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Hans G. Nägeli

1773 - 1836 Person Name: J. G. Nägeli, 1768-1836 Composer of "NAOMI" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) was an influential music educator who lectured throughout Germany and France. Influenced by Johann Pestalozzi, he published his theories of music education in Gangbildungslehre (1810), a book that made a strong impact on Lowell Mason. Nageli composed mainly" choral works, including settings of Goethe's poetry. He received his early instruction from his father, then in Zurich, where he concentrated on the music of. S. Bach. In Zurich, he also established a lending library and a publishing house, which published first editions of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and music by Bach, Handel, and Frescobaldi. Bert Polman

Louis Spohr

1784 - 1859 Composer of "SPOHR" in The Hymnal Also: Spohr, Ludwig, 1784-1859 Shpor, Lui, 1784-1859 Spohr, L. (Louis), 1784-1859 Shpor, Ludvig, 1784-1859 Spohr, Ludewig, 1784-1859

Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Joseph Barnby (1838- ) Composer of "HOLY TRINITY" in Hymnal Amore Dei 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

W. Wheal

1690 - 1727 Person Name: William Wheall Composer of "BEDFORD" in Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church William Wheal (Weale) c. 1690-1727 was the organist at St. Paul's, Bedford. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Music from Cambridge in 1719. The tune BEDFORD appeared in the "Psalm Singer's Magazine" of 1729, but it was probably first published earlier. It appears in The Divine Musick Scholars Guide by Francis Timbrell, which has an unknown date of publication, but copies found in personal libraries have dates beginning in 1723. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Musical Times" Vol. 49, #781 (Mar. 1, 1908) pp. 165-169

Flossette Du Pasquier

Translator (French) of "O help us, Lord! Each hour of need" in Cantate Domino

Jeremiah Clarke

1669 - 1707 Person Name: Jermiah Clark, 1670-1707 Composer of "KING'S NORTON" in Hymns and Chorales

William Weale

Person Name: W. Weale, d. 1727 Composer of "BEDFORD" in The English Hymnal See Wheall, W. (William), c. 1690-1727

Wilhelm Horkel

Person Name: Wilhelm Hörkel Translator (German) of "O help us, Lord! Each hour of need" in Cantate Domino

Henry Harington

1727 - 1816 Person Name: H. Harington Composer of "HARINGTON (RETIREMENT)" in The Book of Common Praise Born: September 29, 1727, Kelston, Somerset, England. Died: January 15, 1816, Bath, Somerset, England. Buried: Kelston, Somerset, England. Harington, a physician, was mayor of Bath, England, in 1793, and founded the Harmonic Society there. "A tablet was erected to his memory in Bath Abbey, on which is a curious mathematical figure highly suggestive of a proposition in Euclid, but which is really a design showing the ratios of the vibration numbers in the various intervals of the major scale." Lightwood, p. 358 --www.hymntime.com/tch

A. A. Wild

Composer of "[Oh, help us, Lord; each hour of need]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892