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Jean Tisserand

? - 1494 Person Name: Jean Tisserand, m. 1494 Hymnal Number: 366 Author (attributed to) of "Aleluya, Aleluya" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.) Died: 1494, Paris, France. A Franciscan monk, Tisserand founded an order for penitent women. He is also said to have written a worship service commemorating Franciscans martyred in Morocco in 1220. Lyrics: O FILII ET FILIAE, Rex coelestis, Rex gloriae O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing! Young Men and Maids, Rejoice and Sing www.hymntime.com/tch

Federico Fliedner

1845 - 1901 Person Name: Federico Fliedner, 1845-1901 Hymnal Number: 282 estrofa 1, tr. en español of "Noche de Paz, Noche de Amor/Silent Night, Holy Night" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.) [Friedrich Ludwig Fliedner, Fritz Fliedner] Born: June 10, 1845, Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Germany. Died: April 25, 1901, Madrid, Spain, of typhus. Buried: Civil cemetery, Madrid, Spain. Son of Theodor Fliedner, founder of the Kaiserswerth Deaconess Institute, Federico was educated at the Gymnasium in Gütersloh, studied theology at Halle (1864-46) and earned his PhD at Tübingen (1867). He served as a nurse in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, and taught school for a year in rural Hilden. After ordination in 1870, he left Germany to be a missionary to Spain, settling in Madrid and becoming a chaplain at the German embassy. He learned Spanish, attended a Spanish high school, and studied medicine at the Universidad Central. Fliedner was instrumental in creating what is now known as the Iglesia Evangélica Española. In 1873, Fliedner founded the Librería Nacional y Extranjera, an extensive collection of text books and periodicals. Among these was The Children’s Friend, published from 1874 to 1939. Fliedner wrote biographies of John Howard, Elizabeth Fry, missionary-explorer David Livingstone, Martin Luther (1878), and his own parents, Theodore Fliedner of Kaiserswerth (1883) and Caroline Fliedner of Kaiserswerth (1883). He also wrote an autobiography, published first in German in two volumes (Aus meinem Leben, 1901-03), then translated into Spanish and published posthumously in the Christian Magazine (Nos. 513 to 553). He started a Spanish translation of the New Testament with notes from Frenchman Edouard Faivre. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Frank Reyes

Hymnal Number: 529 Author of "Cantemos al Señor un Canto Popular" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)

Manuel José Alonso

Hymnal Number: 618 Author of "Alabaré" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)

Skinner Chávez-Melo

1944 - 1992 Hymnal Number: 429 Author of "Como Estrella en Claro Cielo" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.) Skinner Chavez-Melo, an organist, conductor and composer who was music director at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, died on Saturday at New York Downtown Hospital. He was 47 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of spinal cancer, said his brother, Juan Francisco. Mr. Chavez-Melo was born in Mexico City, but completed his musical studies in the United States, receiving degrees at Eastern Nazarene College and the Union Theological Seminary, and pursuing further studies at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School. He toured internationally as an organist and conducted orchestras in Mexico, Brazil and the United States. As a composer, he wrote works for organ, choir and orchestra, and contributed hymn settings to several published hymnals, including those of the United Church of Christ and Yale University. He also lectured and presented workshops on Hispanic church music. Besides directing music at St. Rose, Mr. Chavez-Melo conducted the annual Singing Christmas Tree concerts at the South Street Seaport. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/28

St. Teresa of Avila

1515 - 1582 Person Name: Sta. Teresa de Jesús de Ávila Hymnal Number: 668 basada en la obra de of "Nada Te Turbe" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)

Esteban Sywulka B.

b. 1942 Hymnal Number: 624 Estrofa 3 en español of "Jubilosos, Te Adoramos/Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.)

Jose Antonio Olivar

b. 1939 Person Name: José A. Olivar, n. 1939 Hymnal Number: 691 Author of "¿Le Conocéis?" in Flor y Canto (3rd ed.) José Antonio Olivar is also a writer and journalist Efe Agency and a very dear person in Lastres. The son of a seafaring family, Olivier went through difficult times during his childhood. He lost his parents and four brothers and faced the harsh post-war period as an orphan. Hosted by his grandmother, he studied at the Seminary of Covadonga and Oviedo and he built a career of great prestige and recognition throughout the country. He has won several national awards for poetry and has worked as a journalist in popular newspapers and national agencies. In his journalistic work out the last time as deputy director of the magazine "Hello!". Olivar printed in this genre of magazines and friendly style compatible with both newsworthy. He has traveled around the world, interviewing and making friends with the most diverse personalities from all fields of social life, art and politics. It also cites his role as music composer with known letters to both religious and secular songs. The prize "Honor Manín 2012" will be presented by the choir sailor on the eve of the big day the festival of San Roque de Llastres, on August 18th, at eight o'clock. --https://www.lne.es/oriente/2012/06/24/jose-antonio-olivar-subdirector-revista-20866231.html