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Richard Baker

1927 - 2011 Person Name: Richard D. Baker Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author of "All to Thee" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Baker, Richard Dee. (Farmersville, Texas, May 12, 1927--September 5, 2011). Educated at Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Minister of music, Birchman Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas (1950-1956), then a music evangelist for eighteen years. In 1975, he was vice-president of Crescendo Publications, Dallas, Texas, and music coordinator of the World Evangelism Foundation. He was a recording artist and composed more than 100 songs. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives

Anonymous

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author of "Humble Praises, Holy Jesus" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Carrie Ellis Breck

1855 - 1934 Person Name: Carrie E. Breck Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author of "Face to Face" in The Worshiping Church Carrie Ellis Breck was born 22 January 1855 in Vermont and raised in a Christian home. She later moved to Vineland, New Jersey, and then to Portland, Oregon. She wrote verse and prose for religious and household publications, In 1884 she married Frank A. Breck. She has written between fourteen and fifteen hundred hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) See also Mrs. Frank A. Breck.

Keith Getty

b. 1974 Person Name: Keith Getty, b. 1974 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author (refrain) of "Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me" in Christian Worship Keith Getty (b. December 16, 1974) is a world-renowned modern hymn writer. Keith developed a passion for writing good songs for the church in his twenties, and began writing for his small Baptist church. He writes and performs with his wife, Kristyn and they regularly tour the United States and the United Kingdom. (Also known as Julian Keith Getty) Laura de Jong

J. Jefferson Cleveland

1937 - 1986 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Arranger of "BLESSED QUIETNESS" in The New Century Hymnal Judge Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1986) was one of the most important scholars and editors of African-American congregational song of the 20th century. Along with Verogla Nix, he edited what is arguably the most groundbreaking collection of African-American song in the last half of the 20th century, Songs of Zion (1981/1982). Lutheran hymnologist Marilyn Stulken provides a biographical sketch of Cleveland’s life and accomplishments. Born in Georgia, Cleveland graduated from Clark College (Atlanta), Illinois Wesleyan University and received his doctorate in education from Boston University. He served on the faculty of three historically black Christian colleges: Claflin College (South Carolina), Langston University (Oklahoma), and Jarvis Christian College (Texas), before teaching at the University of Massachusetts and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Cleveland’s musical arrangements, historical research and scholarship on the performance practice of African-American song have proven invaluable for the advancement of black gospel song, not only among African Americans, but also in Anglo hymnals to the present day. For example, Cleveland’s essay, “A Historical Account of the Hymn in the Black Worship Experience,” in Songs of Zion is a helpful introduction for laypersons and scholars alike. In addition to serving as a hymnody consultant for the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, he toured the United States and Africa in 1981 and Europe in 1984 as a teacher, lecturer and performer. --www.umportal.org/

Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Composer of "THE BLESSED NAME" in The Book of Praise Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barnby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

Tony Alonso

b. 1980 Person Name: Tony E. Alonso, b. 1980 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Composer of "ANDERSON" in RitualSong (2nd ed.) Tony Alonso has published several collections of liturgical music and his music appears in many hymnals throughout the world. He has an Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University and a M.A. degree in theology from Loyola Marymount University.

George P. Simmonds

1890 - 1991 Person Name: George P. Simmonds, 1890-1991 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Translator (vs. 1, 3) of "Angels, from the Realms of Glory (Ángeles de alta gloria)" in Santo, Santo, Santo Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon

H. R. Palmer

1834 - 1907 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Composer of "ANGRY WORDS" in Songs of Faith and Praise Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Mary Louise Bringle

b. 1953 Person Name: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953 Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Author of "As the Waters Rise around Us" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism