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William Penfro Rowlands

1860 - 1937 Person Name: William Rowlands Composer of "BLAENWERN" in Rejoice in the Lord

W. P. Rolands Morriston

Composer of "BLAENWERN" in Small Church Music

Manuel da Silveira Porto Filho

1908 - 1997 Person Name: Manuel S. Porto Filho (1908-1988) Translator of "Ó amor, que aos mais excedes (2)" in Mil Vozes para Celebrar

Author of "He Who Walked upon the Water" in One in Faith Kathleen Pluth, STL, is a Catholic hymn writer, translator, and teacher. Her first collection of hymns, Hymns for the Liturgical Year, was published by CanticaNOVA Publications in 2005. Her collection Hymn Tune Introits: Singing the Sundays of the Liturgical Year, was published by World Library Publications (now GIA) in 2016. In 2023, her hymn "Let The Earth Acclaim Christ Jesus" won a nationwide competition sponsored by the USCCB as part of the bishops' Eucharistic Revival. Her work is regularly in the monthly magazine "Magnificat" and appears in four hymnals. She also writes a column about hymns for Word on Fire's monthly Liturgy of the Hours. Kathleen Pluth (email to Hymnary)

William Rees

1802 - 1883 Person Name: William Rees (Hiraethog). (1802-1883) Author of "Dyma gariad fel y moroedd" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

Calvin Seerveld

b. 1930 Versifier of "God of Jacob, Please Remember" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Calvin Seerveld (b. 1930) was professor of aesthetics at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto from 1972 until he retired in 1995. Educated at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan; the University of Michigan; and the Free University of Amsterdam (Ph.D.), he also studied at Basel University in Switzerland, the University of Rome, and the University of Heidelberg. Seerveld began his career by teaching at Bellhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi (1958-1959), and at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois (1959-1972). A fine Christian scholar, fluent in various biblical and modern languages, he is published widely in aesthetics, biblical studies, and philosophy. His books include Take Hold of God and Pull (1966), The Greatest Song: In Critique of Solomon (1967), For God's Sake, Run with Joy (1972), Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task (1980), and On Being Human (1988). He credits the Dutch musician Ina Lohr for influencing his compositions of hymn tunes. Most of his Bible versifications and hymns were written for the Psalter Hymnal (1987), on whose revision committee he ably served. Bert Polman

William John Downes

1892 - 1987 Translator of "Amo Dia, tutsupera" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta An English Congregationalist minister, Downes was a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Western College in the University of Bristol (UK), a member of the board of KELI, and a member of the Esperanto Academy, as well as a member of the editorial committee that produced Adoru Kantante. 44 of his works appeared in AK, and 36 in Adoru. Particularly noteworthy for the quantity and quality of his original hymn texts in Esperanto.

Martin E. Leckebusch

b. 1962 Author of "Lord, we thank you for the promise" in Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.)

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Author of "God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian" in Voices United Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink