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Paulette Tollefson

b. 1950 Person Name: Paulette Tollefson, b. 1950 Hymnal Number: 42 Composer of "A STABLE LAMP IS LIGHTED" in Common Praise

1625 - 1673 Person Name: J. R. Ahle, 1625-1673 Hymnal Number: 625 Composer of "LIEBSTER JESU (DESSAU)" in Common Praise Johann Rudolph Ahle, b. Mühlhausen, 1625; Ahle studied theology at Erfurt University. Little is known about his musical education, but be became well known as an organist while he was in Erfurt. He returned to Mühlhausen and became an organist at St. Blasius Church, he composed organ music but is know for his sacred choral music. He was the father of Johann Georg, who was also a composer and succeeded his father as organist at St. Blasius Church. Johann Rudolf became mayor of Mühlhausen late in his life and died there in 1673. Dianne Shapiro (from Bach Cantatas Website www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Ahle-Johann-Rudolf.htm)

Timothy Rees

1874 - 1939 Person Name: Timothy Rees, 1874-1939 Hymnal Number: 442 Author of "God is Love: let heav'n adore him" in Common Praise

Gerald H. Knight

1908 - 1979 Person Name: Gerald Knight, 1908-1979 Hymnal Number: 378 Harmonizer of "JACOB'S LADDER" in Common Praise Gerald Hocken Knight CBE (1908–1979) was an cathedral organist, who served at Canterbury Cathedral. Gerald Hocken Knight was born on 27 July 1908 in Par, Cornwall, and was educated at Truro Cathedral School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was an articled organ pupil of Hubert Stanley Middleton at Truro Cathedral. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in 1964. He published the following compositions and books: The Treasury of English Church Music. Volume one. 1100-1545. Edited by Denis Stevens, etc. 1965 Accompaniments for unison Hymn-singing. 1971 Christ whose Glory fills the Skies. [Anthem for treble voices and organ.] Words by Charles Wesley, etc. 1957 The Coventry Mass. Adapted from medieval sources. Accompaniment by G. H. Knight. 1966 Incidental Vocal Music to "The Devil to pay," Play by Dorothy L. Sayers. 1939 Incidental Music to The Zeal of Thy House, Dorothy L. Sayers. 1938 Twenty Questions on Church Music. Answered by G. H. Knight (Series. no. 3.), 1950 R.S.C.M. The first forty years. 1968 --en.wikipedia.org/

John Wainwright

1723 - 1768 Person Name: John Wainwright, 1723-1768 Hymnal Number: 48 Composer of "YORKSHIRE (STOCKPORT)" in Common Praise John Wainwright United Kingdom. He published a collection of Psalm tunes, anthems, chants, and hymns. A talented musician, the following year he was appointed organist and singer at Manchester Collegiate Church (later the Manchester Cathedral). His son, Robert, succeeded him as organist after he died. John Perry

Thomas Jackson

1715 - 1781 Person Name: Thomas Jackson, 1715-1781 Hymnal Number: 288 Composer of "JACKSON" in Common Praise Jackson played the organ at Newark, England (1768-81). His works include: Twelve Psalm Tunes and Eighteen…Chants, circa 1780 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Jean-Baptiste de Santeul

1630 - 1697 Person Name: Jean de Santeul, 1630-1697 Hymnal Number: 212 Author of "Captains of the saintly band" in Common Praise Santeüil, Jean-Baptiste de, was born in Paris of a good family on May 12, 1630. He was one of the regular Canons of St. Victor, at Paris, and, under the name of Santolius Victorinus, was distinguished as a writer of Latin poetry. Many of his hymns appeared in the Cluniac Breviary 1686, and the Paris Breviaries 1680 and 1736, and several have been translated into English, and are in common use in Great Britain and America. He was very jocose in disposition and singular in his habits. When on a journey he died at Dijon, Aug. 5, 1697. His Hymni Sacri et Novi were published at Paris in 1689, and again, enlarged, in 1698. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Elizabeth Cosnett

1936 - 2024 Person Name: Elizabeth Cosnett, b. 1936 Hymnal Number: 201 Author of "Can we by searching find out God" in Common Praise

W. J. Sparrow-Simpson

1859 - 1952 Person Name: W. J. Sparrow-Simpson, 1859-1952 Hymnal Number: 277 Author of "All for Jesus, all for Jesus" in Common Praise Simpson, William John Sparrow, M.A., was educated at Trin. College, Camb., B.A. 1882, M.A. 1886. Ordained in 1882, he held various appointments until 1904, when he became Chaplain to St. Mary's Hospital, Great Ilford. He has published several works, including a Memoir of Dr. W. S. Simpson, 1899. He contributed "All for Jesus—all for Jesus" (All for Jesus), and "Jesus, the Crucified, prays for me" (Passiontide), to C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1901). These hymns originally appeared in Sir J. Stainer's cantata The Crucifixion, 1887, the book of words of which was compiled by Mr. Simpson. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)