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Edward C. Currie

Person Name: Edward C. Currie (?-1967) Translator of "O Come, Little Children" in Common Praise (1998) Edward C Currie USA 1890-1963. Born at Evanston, WY, It is likely he was affiliated with the Catholic Church, based on hymn texts written. He married Clair Mabel Quint. In later life, a widower, he married Vivian L MCDunnah. He died at Houlton, ME. John Perry

J. Alfred Schehl

1882 - 1959 Person Name: J. Alfred Schehl, 1882-1959 Harmonizer of "IHR KINDERLEIN, KOMMET" in One in Faith J. Alfred Schehl was a prominent Cincinnati composer, choirmaster, and church organist. At age 16, he was employed as an organist at St. Stanislaus Church and became a violinist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He attended Xavier University and the Cincinnati College of Music before studying in Rome for a year. In 1906, Schehl was appointed as the assistant conductor of the famed May Festival. He served at St. John Church and Holy Trinity Church before settling at St. Lawrence in 1912, where he remained for 47 years. J. Alfred Schehl compiled and edited the St. Cecilia Hymnal, the official hymnal of several Catholic archdioceses. Additionally, he wrote over fifty major compositions—both sacred and secular—including eight masses, several motets, and numerous volumes of organ music. His music was heard around the world and was performed in various churches, regardless of creed.

Marie Sister Jeanne

Person Name: Sister Jeanne Marie Translator of "O dear little children" in The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book. Singers' ed., Melody ed.

Federico Fliedner

1845 - 1901 Person Name: Federico Fliedner, 1845-1901 Translator of "Venid, niños todos, venid sin tardar" in Culto Cristiano [Friedrich Ludwig Fliedner, Fritz Fliedner] Born: June 10, 1845, Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Germany. Died: April 25, 1901, Madrid, Spain, of typhus. Buried: Civil cemetery, Madrid, Spain. Son of Theodor Fliedner, founder of the Kaiserswerth Deaconess Institute, Federico was educated at the Gymnasium in Gütersloh, studied theology at Halle (1864-46) and earned his PhD at Tübingen (1867). He served as a nurse in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, and taught school for a year in rural Hilden. After ordination in 1870, he left Germany to be a missionary to Spain, settling in Madrid and becoming a chaplain at the German embassy. He learned Spanish, attended a Spanish high school, and studied medicine at the Universidad Central. Fliedner was instrumental in creating what is now known as the Iglesia Evangélica Española. In 1873, Fliedner founded the Librería Nacional y Extranjera, an extensive collection of text books and periodicals. Among these was The Children’s Friend, published from 1874 to 1939. Fliedner wrote biographies of John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, missionary-explorer David Livingstone, Martin Luther (1878), and his own parents, Theodore Fliedner of Kaiserswerth (1883) and Caroline Fliedner of Kaiserswerth (1883). He also wrote an autobiography, published first in German in two volumes (Aus meinem Leben, 1901-03), then translated into Spanish and published posthumously in the Christian Magazine (Nos. 513 to 553). He started a Spanish translation of the New Testament with notes from Frenchman Edouard Faivre. --www.hymntime.com/tch