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M. R. Newbolt

1874 - 1956 Person Name: Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Hymnal Number: 884 Author of "Lift High the Cross" in RitualSong Michael R. Newbolt (b. Dymock, Gloucestershire, England, 1874; d. Bierton, Buckinghamshire, England, 1956) was educated at St. John's College, Oxford, and ordained as priest in the Church of England in 1900. He ministered at several churches during the early part of his career and then became principal of the Missionary College in Dorchester (1910-1916). From 1916 to 1927 he served St. Michael and All Angels Church in Brighton and from 1927 to 1946 was canon of Chester Cathedral. Newbolt wrote several theological works, including a commentary on the Book of Revelation. Bert Polman

Jeffery W. Rowthorn

b. 1934 Person Name: Jeffery Rowthorn, b. 1934 Hymnal Number: 607 Author of "Lord, You Give the Great Commission" in RitualSong Jeffery W. Rowthorn (b. Newport, Gwent, Wales, 1934) wrote this text in 1978 while he was Chapel Minister at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. The text was first published in Laudamus (1980), a hymnal supplement edited by Rowthorn and used at the Yale Divinity School. Rowthorn graduated from Cambridge and Oxford Universities, Union Theological Seminary in New York, and Cuddeson Theological College in Oxford. Ordained in 1963 in the Church of England, he served several congregations in England before immigrating to the United States, where he was chaplain at Union Theological Seminary and a faculty member in liturgics at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, which he helped to establish. He was then elected Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. The writer of several hymns, Rowthorn was also coeditor with Russell Schulz-Widmar of A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools (1991). Rowthorn has since moved to Paris, where he is Bishop in Charge of the American Churches in Europe. --hymnopedia.com/

Austin C. Lovelace

1919 - 2010 Person Name: Austin C. Lovelace, b. 1919 Hymnal Number: 773 Harmonizer of "SAMANTHRA" in RitualSong LOVELACE, AUSTIN C., AAGO: (1919-2010) D.S.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Recitals, workshops, festivals, lectures in 17 different denominations in 45 states as well as in Finland, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. Past President, Fellow, and Life member, HSUSC. 50 year member, Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Author of five books; co-editor and consultant of denominational and other hymnals. Longtime member, ASCAP. Composer of over 800 compositions published by 20 publishers. Organist for the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954. Dean of the first North Carolina Chapter, AGO. Chairman of the 1968 National Convention, AGO, in Denver. Two terms on the National Council, AGO. Co-founder, with Tom Matthews, of the North Shore Chapter, AGO. Minister of Music Emeritus. Denver Chapter, AGO. Austin C. Lovelace (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Michael Downey

b. 1952 Hymnal Number: 932 Author of "In the Breaking of the Bread (Cuando partimos el Pan del Señor)" in RitualSong

Gerard Farrell

1919 - 2000 Person Name: Gerard Farrell, OSB, b. 1919 Hymnal Number: 483 Arranger of "CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM" in RitualSong

Fred Hellerman

b. 1927 Hymnal Number: 715 Composer of "[O healing river, send down your waters]" in RitualSong

Lauchlan MacLean Watt

1867 - 1957 Person Name: Lauchlan McLean Watt, 1853-1931 Hymnal Number: 790 Author of "I Bind My Heart" in RitualSong

C. Alexander Peloquin

1918 - 1997 Person Name: Alexander Peloquin Hymnal Number: 465 Composer of "[Our Father, who art in heaven]" in RitualSong

Fran Minkoff

Hymnal Number: 715 Author of "Healing River" in RitualSong

John David Edwards

1805 - 1885 Person Name: John Edwards Hymnal Number: 961 Composer of "RHOSYMEDRE" in RitualSong Welsh composer; bardic name Penrhiwceibr. John David Edwards (b. Penderlwyngoch, Cardiganshire, Wales, 1805; d. Llanddoget, Denbighshire, North Wales, 1885) was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, England, and ordained an Anglican priest in 1833. He served parishes in Rhosymedre and Llanddoget and published a collection of hymn tunes, Original Sacred Music (2 vols., 1836, 1843), for use in Anglican churches in Wales. Bert Polman