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Gioacchino A. Rossini

1792 - 1868 Person Name: Rossini Composer of "[O for a closer walk with God!]" in The Standard Hymnal Gioacchino A. Rossini; b. 1792, Pesaro; d. 1868, Ruelle near Parise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Robert Simpson

1790 - 1832 Person Name: R. Simpson Composer of "BALERMA" in The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ Robert Simpson, of Scotland; b. 1790; d. 1832 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Berthold Tours

1838 - 1897 Person Name: B. Tours Composer of "GRONINGEN" in The National Baptist Hymnal

Arthur Cottman

1842 - 1879 Composer of "DALEHURST" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Born: Circa November 1841, Ringwood, Hampshire, England. Died: Circa May 1879, Brentford, Middlesex, England. Cottman was a solicitor and amateur musician. His works include: Ten Original Tunes, 1874 Music: CATERHAM COTTMAN DALEHURST EVERSLEY MIRFIELD MORN OF GLADNESS --www.hymntime.com/tch

Charles Hutcheson

1792 - 1860 Person Name: Charles Hutcheson, 1792-1860 Composer of "STRACATHRO" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Born: 1792, Glasgow, Scotland. Died: January 20, 1860, Glasgow, Scotland. Hutcheson was a merchant in Glasgow, and a member of St. George’s parish church. An amateur composer and founding member of the Glasgow Diletanti Society, he published an essay on church music, and a number of hymn tunes, in Christian Vespers (1832). --www.hymntime.com/tch

John E. Gould

1821 - 1875 Composer of "HEAVENLY REST" in The Smaller Hymnal John Edgar Gould USA 1821-1875. Born in Bangor, ME, he became a musician. He managed music stores in New York City and Philadelphia, PA., the latter with composer partner, William Fischer. He married Josephine Louisa Barrows, and they had seven children: Blanche, Marie, Ida, John, Josephine, Josephine, and Augusta. He compiled eight religious songbooks from 1846 thru 1869. He died while traveling in Algiers, Africa, and was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Nathaniel D. Gould

1781 - 1864 Person Name: Gould Composer of "WOODLAND" in Young Men's Christian Association Hymn and Tune Book Nathaniel Duren Gould 1781-1864. Born in Bedford, MA, into the Duren family, He was musically inclined and attended a singing school when young. He was also a master and teacher of penmanship and engraving. As a conservative music reformer he opened a singing school in 1799. He taught mostly Psalmody singing. He married Sally Andrews Prichard in 1801, and they had eight children: Nathaniel, Augustus, Charles, Mary Ann, (2 unnamed infants that died), Elizabeth and Sarah. He also formed the New Ipswitch military band in 1804 He was conductor of the Middlesex MA Musical Society in 1805. He took the name Gould in 1806 to qualify for an inheritance from an uncle. He taught music in NH and MA in some 115 singing schools over 50+ years and had more than 50,000 students. He also compiled and published music. He authored a number of books, one being “History of church music in America” (1853) about early singing schools. He noted traits and temperaments of many singers, some not really performing for the glory of God. He died in Boston, MA. John Perry

Deodotus Dutton

1808 - 1832 Person Name: D. Dutton, Jr. Composer of "WOODSTOCK" in The Christian Lyre Dutton, Deodatus, jun., b. cir. 1810, was a native of Monson, Massachusetts, U.S. He was a Licentiate of the third Presbytery, New York, but died before ordination, about 1832. His hymns in common use are:— 1. On Thibet's snow-capt mountain. Missions. This appeared in pt. ii. of the Christian Lyrics, 1831, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is an imitation of Bp. Heber's “From Greenland's icy mountains." 2. O where can the soul find relief from its foes. Heaven. The date and first published of this hymn is uncertain. It is given, together with the above, in the Plymouth Collection, 1855. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================= Born: December 22, 1808, Monson, Massachusetts. Died: December 16, 1832, New York City. Buried: Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York. By age 14, Dutton was playing the organ at Center Church in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Brown University and Washington (now Trinity) College (graduated 1828), and was licensed to preach by the Third Presbytery of New York. However, he never received a pastorate, and was still pursuing his studies at the time of his death. His works include: The American Psalmody, 1829, with Elam Ives, Jr. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Robert Wainwright

1748 - 1782 Person Name: Dr. R. Wainwright Composer of "MANCHESTER" in Methodist Tune Book baptized Sep. 17, 1748, Stockport; d. July 15, 1782, Liverpool; organist and composer

J. B. Vaughan

1862 - 1918 Person Name: J. B. V. Author (Chorus) of "All the Way" in Heavenly Echoes No. 2 John B. Vaughan (sometimes misspelled Vaughn), 1862-1918 Born: June 16, 1862, Elbert County, Georgia. Died: July 18, 1918, Athens, Georgia. Buried: Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Georgia. Vaughan was a Gospel song writer and music publisher. At one time he taught at the Southern Development Normal music school in Waco, Texas. Lyrics-- Beautiful Home Somewhere There’ll Be Room Enough ’Twill Be Glory By and By We Shall See the King --http://www.hymntime.com --http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23551328

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