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Delores Dufner

b. 1939 Person Name: Delores Dufner, OSB (b. 1939) Scripture: Revelation 22:1-17 Author of "Day of delight and beauty unbounded" in Wonder, Love, and Praise Delores Dufner is a member of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, with Master's Degrees in Liturgical Music and Liturgical Studies. She is currently a member and a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, the National Pastoral Musicians (NPM), the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the Monastic Worship Forum. Delores is a writer of liturgical, scripturally based hymn and song texts which have a broad ecumenical appeal and are contracted or licensed by 34 publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and China. She has received more than 50 commissions to write texts for special occasions or needs and has published over 200 hymns, many of which have several different musical settings and appear in several publications. She is the author of three hymn collections: Sing a New Church (1994, Oregon Catholic Press), The Glimmer of Glory in Song (2004, GIA Publications), and And Every Breath, a Song (2011, GIA Publications). Delores, the middle child of five, was born and raised on a farm in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. She attended a one-room country school in which she learned to read music and play the tonette, later studying piano and organ. Delores was a school music teacher, private piano and organ instructor, and parish organist/choir director for twelve years. She served as liturgy coordinator for her religious community of 775 members for six years and as Director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota for fifteen years. She subsequently worked as a liturgical music consultant for the Diocese of Ballarat, Victoria in southeast Australia for fifteen months. At present, she is preparing a fourth hymn collection and assisting with liturgy planning and music leadership at the monastery. Delores Dufner

Colleen Fulmer

b. 1951 Person Name: Colleen Fulmer, 1951- Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Author of "Come Now, You Hungry" in Community of Christ Sings

Rufino Zaragoza

b. 1957 Person Name: Rufino Zaragoza, OFM, 1957- Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Author of "Come Now, You Hungry" in Community of Christ Sings

Ervelyne Bernard

b. 1973 Person Name: Ervelyne Bernard, 19730 Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Translator (French) of "Come Now, You Hungry" in Community of Christ Sings

Joey Williams

b. 1972 Person Name: Joey Williams, 1972- Scripture: Revelation 22:17 Translator (French) of "Come Now, You Hungry" in Community of Christ Sings

Brenton Brown

Person Name: Benton Brown Scripture: Revelation 22:17-20 Author of "All Who Are Thirsty" in More Voices

Glenn Robertson

Scripture: Revelation 22:17-20 Author of "All Who Are Thirsty" in More Voices

William Knapp

1698 - 1768 Person Name: William Knapp (1698-1768) Scripture: Revelation 22:16 Composer (melody) of "WAREHAM" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Born: 1698, Wareham, Dorsetshire, England. Died: September 26, 1768, Poole, Dorsetshire, England. Buried: Poole, Dorsetshire, England.

David Evans

1874 - 1948 Person Name: David Evans (1874-1948) Scripture: Revelation 22:16 Harmonizer of "WAREHAM" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) David Evans (b. Resolven, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1874; d. Rosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1948) was an important leader in Welsh church music. Educated at Arnold College, Swansea, and at University College, Cardiff, he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. His longest professional post was as professor of music at University College in Cardiff (1903-1939), where he organized a large music department. He was also a well-known and respected judge at Welsh hymn-singing festivals and a composer of many orchestral and choral works, anthems, service music, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Giovanni G. Gastoldi

1554 - 1609 Person Name: Giovanni Gastoldi (1556-1622) Scripture: Revelation 22:1-17 Composer of "IN DIR IST FREUDE" in Wonder, Love, and Praise Giovanni G. Gastoldi (b. 1582; d. 1609) served as a deacon and singer in the chapel of the Gonzaga family in Mantua. Succeeding Giaches de Wert, he directed music in the Church of Santa Barbaras in Mantua from 1592 to 1608. Little is known about the rest of his life. Gastoldi composed a considerable body of court music, such as madrigals, and some church music, but he is best known for his Balletti, which influenced composers such as Monteverdi, Hassler, and Morley. Bert Polman