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S. V. R. Ford
1835 - 1910 Composer of "[Watchman, tell us of the night]" in Melodies for Little People Born: 1835, Greenville, New York.
Died: June 5, 1910, New York City.
Son of Cyrus Earle and Amanda Hedden Ford, Stephen wrote several battle hymns during the American civil war which were sung by Union soldiers. He was a partner in a shirt and collar making company, Ide & Ford, in Troy, New York (1865-72). In his later years, he was known as an author, editor, composer and critic. He was living in Schenectady, New York, in 1908. His works include:
Sunday-School Teaching (Hitchcock & Walden, 1868)
Melodies for Little People (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1891)
The King’s Birthday: A Carol Service for Christmas (New York: Hunt and Eaton, 1893)
The Stone Rolled Away: An Easter Missionary Service (Curts & Jennings, 1897)
Recitations, Song and Story for Sunday and Day Schools, Primary and Intermediate Departments (Eaton & Mains, 1900)
The Junior League Songster
Bible Wonders and Aids to Bible Study (New York: Bible Wonders Company)
Methodist Year Book, 1902 (editor)
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
S. V. R. Ford
B. F. Baker
1811 - 1889 Composer of "BATH" in The Gospel Psalmist B. F. Baker, born at Wenham, Mass., July 10, 1811; held many conventions; was six years Vice-President of the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston; a teacher in the public schools; principal of the Boston Music School; a composer of much music, and editor of a large number of church music, school instruction, glee, and other music books.
A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876
B. F. Baker
Swan
Person Name: Swan Composer of "CONVOY" in The New Harp of Columbia, Restored Edition The composer is one or both of the compilers of the 1848 Harp of Columbia, William H. Swan and Marcus Lafayette Swan, (1827-1869) Wiliam H. Swan refers either to William H. Swan, Jr., 1798-18??, father of Marcus Lafayette Swan (1827-1869), or (less likely) to the latter's cousin William Harvey Swan (1816-1892).
Swan
John H. Spielman
Composer of "DAY OF PROMISE" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal John Henry Spielman, b. 1840, Lancaster, Ohio. Professor at Capital University, 1864-72. Editor of "Sunday-School Hymnal," "Psalterlust," and "Cantica Sacra." Public School Librarian, Columbus, Ohio; d. Columbus, Ohio, 1896
John H. Spielman
William Dickinson
? - 1889 Author of "Watchman, tell us of the night" in The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book Dickinson, William, published in 1846:— Hymns for Passion Week and the Forty Days, Adapted for Churches or for Private Worship, Lond., J. Nisbet & Co., 1846. These hymns deal with such events in the history of Our Lord, as "The Alabaster Box"; "The Barren Fig Tree"; "The Cleansing of the Temple"; "The washing of the Disciples' feet," &c.; and with the Parables of "The Wedding garment"; "The Talents," &c, which are not commonly versified, and are worthy of attention. The following have come into common use:—
1. Calm'd each soul, and clos'd each door. Easterday at Even. This is in the Rugby School Hymn Book, 1876; and as "Calm they sit with closed door," in Kennedy, 1863; and Holy Song, 1869.
2. Ere that solemn hour of doom. The Ten Virgins— Advent. In Kennedy, 1863; and the Rugby School Hymn Book, 1876.
3. Hallelujah, who shall part? Perseverance of the Saints. In several collections, including Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866, &c.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Dickinson, William, p. 293, ii. Another hymn from his Hymns for Passion Week,
William Dickinson
J. M. Browning
Person Name: J. Browning Author of "Watchman! tell us of the night" in International Song Service
J. M. Browning
J. B. Tuttle
Author of "Day is now breaking, Then let us be waking" in Sacred Echoes and Songs of My Redeemer
J. B. Tuttle
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