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James P. Tiefel

b. 1949 Person Name: James P. Tiefel, b. 1949 Hymnal Number: 816 Author of "To Jordan's River Came Our Lord" in Hymnal Supplement 98 James P. Tiefel is a longtime professor of worship and homiletics at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI, born 1949. His first parish was St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Saginaw, MI. He also serves as the Seminary's choir director and is a skilled organist. Email from G. Schroer

C. E. F. Weyse

1774 - 1842 Person Name: Christoph Weyse, 1774-1842 Hymnal Number: 908 Composer of "DEN SIGNEDE DAG" in Hymnal Supplement 98 Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich; b. Mar. 5, 1774, Altona (now in W. Germany), d. Oct. 8, 1842, Copenhagen; Danish composer of German extraction

Jaroslav J. Vajda

1919 - 2008 Person Name: Jaroslav J. Vajda, b. 1919 Hymnal Number: 887 Author of "Go, My Children, with My Blessing" in Hymnal Supplement 98 Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from Slovak include Bloody Sonnets (1950), Slovak Christmas (1960), An Anthology of Slovak Literature (1977), and contributions to the Lutheran Worship Supplement (1969) and the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978). A collection of his hymn texts, carols, and hymn translations was issued as Now the Joyful Celebration (1987); its sequel is So Much to Sing About (1991). Vajda's hymns are included in many modern hymnals, and he was honored as a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada in 1988. Bert Polman

William Whiting

1825 - 1878 Person Name: William Whiting, 1825-78 Hymnal Number: 906 Author of "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" in Hymnal Supplement 98 William Whiting was born in Kensington, November 1, 1825, and was educated at Clapham and Winchester Colleges. He was later master of Winchester College Choristers' School, where he wrote Rural Thoughts and Other Poems, 1851. He died at Winchester. --The Hymnal 1940 Companion =============== Whiting, William, was born in Kensington, London, Nov. 1, 1825, and educated at Clapham. He was for several years Master of the Winchester College Choristers' School. His Rural Thoughts and other poems were published in 1851; but contained no hymns. His reputation as a hymnwriter is almost exclusively confined to his “Eternal Father, strong to save". Other hymns by him were contributed to the following collections:— i. To the 1869 Appendix to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Psalms & Hymns 1. O Lord the heaven Thy power displays. Evening. 2. Onward through life Thy children stray. Changing Scenes of Life. ii. To an Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern issued by the Clergy of St. Philip's, Clerkenwell, 1868. 3. Jesus, Lord, our childhood's Pattern. Jesus the Example to the Young. 4. Lord God Almighty, Everlasting Father. Holy Trinity. 5. Now the harvest toil is over. Harvest. 6. 0 Father of abounding grace. Consecration of a Church. 7. We thank Thee, Lord, for all. All Saints Day. iii. To The Hymnary, 1872. 8. Amen, the deed in faith is done. Holy Baptism. 9. Jesus Christ our Saviour. For the Young. 10. Now the billows, strong and dark. For Use at Sea. 11. 0 Father, Who the traveller's way. For Travellers by Land. 12. When Jesus Christ was crucified. Holy Baptism. Mr. Whiting's hymns, with the exception of his “Eternal Father," &c, have not a wide acceptance. He died in 1878. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Alan G. McDougall

1895 - 1964 Person Name: Alan McDougall, 1895-1964 Hymnal Number: 903 Author of "Christ, Mighty Savior" in Hymnal Supplement 98

Jane M. Joseph

1894 - 1929 Person Name: Jane Joseph, 1894-1929 Hymnal Number: 809 Translator of "On This Day Earth Shall Ring" in Hymnal Supplement 98

Susan G. Wente

Person Name: Steven F. Wente, b. 1952 Hymnal Number: 809 Arranger of "PERSONENT" in Hymnal Supplement 98

Leo Sowerby

1895 - 1968 Person Name: Leo Sowerby, 1895-1968 Hymnal Number: 841 Composer of "PERRY" in Hymnal Supplement 98 Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) was born in Grand Rapids and studied at the American Conservatory of Music, Chicago (M.A. 1918). He served as regimental bandmaster with the 332nd Field Artillery Band in both England and France (1917-1919). He became the first fellow of the American Academy in Rome, where he studied for three years. He participated in the Salzburg Festival for Contemporary Music in 1923. From 1924 to 1963 he was on the faculty of the American Conservatory. He also was organist and choirmaster of St. James Church (1927-1963). Sowerby had an interest in folk music which he turned into wonderful compositions. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his Canticle of the Sun (1946). He died at Port Clinton, Ohio. --Presbyterian Hymnal Companion

Nicolás Martínez

1917 - 1972 Person Name: Nicholas Martinez, 1917-72 Hymnal Number: 833 Author of "Christ Is Risen, Christ Is Living" in Hymnal Supplement 98

Sarah E. Taylor

1883 - 1954 Person Name: Sarah Taylor, 1883-1954 Hymnal Number: 869 Author of "O God of Light" in Hymnal Supplement 98 Taylor, Sarah Ellen. (England, 1883--October 5, 1954). She was born in an English manse, the daughter of a Primitive Methodist clergyman. At nine years of age she came to America. In 1904 she was graduated from Women's College, Brown University. In 1949 she retired after nearly a half century of teaching, which included six years in mission schools at Talladega, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives