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J. Soaper

1743 - 1794 Composer of "CANTATE DOMINO" in Songs of the Christian Life

Stephen Elvey

1805 - 1860 Person Name: Stephen Elvey Composer of "CANTATE DOMINO (Elvey)" in The Hymnal

1734 - 1808 Person Name: Dr. Ayrton Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Edmund Ayrton, born at Ripon, England, in 1734, died in Westminster, London, May 22, 1808. Organist, pupil of Dr. Nares. He was elected, when quite young, organist of the collegiate church of Southwell; became in 1764 a gentelman of the Chapel Royal, and soon after vicar-choral at St. Paul's, and one of the lay clerks of Westminster Abbey. In 1780, on the resignation of Dr. Nares, he was appointed master of the children of His Majesty's chapels, which post he held until 1805. He received the degree of Mus. Doc. from the University of Cambridge in 1784, and was afterwards ad eundum by the University of Oxford. he was given this for his anthem, Begin unto my God this timbrels, which was performed in st. Paul's Cathedral, July 28, 1784, the day of general thanksgiving for the termination of the American Revolutionary War. Works: Two complete morning and evening services, several athems, and other church compositions. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)

J. Lemon

Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song] (Lemon)" in The Church Hymnal

James Turle

1802 - 1882 Person Name: J. Turle Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song, for he hath done marvellous things]" in Common Praise TURLE, JAMES (1802–1882), organist and composer, son of James Turle, an amateur 'cello-player, was born at Taunton, Somerset, on 5 March 1802. From July 1810 to December 1813 he was a chorister at Wells Cathedral under Dodd Perkins, the organist. At the age of eleven he came to London, and was articled to John Jeremiah Goss, but he was largely self-taught. He had an excellent voice and frequently sang in public. John Goss [q. v.], his master's nephew, was his fellow student, and thus the future organists of St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey were pupils together. Turle was organist of Christ Church, Surrey (Blackfriars Road), 1819–1829, and of St. James's, Bermondsey, 1829–31. His connection with Westminster Abbey began in 1817, when he was only fifteen. He was at first pupil of and assistant to G. E. Williams, and subsequently deputy to Thomas Greatorex [q. v.], Williams's successor as organist of the abbey. On the death of Greatorex on 18 July 1831, Turle was appointed organist and master of the choristers, an office which he held for a period of fifty-one years. Turle played at several of the great musical festivals, e.g. Birmingham and Norwich, under Mendelssohn and Spohr, but all his interests were centred in Westminster Abbey. His playing at the Handel festival in 1834 attracted special attention. At his own request the dean and chapter relieved him of the active duties of his post on 26 Sept. 1875, when his service in D was sung, and Dr. (now Professor Sir John Frederick) Bridge, the present organist, became permanent deputy-organist. Turle continued to hold the titular appointment till his death, which took place at his house in the Cloisters on 28 June 1882. The dean offered a burial-place within the precincts of the abbey, but he was interred by his own express wish beside his wife in Norwood cemetery. A memorial window, in which are portraits of Turle and his wife, was placed in the north aisle of the abbey by one of his sons, and a memorial tablet has been affixed to the wall of the west cloister. Turle married, in 1823, Mary, daughter of Andrew Honey, of the exchequer office. She died in 1869, leaving nine children. Henry Frederic Turle [q. v.] was his fourth son. His younger brother Robert was for many years organist of Armagh Cathedral. Turle was an able organist of the old school, which treated the organ as essentially a legato instrument. He favoured full ‘rolling’ chords, which had a remarkable effect on the vast reverberating space of the abbey. He had a large hand, and his ‘peculiar grip’ of the instrument was a noticeable feature of his playing. His accompaniments were largely traditional of all that was best in his distinguished predecessors, and he greatly excelled in his extemporaneous introductions to the anthems. Like Goss, he possessed great facility in reading from a ‘figured bass.’ Of the many choristers who passed through his hands, one of the most distinguished is Mr. Edward Lloyd, the eminent tenor singer. His compositions include services, anthems, chants, and hymn-tunes. Several glees remain in manuscript. In conjunction with Professor Edward Taylor [q. v.] he edited ‘The People's Music Book’ (1844), and ‘Psalms and Hymns’ (S. P. C. K. 1862). His hymn-tunes were collected by his daughter, Miss S. A. Turle, and published in one volume (1885). One of these, ‘Westminster,’ formerly named ‘Birmingham,’ has become widely known, and is very characteristic of its composer. --en.wikisource.org/

William Felton

1715 - 1769 Person Name: W. Felton Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song] (Felton)" in The Church Hymnal

Pelham Humfrey

1647 - 1674 Person Name: P. Humphreys Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song] (Humphreys)" in The Church Hymnal

Richard Woodward

1743 - 1777 Person Name: R. Woodward (c. 1744-1771) Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song for He hath done marvelous things]" in Hymns of Worship and Service Woodward, Richard, jr; b. 1743?; d. Dublin, 22 Nov. 1777; Anglo-Irish organist and composer LOC Name Authority File

George A. Macfarren

1813 - 1887 Person Name: G. A. Macfarren Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song; For He hath done marvellous things]" in Church Hymns and Tunes 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