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Jean Berger

1909 - 2002 Topics: Kingdom of God Composer (refrain) of "[The eyes of all wait upon thee]" in Christian Worship Jean Berger, born Artur Schlossberg in Hamm, Germany, the son of Orthodox Jews, he studied music in Vienna and Heidelberg and received a PhD in Musicology from Heidelberg. He served briefly as assistant conductor of the Darmstadt Opera and then was forced to flee Nazi Germany. He studied in Paris where he was also a choir conductor. He traveled throughout Europe and the Near East as a pianist and accompanist. He spent some time in Brazil as a conductor and teacher. He moved to the United States in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army producing foreign language broadcasts and traveling with USO shows. He was a faculty member at Middlebury College, Vermont, the University of Illinois, and the University of Colorado. He composed mostly choral works, but also orchestral works. Dianne Shapiro, from "Jean Berger Music and Personal Papers, 1931-2002" American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

L. N. Field

Person Name: Laurence N. Field, b.1896 Topics: Church Life and Work The Kingdom of God Reviser of "Full many shall come from the east and the west" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America

Waldemar Rudin

1833 - 1921 Person Name: W. Rudin Topics: Kingdom Composer of "[Most glorious Day of the world's expectation]" in Songs of Light

Gustaf L. Nordqvist

1886 - 1949 Person Name: Gustaf L. Nordqvist, 1886-1949 Topics: Kingdom of God Composer of "NORDQVIST" in The Covenant Hymnal

Steve Angrisano

Person Name: Steve Angrisano, b. 1965 Topics: Kingdom/Reign of God Author of "A Rightful Place" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

J. F. Williams

1856 - 1896 Person Name: J. F. Williams, 1856-18896 Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth Missions and World Fellowship Composer of "GATHER TO ZION" in The Hymnal

Hugo Tlusteck

Topics: Kingdom Composer of "[I know a land, not far away]" in Songs of Light

Mary Bittner

1938 - 2007 Person Name: Mary R. Bittner Topics: Appreciation Kingdom of God, Nature of the Church Author of "The Kingdom of God" in Water from the Rock Mary Bittner was a native of Pennsylvania and received a B.S. in music education from Penn State University. She taught piano, organ, clarinet, and school music, and also served as music director and/or organist in Baptist, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches and a U.S. Air Force Base Protestant chapel. In 1991 she became organist at Knox Presbyterian Church in Naperville, IL. She was an active member of the Naperville chapter of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, and honored as Member of the year in 1998. She also participated in recitals and activities of the Fox Valley chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She began writing hymns in 1990 while enrolled in a church music degree program at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She received her Master of Theological Studies in church music in 1993, the same year she began attending hymn writing workshops and conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Mary died from cancer in 2007. Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?pid=93934328

C. Edgar Knowles

Topics: The Christian Kingdom The Home Composer of "MAHON" in Hymns for the Living Age

Enos Watkins

b. 1876 Person Name: Enos Watkins, 1876- Topics: The Church and the Kingdom of God Missions Composer of "BOURNEMOUTH" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book