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J. Williams

Composer of "WARRENTON" in The Sacred Harp

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1810-76 harmony from of "SHARON" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman

William Walker

1809 - 1875 Composer of "WARRENTON" in The Sacred Harp

Is. Smith

1734 - 1805 Person Name: Isaac Smith Author of "Come, thou Fount of ev'ry blessing" in The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal Isaac Smith; published "A Collection of Psalm Tunes" about 1770 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Composer of "[Come, Thou Fount of every blessing]" in Great Revival Hymns Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven Composer of "MOUNT OF OLIVES" in Mawl a chân = praise and song A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

Charlotte Alington Barnard

1830 - 1869 Person Name: Charlotte A. Barnard Composer of "BROCKLESBURY" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Mrs. Charles Barnard, usage: Claribel. See also Claribel, 1830-1869

Eduard Lassen

1830 - 1904 Person Name: E. Lassen Composer of "LASSEN" in The School Hymnary

William Boyce

1711 - 1779 Person Name: William Boyce 1711-79 Later form of melody by of "SHARON" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement William Boyce (baptised 1711 – d. 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. See also in: Wikipedia