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William Lester

1889 - 1956 Person Name: William Lester, b. 1889 Composer (descant) of "BEECHER" in Worship and Service Hymnal Lester, Thomas William; b. 9-17-1889, Leicester, d. 12-4-56, Berrien Springs, Mich.; English organist and composer; came to the US in 1902

Johann Rosenmüller

1619 - 1684 Person Name: T. Rosenmüller Composer of "WORLD, FAREWELL! OF THE I'M WEARY" in Christian Hymns Johann Rosenmueller, b. about 1615, Kursachsen; d. 1686, Wolfenbuettel Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

George Whitefield

1714 - 1770 Person Name: Whitefield Author of "Love Divine, all love excelling" in Hymns of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, as authorized by the General Convention

Shirley W. McRae

1933 - 2018 Composer (descant) of "BEECHER" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement

Luis Olivieri

1937 - 2017 Person Name: Luis Olivieri, b. 1937 Translator of "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Sólo Excelso, Amor Divino)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Puerto Rico, University and Seminary Professor, Baptist Minister Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

Darius E. Jones

1815 - 1881 Person Name: D. E. Jones Composer of "STOCKWELL" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book

Juanita R. de Balloch

1894 - 1959 Person Name: Juanita R. de Balloch, b. 1894 Translator of "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Sólo Excelso, Amor Divino)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Born: 1894, Spain.

George F. LeJeune

1841 - 1904 Person Name: George F. C. Le Jeune, 1841-1904 Composer of "LOVE DIVINE" in The Hymnal George Fitz-Curwood Le Jeune, 1841-1904 Born: June 18, 1841, London, England. Died: April 11, 1904, Staten Island, New York. Buried: Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York. Le Jeune studied music under Joseph Barnby and George Macfarren in London. In 1863, he moved to Montréal, Canada, where he continued his studies with George Carter. He later moved to America, playing the organ in churches in Hartford, Connecticut, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became the organist at St. John’s Chapel of Trinity Parish, New York City, in 1876, and also directed the choir there. Sources: Hughes, p. 471 --www.hymntime.com/tch