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Charles Sherwood Jekyll

1842 - 1914 Person Name: C. S. Jekyll Composer of "STONELEIGH" in The Church Porch Jekyll was a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and later organist at St. Paul’s temporary church in Kensington, 1857; assistant organist at Westminster Abbey (1860-75); Acton Parish Church (1860); St. George’s, Hanover Square (1861-77); organist and composer to the Chapels Royal, St. James’ Palace and Whitehall (1876-91). He also received Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Medal. Cyber Hymnal

J. Summers

1843 - 1916 Person Name: J. Summers, Mus. Doc. Composer of "EVENSONG" in Worship Song

Leonard Marshall

1809 - 1890 Person Name: L. Marshall Composer of "[Through the day Thy love has spared us]" in Sparkling Diamonds Marshall, Leonard. (Hudson, New Hampshire, May 3, 1809--July 1, 1890, Hudson, N.H.) Baptist. Voice pupil of John Paddon of London and Charles Zenner, harmonist. Tenor soloist of Handel and Haydn Society ca. 1844-1850. Music director at Twelfth Congregational Church, Boston, Massachusetts, 1836-1957; Bowdoin Square Baptist Church, ca.1867-1870; Harvard Street Baptist Church, ca.1870-1875, and other Boston churches. Chorus director at Tremont Temple, 1857-1867. Author of popular songs, "Don't Give Up the Ship" and "The Mountaineer," and of thirteen church music books; published The Sacred Star hymnal, 1861, Boston. Wrote words of Easter hymn commencing, "Jesus Christ, our precious Savior," and hymn "Ever gracious, loving Savior, Come and bless us from on high." --E.F. Quinn, DNAH Archives Note: Typewritten copy of obituary from the Boston Evening Transcript 3 July 1890, is in the DNAH Archives.

Herbert Arthur Wheeldon

1864 - 1923 Person Name: H. A. Wheeldon, 1864- Composer of "WHEELDON" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book

George M. Garrett

1834 - 1897 Person Name: G. M. Garrett Composer of "[Through the day Thy love hath spared us]" in The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book Born: June 8, 1834, Winchester, Hampshire, England. Died: April 9, 1897, Cambridge, England. Buried: Cambridge Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge, England

George A. Macfarren

1813 - 1887 Person Name: George Alexander Macfarren, Mus. Doc. Composer of "EVENING HYMN" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal George Alexander Macfarren, Mus. Doc.; b. London, 1813; d. London, 1887 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 ======================= Born: March 2, 1813, Westminster, England. Died: October 31, 1887, St. Marylebone, England. Buried: Hampstead Cemetery, London, England. Brother of Walter Macfarren, George was a principal of the Royal Academy of Music; professor at Cambridge University; conductor at Covent Garden, London; program note writer for the Philharmonic Society; and editor of Handel and Purcell. He wrote 18 operas, 13 oratorios and cantatas, 9 symphonies, and 162 songs. He went blind in 1860, and was knighted in 1883. Sources: Frost, p. 681 Lightwood, p. 189 Nutter, p. 460 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macfarren_ga.htm =============================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Macfarren

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: W. H. Monk Adapter of "DRETZEL" in The English Hymnal William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman