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Johann Gottfried Schicht

1753 - 1823 Composer of "ZU MEINEM HERRN" in The Chapel Hymnal Johann Gottfried Schicht Born: September 29, 1753 - Reichenau, Zittau, Germany Died: February 16, 1823 - Leipzig, Germany

1819 - 1885 Composer of "ABBEY" in Jubilate Deo Franz Abt, born Dec. 21, 1819 at Eilenburg in the Prussian provinces of Saxony. His father was a musician and clergyman of the Lutheran Church. Franz studied music at Leipsic, and became known as a song-writer in 1838. In September, 1841, he married, and was leader of the orchesta at the Zuric theatre; became a teacher in 1842, but was litle known until his song "When the Swallows Homeward fly" carried his name to all parts of the civilized world. In 1865 was concert-master at Brunswick, and conducted the great festival at Dresden. He came to the United States in 1872, and was present at teh Peace Jubilee, Boston, where he directed the performance of some of his own music, arriving in New York May w, wher a testimonial concert was given for his benefit at Steinway Hall, May 18. He was received at Philadelphia by the German societies, with torch-light processions and cannonade, May 15, 1872. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

Joseph W. Lerman

1865 - 1935 Person Name: J. W. Lerman, 1864- Composer of "ILONA" in The Cokesbury Worship Hymnal Born: December 23, 1865, London (possibly Bethnal Green), England. Died: October 24, 1935, Brooklyn, New York. Lerman emigrated to America as a child (he does not appear in the 1871 British census), and was a member of the Olivet Memorial Church in New York City. He played the organ there (1880-1908), and later at the Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Borough Park Christian Church, and Fourth Avenue Methodist Church, all in Brooklyn. He wrote a considerable amount of church and Sunday School music, and served as musical editor for the Tullar-Meredith Company of New York City, and the Theodore Pressure Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sources-- Hughes, p. 472 Reynolds, p. 336 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Pluma M. Brown

Composer of "THE TRUE WORSHIP" in Song-Hymnal of Praise and Joy

Rollie Blondeau

b. 1936 Harmonizer of "HENDERSON" in Great Songs of the Church (Revised) Rollie Blondeau served as a professor of music at Abilene Christian University from 1960 until about 1981. He earned degrees in music from Trinity University (BM, 1957), Yale (MM, 1960), and the University of Iowa (DMA, 1976).