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Jacob Henry Hall

1855 - 1941 Person Name: J. H. Hall Composer of "URBANA" in The Sacred Hymnal Jacob Henry Hall, 1855-1941 Born: January 2, 1855, near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Died: December 22, 1941. Buried: Dayton, Virginia. Son of farmer George G. Hall and Elizabeth Thomas Hall, Jacob attended singing schools taught by Timothy Funk when he was a boy. As his love of music progressed, he earned money by trapping quail and bought a German accordion; he soon learned to play one part while singing another. After he and his brother jointly purchased an organ, he taught himself to play hymn tunes, Gospel songs, and anthems. He went on to study music theory, harmony, and composition in Harrisonburg and elsewhere, and in 1877 attended a Normal Music School in New Market, Virginia, taught by Benjamin Unseld and P. J. Merges. Afterward, he partnered with H. T. Wartman for two years to conduct singing schools and conventions. In 1890, Hall attended Dana’s Musical Institute in Warren, Ohio, and a normal school run by George & F. W. Root at Silver Lake, New York. He later served as principal of the National Normal School of Music. Hall’s works include: Hall’s Songs of Home, 1885 The Star of Bethlehem (Dayton, Virginia: Ruebush-Kieffer Company) Musical Million (assistant editor) Spirit of Praise, with William Kirkpatrick & Charles Case (Dayton, Virginia: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1911) Hall’s Quartettes for Men, 1912 Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers/em> (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1914) Sources-- Hall, pp. 329-34 Lyrics-- Glorious Morning Dawns, The O Thou Whose Matchless Power Controls --hymntime.com/tch

John Dykes Bower

1905 - 1981 Person Name: John Dykes Bower, 1905- Composer of "HARESFIELD" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Sir John Dykes Bower CVO (13 August 1905 – 1981) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Truro Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral. John Dykes Bower was born on 13 August 1905 in Gloucester. He was one of four brothers. Stephen Dykes Bower became a famous church architect. He was educated at Cheltenham College and studied organ under Herbert Brewer, and was organ scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1922. He was organist of: Truro Cathedral 1926 - 1929 New College, Oxford 1929 - 1933 Durham Cathedral 1933 - 1936 St Paul's Cathedral 1936 - 1968 --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Leonard Weaver

Person Name: L. W. Author (chorus) of "Let It Fall" in Songs of the Peacemaker

Absalom Ogletree

Arranger of "HEAVENLY DOVE" in The Sacred Harp

A. L. Joslin

Person Name: A. L. Oslin Arranger of "WILCO" in Pearls of Truth in Song

William C. Davis

Composer of "HEAVENLY DOVE" in The Social Harp William C. Davis was a farmer in Hart County, Georgia, in the mid-19th century.

Blake Morris

Composer, alto of "HEAVENLY DOVE" in The Shenandoah Harmony

George Beaverson

Person Name: G. B. Arranger of "[Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove]" in Songs of the Peacemaker George Beaverson lived in Jersey City, New Jersey in the late 19th century and in New York City in 1917. His works include: The Peacemaker, with Winfield Weeden & Leonard Weaver (New York: Weeden & Van de Venter, 1894) Songs of the Peacemaker, with Winfield Weeden & Leonard Weaver (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: J. W. Van de Venter & Company, 1895) Then Up with the Starry Flag (New York: James H. Beaverson, 1917) NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.hymntime.com/