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Armand Bail

Translator (into French) of "Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht)" in Voices United

Mary Strawn Vernon

Descant of "[Silent night! Holy night!]" in Children's Hymnal

Joseph Guanish

b. 1931 Person Name: Joseph Guanish, 1931- Translator (into Naskapi) of "Silent Night" in Common Praise (1998)

1859 - 1934 Translator (into Hawaiian) of "Silent Night, Holy Night" in The New Century Hymnal Born: July 11, 1859, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Died: July 22, 1934. Buried: Homelani Memorial Park, Hilo, Hawaii. Son of John Rollin Langhern Desha and Eliza Brewer Desha, Stephen was educated in the Hawaiian schools, the Royal School and North Pacific Institute in Honolulu. He outlived four wives: Hatie Kamaka (1883), Mary Kaakopua Kekumano (1884), Rose Kapu, and Julia H. Keonaona (1913). Desha was pastor of Napoopoo Church (1884-89) and Haili Church of Hilo (1889). He became supervisor of the County of Hawaii when the county government was inaugurated in 1905, and was elected to the third Board of Supervisors in 1909. In 1907, he became editor and business manager of the newspaper Ka Hoku o Hawaii. He served as a delegate to the second International Congregational Council, Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1899, and in the Hawaiian territorial senate, 1913-17. He was known as a Hawaiian orator and authority on Hawaiian legends. He belonged to the Kamehameha, Kauikeaouli and Hawaii Ponoi Lodges, Chiefs of Hawaii. Desha’s works include: Kamehameha and His Warrior Kekuhaupi’o --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Pauline Alfred

b. 1938 Person Name: Pauline Alfred, 1938- Translator (into Kwak'wala) of "Silent Night" in Common Praise (1998)

Allen Robertson

Composer (descant) of "STILLE NACHT" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II

Alfred Bell

1832 - 1895 Author (vs. 4,5) of "Silent night, holy night" in Hymns of the Church Alfred Bell was born in Silton, UK in 1832. He was a stained glass artist and craftsman, as well as a painter. He worked under Sir George Gilbert Scott, a prominent church architect before joining with John Richard Clayton to form the firm Clayton & Bell. His translation "Holy night, peaceful night" was set to music by Joseph Barnby and published in 1869 in Barnby's Original Tunes to Popular Hymns (Vol 1, London: Novello and Company. Dianne Shapiro from Hymns and Carols of Christmas website (hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com) (accessed 3/21/2021)

Congxian Yang

b. 1952 Person Name: Tsung-hsien Yang Arranger of "IO-NÂ-KOA" in Hymns from the Four Winds

R. M. McIntosh

1836 - 1889 Arranger of "[Holy night! Peaceful night!]" in Christian hymns Used Pseudonym: Robert M. McIntosh ========== Rigdon (Robert) McCoy McIntosh USA 1836-1899 Born at Maury County, TN, into a farming family, he attended Jackson College in Columbia, TN, graduating in 1854. He studied music under Asa Everett in Richmond, VA, and became a traveling singing school teacher. He also served briefly in the Civil War. He wrote several hymns during this period of his life. In 1860 he married Sarah McGlasson, and they had a daughter, Loulie Everett. In 1875 he was appointed head of the Vanderbilt University Music Department in Nashville, TN. In 1877 he joined the faculty of Emory College, Oxford, GA. In 1895 he left Emory College to devote his time to the R M McIntosh Publishing Company. He also served as music editor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South Publishing House for over 30 years. His song book publications include: “Good news” (1876), “Light & life” (1881), “Prayer & praise” (1883), “New life” (1879), “New life #2” (1886), and “Songs of service” (1896). He died in Atlanta, GA. John Perry