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Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Barnby Composer of "MONSELL (ST. ANDREW)" in New Manual of Praise Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barnby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

Samuel Howard

1710 - 1782 Person Name: S. Howard Composer of "ST. BRIDE" in University Hymns Samuel Howard, Mus. Doc.; b. in England, 1710,; d. 1782 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Jonathan C. Woodman

1813 - 1894 Person Name: J. C. Woodman Composer of "STATE STREET" in University Hymns

William Metcalfe

Composer of "METCALFE" in Gloria Deo

Ananias Davisson

1780 - 1857 Person Name: A. Davisson Composer of "GOLDEN HILL" in Praise in Song Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. Davisson was born February 2, 1780 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He spent his last years living on a farm at Weyer's Cave, about 14 miles from Dayton, Virginia, and died October 21, 1857. He is buried in the Massanutten-Cross Keys Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia. Davisson was a member and ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church. He is best known for his 1816 compilation the Kentucky Harmony (Harrisonburg, Virginia), which is generally considered the first Southern shape-note tunebook. Composer and publisher William B. Blake said it was "a book characteristic of that period, abounding in minor tunes." Other books published by Davisson were A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1820), Introduction to Sacred Music, Extracted from the Kentucky Harmony and Chiefly Intended for the Benefit of Young Scholars, (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1821), and A Small Collection of Sacred Music (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1825). According to musicologist George Pullen Jackson, Davisson's compilations are "pioneer repositories of a sort of song that the rural South really liked." Perhaps his best-known tune is "Idumea," a minor tune very popular in Southern shape note circles and featured in the movie Cold Mountain. In addition to his own tunebooks, Davisson also printed Songs of Zion by James P. Carrell (1821) --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Josiah Booth

1852 - 1930 Person Name: J. Booth Composer of "SWAINSTHORPE" in The Church Hymnal Josiah Booth (27 March 1852 – 29 December 1929) was an English organist and composer, known chiefly for his hymn-tunes. See also in: Wikipedia

Samuel Stanley

1767 - 1822 Person Name: S. Stanley Composer of "[My spirit on thy care]" in Light in the Valley See Stanley, 1767-1822

Handel Pond

Composer of "CALM" in The Sunday School Hymnal

Horatio G. Abbey

1818 - 1879 Composer of "TUCKER" in Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes Born: April 12, 1818, Shokan, New York. Died: September 27, 1879, Manhattan, New York. Buried: Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, New York. Horatio was the son of David and Nancy Farnham Abbey, and brother to Alonzo J. Abbey. In 1845, Union College in Albany, New York, awarded him an honorary Bachelor of Arts degree. He married twice, to Nancy Maria Young (1840) and Cordelia Burt (1863). www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/b/b/abbey_hg.htm