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John Randall

1717 - 1799 Person Name: J. Randall (1715-99) Composer of "LEWES" in A Missionary Hymn Book

1818 - 1893 Person Name: Charles F. Gounod, 1818-1893 Composer of "REDEMPTION" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893) was taught initially by his pianist mother. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory, won the "Grand Prix de Rome" in 1839, and continued his musical training in Vienna, Berlin, and Leipzig. Though probably most famous for his opera Faust (1859) and other instrumental music (including his Meditation sur le Prelude de Bach, to which someone added the Ave Maria text for soprano solo), Gounod also composed church music-four Masses, three Requiems, and a Magnificat. His smaller works for church use were published as Chants Sacres. When he lived in England (1870-1875), Gounod became familiar with British cathedral music and served as conductor of what later became the Royal Choral Society. Bert Polman

Frederick Bridge

1844 - 1924 Person Name: J. F. Bridge Composer of "CLIFFORD" in The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book

John Stanley

1712 - 1786 Person Name: J. Stanley Composer of "STANLEY" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book b. 1/17/1712 in London; d. 5/19/1786 in London; English composer and organist

August Gerum

Composer of "GERUM" in The Scottish Hymnal

James Tilleard

1827 - 1876 Person Name: J. Tilleard Composer of "KENSINGTON NEW" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures

Henry J. E. Holmes

1852 - 1938 Person Name: H. J. E. Holmes Composer of "NUNC DIMITTIS" in Hymns of Consecration and Faith Born: March 5, 1852, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Died: October 1938, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Buried: Burnley, Lancashire, England. Son of Richard and Jane Holmes, Henry’s father and great grandfather were both solicitors; his father had offices in Colne and Burnley. Henry was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. In 1875, he became an Attorney for Common Law and was admitted a Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery. He was articled to his father in November 1869, and practiced in Burnley for over 60 years, first in partnership with his brother Richard Marmaduke as Holmes and Holmes. He continued to practice on his own as Holmes and Holmes after his brother’s death in 1894, and later as Messrs. Holmes, Butterfield and Hartley. Holmes had moved from the family home on Westgate some time after the death of his sister Susannah in 1878. By 1881, he was living at 12 Palatine Square. Holmes was intimately associated with church and Sunday school work all his life. At age 17, he became a teacher and later a lay superintendent of Sandygate Sunday school, connected with Holy Trinity Church, a position he held nearly 20 years. From the 1880’s he took a deep interest in "The Home for Little Boys" at Farningham, Kent. His desire to help in this work led to the formation of the Burnley branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Another organization that Holmes took a great interest in was the Burnley Law Society, which he helped found in 1883; he lived to be the last survivor of the eight founders. Holmes is said to have written over 250 hymn tunes in his life. --www.hymntime.com/tch/