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John Dykes Bower

1905 - 1981 Person Name: John B. Dykes Composer of "ST. DROSTANE" in The Hymnal Sir John Dykes Bower CVO (13 August 1905 – 1981) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Truro Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral. John Dykes Bower was born on 13 August 1905 in Gloucester. He was one of four brothers. Stephen Dykes Bower became a famous church architect. He was educated at Cheltenham College and studied organ under Herbert Brewer, and was organ scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1922. He was organist of: Truro Cathedral 1926 - 1929 New College, Oxford 1929 - 1933 Durham Cathedral 1933 - 1936 St Paul's Cathedral 1936 - 1968 --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Lavon Bayler

b. 1933 Adapter of "Ride On! Ride On in Majesty" in The New Century Hymnal Lavon Baylor was born on January 17, 1933 in Sandusky, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor's degree from Iowa State Teachers College in 1955, a Master in Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary (St. Louis) in 1959 and did postgraduate work at Lancaster Theological Seminary. She has pastored Church of Christ and Congregational congregations in Ohio and Illinois. She is the author of Fresh Winds of the Spirit: liturgical resources for year A, Whispers of God: liturgical resources for year B and "Refreshing rains of the living Word: liturgical resources for year, as well as other books. Dianne Shapiro, from Prabook (www.prabook.com, accessed 2-3-2019)

Daniel Vetter

1621 - 1721 Composer of "DAS WALT' GOTT VATER" in The Harvard University Hymn Book

Henry Duncalf

Composer of "ST. BARTHOLOMEW" in Rejoice in the Lord

Walter Stanton

1891 - 1978 Person Name: Walter K. Stanton (1891-1978) Composer of "CANNOCK" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Stanton, Walter Kendall; d. 1978; British conductor and educator

Alan Gray

1855 - 1935 Composer of "THE ROYAL MARCH" in Songs of the Christian Life Born: December 23, 1855, York, England. Died: September 27, 1935, Cambridge, England. Buried: Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Alan Gray (23 December 1855, York – 27 September 1935, Cambridge) was a British organist and composer. Born in York, he attended St Peter's School in York and Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1883 until 1893 he was Director of Music at Wellington College. In 1893 he returned to Cambridge to be organist at Trinity College, and remained organist there until 1930. Among his compositions are liturgical music for Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Holy Communion for use in the Church of England according to the Book of Common Prayer, including an Evening Service in f minor, a setting of Holy Communion in G, several anthems, including 'What are these that glow from afar?', and a collection of descants to various hymn tunes, several of which are still in use today (Common Praise (2000) includes four). He also composed a number of items for organ, for violin solo, and for voice and orchestra to religious and secular texts. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

John Frederick Wolle

1863 - 1933 Person Name: J. Fred. Wolle, 1863-1933 Composer of "PALMARUM" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1863. Graduated from the Moravian Parochial School in 1879, and began teaching in Bethlehem. Organist of Trinity Church, Philadelphia (1881-84) and a student there under David D. Wood. Studied with Rheinberger in Munich, 1884-85, and after returning to America was organist of the Packer Memorial Church at Lehigh University (1887-1905). Organized the first choral societies in Bethlehem and Easton. With the Bethlehem society, presented the first complete performance of Bach's St. John Passion in 1888, the St. Matthew Passion in 1892, and the B-minor Mass in 1900. In 1905, moved to California, where he taught at the University of California (1905-11) and was organist of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley (1907-9). Returned to Bethlehem in 1911, resumed administration of the Bach Choir, and was organist at the Salem Lutheran Church. He died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on his seventieth birthday, April 4, 1933. His name was frequently given as J. Frederick Wolle or even J. Fred Wolle. (source: AGO Founders Hymnal, p. 114.)

Charles Vincent

1852 - 1934 Person Name: C. J. Vincent, Jr. Composer of "[Ride on, ride on in majesty!]" in The Spirit of Praise Vincent, Charles; b. Sept. 19, 1852, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, d. Feb. 28, 1934, Monte Carlo; English organist. Full name Charles John Vincent, Jr.

William W. Rousseau

Person Name: W. W. Rousseau Composer of "[Ride on! Ride on in majesty!]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Henry Bryan Hays

1920 - 2017 Person Name: Henry B. Hays Composer of "CHICKAHOMINY" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Henry Bryon Hays O.S.B. (b. Clarksville, TN, 1920) composed CHICKAHOMINY, which was published in his collection of hymn tunes, Swayed Pines Song Book (1981). Hays was raised in the Protestant tradition but since the 1950s has been a Benedictine monk at St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. A Civil War devotee, he has derived his hymn tune titles from names of battles or places associated with that war. Bert Polman