1853-54); president of the Illinois Synod (1856-57 & 1858-60); president of the Synod of Illinois and Adjacent Lakes (1867-69); secretary of the General Council (1885-87); and president of the Reading Conference (1897-1900).
On May 16, 1848, Harkey married Mary Jane Jenkins, daughter of of Moses Jenkins of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; she died around 1868. They had one son who died young, and four daughters who lived to adulthood and married. Around 1872, Harkey married again, to Susie Freeman, daughter of Dr. John Freeman of Cincinnati, Ohio; she and their daughter, Daisy Beatrice, outlived him.
Harkey’s works include:
Beulah
Hymns and Music for Sunday School
Art in the Church
Little Hilda
--www.hymntime.com/tch
S. L. Harkey
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