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Franz Xaver Gruber

1787 - 1863 Person Name: Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer of "STILLE NACHT" in Ancient and Modern Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) was born into a linen weaver's family and studied violin and organ even though his father wanted him to work in the family business. In addition to serving as parish organist for St. Nicholas Church in Obendorf, he taught school in nearby Arnsdorf (1807-1829) and Berndorf (1829-1833). He spent the balance of his career as organist and choir director in Hallein, where he founded the famous Hallein Choral Society. Bert Polman

Geoffrey T. Shaw

1879 - 1943 Person Name: Geoffrey Turton Shaw (1879-1943) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Adapter of "ENGLANDS LANE" in Ancient and Modern

William Penfro Rowlands

1860 - 1937 Person Name: William Penfro Rowlands (1860--1937) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer of "BLAENWERN" in Ancient and Modern

Thomas Armstrong

1898 - 1994 Person Name: Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Arranger (last stanza) of "FOREST GREEN" in Ancient and Modern

Peter Cutts

1937 - 2024 Person Name: Peter Cutts (b. 1937) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer of "BRIDEGROOM" in Ancient and Modern

Alan Gray

1855 - 1935 Person Name: Alan Gray (1855-1935) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer (descant) of "WINCHESTER OLD" in Ancient and Modern Born: December 23, 1855, York, England. Died: September 27, 1935, Cambridge, England. Buried: Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Alan Gray (23 December 1855, York – 27 September 1935, Cambridge) was a British organist and composer. Born in York, he attended St Peter's School in York and Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1883 until 1893 he was Director of Music at Wellington College. In 1893 he returned to Cambridge to be organist at Trinity College, and remained organist there until 1930. Among his compositions are liturgical music for Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Holy Communion for use in the Church of England according to the Book of Common Prayer, including an Evening Service in f minor, a setting of Holy Communion in G, several anthems, including 'What are these that glow from afar?', and a collection of descants to various hymn tunes, several of which are still in use today (Common Praise (2000) includes four). He also composed a number of items for organ, for violin solo, and for voice and orchestra to religious and secular texts. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Geoff Weaver

b. 1943 Person Name: Geoff Weaver (b. 1943) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Adapter of "LAND OF REST" in Ancient and Modern

John Wilkes

1782 - 1882 Person Name: John Bernard Wilkes (1785-1869) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Arranger of "MONKLAND" in Ancient and Modern John Wilkes (b. England, date unknown; d. England, 1882) simplified the tune MONKLAND and introduced it to Henry W. Baker (PHH 342), who published it in the English Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861) to his own harvest-theme text, "Praise, O Praise Our God and King." Wilkes named the tune after the village where he was organist and Baker was vicar–Monkland–located near Leominster in Herefordshire, England. Wilkes died around 1882; he should not be confused with the better-known John Bernard Wilkes (1785-1869). --Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1998

Craig Sellar Lang

1891 - 1971 Person Name: Craig Sellar Lang (1891-1971) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer (descant) of "RICHMOND" in Ancient and Modern Craig S. Lang (b. Hastings, New Zealand, 1891; d. London, England, 1971), was educated at Clifton College, Bristol, England, and earned his D.Mus. at the Royal College of Music in London. Throughout his life he was an organist and a music educator as well as a composer of organ, piano, and choral works. Lang was also music editor of The Public School Hymn Book (1949). He named many of his hymn tunes after Cornish villages. Bert Polman

Joyce Placzek

Person Name: Joyce Placzek, (Jan Struther) (1901-1953) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Author of "Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy" in Ancient and Modern Used pseudonym Jan Struther; See also Struther, Jah, 1901-1953