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Alan Gaunt

b. 1935 Person Name: Alan Gaunt (b. 1935) Author of "Lord, if faith is disenchanted" in Ancient and Modern

Lionel Dakers

1924 - 2003 Person Name: Lionel Dakers (1924-2003) Arranger of "ST MARGARET" in Ancient and Modern

Person Name: Rev. L. F. Cole Author of "'Twas rum that spoiled my boy" in Triumphant Songs No.3 Rev. L. F. Cole served churches in Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He was active in the Temperance movement and wrote several hymns. Dianne Shapiro

Geoff Weaver

b. 1943 Person Name: Geoff Weaver, 1943- Composer of "KAS DZIEDAJA" in Community of Christ Sings

David Gambrell

Author of "O God, Be Gracious (Psalm 4)" in Glory to God Rev. David Gambrell is associate for worship in the PC(USA) Office of Theology and Worship and editor of Call to Worship, and an ex officio advisor to the hymnal committee. Education: Ph.D., liturgical studies Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary --www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries

Edmund Prys

1544 - 1623 Person Name: Edmund Prys, 1544-1623 Composer of "ST MARY" in CPWI Hymnal Prys, Edmund, Prys or Price, a learned Welsh divine and eminent poet, was born about 1541 in the parish of Llandecwyn, Merionethshire, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took his degree of M.A. He was appointed Archdeacon of Merioneth in 1576, and Canon of St. Asaph in 1602. He was one of the best Welsh poets of his time, and a great many of his compositions are preserved, mostly in manuscript. He is the author of the Welsh metrical version of the Psalms, which is still in use. He assisted Dr. Morgan, Bishop of St. Asaph, to translate the Bible into Welsh. The latest of his compositions, preserved, is a copy of elegant Latin verses in commendation of Dr. John Davies's Welsh Grammar. He was then 80 years of age. This Latin copy bears the date of 1621. He died in 1624, and was buried at Maentwrog Church. [Rev. W. Glanffrwd Thomas] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Lewis H. Redner

1831 - 1908 Person Name: Lewis H. Redner, 1831-1908 Composer of "ST. LOUIS" in Psalms for All Seasons Lewis Henry Redner (1831-1908) was born in Philadelphia, where he became a real estate agent and served on weekends as an organist and Sunday School Superintendent. He spent nineteen years at Holy Trinity church where Phillip Brooks was rector, and is credited with increasing attendance at the Sunday School from thirty-one to more than a thousand. In 1868 Brooks asked him to write a tune for his new text for children inspired by his recent trip to Bethlehem. Redner composed the tune the night before it was to be sung in worship on Sunday morning. The text and tune were first published in 1894 in The Church Porch, where the tune was named ST. LOUIS, possibly after the composer’s name. Redner is remembered today because of this one tune that has remained a Christmas favorite. Emily Brink

Robert Lewis

b. 1947 Person Name: Robert Lewis, 1947- Arranger of "GO DOWN, MOSES" in Community of Christ Sings

H. S. Cutler

1825 - 1902 Person Name: Henry S. Cutler, 1824-1902 Composer of "ALL SAINTS NEW" in The Covenant Hymnal Henry Stephen Cutler (b. Boston, MA, 1824; d. Boston, 1902) studied music in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1844. He moved to England, where he listened with interest to the cathedral choirs and came under the influence of the Oxford Movement. Returning to Boston in 1846, Cutler became organist of the Episcopal Church of the Advent and formed a choir of men and boys, to whom he introduced the wearing of liturgical robes. When he took a position at Trinity Church in New York City, he removed women from the choir and used the occasion of a visit by the Prince of Wales to the church to introduce his newly vested men and boys' choir. He also moved the choir from the gallery to the chancel and initiated the chanting of the psalms and the singing of part of the worship service. Cutler compiled The Psalter, with Chants (1858) and published The Trinity Psalter (1864) and Trinity Anthems (1865). Bert Polman