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Robert Archibald Smith

1780 - 1829 Person Name: Robert A. Smith Harmonizer of "MARTYRDOM" in Trinity Hymnal Although largely self-taught, Robert A. Smith (b. Reading, Berkshire, England, 1780; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1829) was an excellent musician. By the age of ten he played the violin, cello, and flute, and was a church chorister. From 1802 to 1817 he taught music in Paisley and was precentor at the Abbey; from 1823 until his death he was precentor and choirmaster in St. George's Church, Edinburgh. He enlarged the repertoire of tunes for psalm singing in Scotland, raised the precentor skills to a fine art, and greatly improved the singing of the church choirs he directed. Smith published his church music in Sacred Harmony (1820, 1825) and compiled a six-volume collection of Scottish songs, The Scottish Minstrel (1820-1824). Bert Polman

Robert Simpson

1790 - 1832 Person Name: R. Simpson Composer of "[O Thou, from whom all goodness flows]" in Hymns of the Christian Life. No. 3 Robert Simpson, of Scotland; b. 1790; d. 1832 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Gioacchino A. Rossini

1792 - 1868 Person Name: Gioacchinno A. Rossini Composer of "MANOAH" in The Hymnal Gioacchino A. Rossini; b. 1792, Pesaro; d. 1868, Ruelle near Parise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

John Randall

1717 - 1799 Person Name: Jno. Randall Composer of "[O Thou from whom all goodness flows]" in Zion's Delight

John Ambrose Lloyd

1815 - 1874 Person Name: J. Ambrose Lloyd Composer of "ABERGELE" in Mawl a chân = praise and song

Henry Harington

1727 - 1816 Person Name: Henry Harington, 1727-1816 Composer of "HARINGTON" in Hymns of the Kingdom of God Born: September 29, 1727, Kelston, Somerset, England. Died: January 15, 1816, Bath, Somerset, England. Buried: Kelston, Somerset, England. Harington, a physician, was mayor of Bath, England, in 1793, and founded the Harmonic Society there. "A tablet was erected to his memory in Bath Abbey, on which is a curious mathematical figure highly suggestive of a proposition in Euclid, but which is really a design showing the ratios of the vibration numbers in the various intervals of the major scale." Lightwood, p. 358 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Johann G. Nägeli

Person Name: Johann Georg Nägeli (1773-1836) Composer of "NAOMI" in The Christian Hymnary See Nägeli, Hans George, 1773-1836

George Augustus Löhr

1821 - 1897 Person Name: G. A. Löhr Composer of "ST. FRANCES" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Born: April 1821, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (source: 1881 census). Died: August 1897, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Buried: Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, England. Löhr was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford, and went on to attend the Universities of Leipzig & Munich. He worked for a while as assistant to Zachariah Buck at Norwich Cathedral, then moved to Leicester in 1845, to play the organ at St. Margaret’s church, a position he held for four decades. He also taught music, organized music festivals, and, in 1856, founded the Leicester Amateur Harmonic Society. As of 1881, he was a professor of music in Leicester. Music: ST. FRANCES http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/h/lohr_ga.htm ================= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_L%C3%B6hr

Daniel Protheroe

1866 - 1934 Person Name: Daniel Protheroe. (1866-1934) Composer of "MILWAUKEE" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

Arthur Cottman

1842 - 1879 Person Name: Arthur Cottman, 1842-1879 Composer of "DALEHURST" in The Book of Praise Born: Circa November 1841, Ringwood, Hampshire, England. Died: Circa May 1879, Brentford, Middlesex, England. Cottman was a solicitor and amateur musician. His works include: Ten Original Tunes, 1874 Music: CATERHAM COTTMAN DALEHURST EVERSLEY MIRFIELD MORN OF GLADNESS --www.hymntime.com/tch

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