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A. H. Fox-Strangways

1859 - 1948 Person Name: Arthur Henry Fox-Strangways 1859-1948 Meter: 8.8.8 Translator of "Wir wollen alle fröhlich sein" in The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement

1812 - 1887 Person Name: Ludv. M. Lindeman, 1812—87 Meter: 8.8.8 Composer of "[Day of wrath! that day of mourning!]" in The Lutheran Hymnary Ludvig M. Lindeman (b. 1812; d. 1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist. Born in Trondheim, he studied theology in Oslo where he remained the rest of his life. In 1839 he succeeded his brother as the organist and cantor of Oslo Cathedral, a position he held for 48 years up until his death. Lindeman was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and was invited to both help christen the new organ in Royal Albert Hall in London, as well as compose for the coronation of King Oscar II and Queen Sophie of Sweden. In 1883, he and his son started the Organist School in Oslo. Lindeman is perhaps best known for his arrangements of Norwegiam folk tales; over the course of his life he collected over 3000 folk melodies and tunes. Laura de Jong

Ken Barker

b. 1955 Meter: 8.8.8 Arranger of "BE STILL AND KNOW" in Baptist Hymnal 2008

John Andrew Storey

b. 1935 Person Name: John Andrew Storey, 1935- Meter: 8.8.8 Author of "In The Spring with Plow and Harrow" in Singing the Living Tradition Unitarian-Universalist

Ian Smale

Meter: 8.8.8 Author of "Be Still and Know" in Worship in Song Uses pseudonym Ishmael. See also Ishmael, 1949-

John Frederick Wolle

1863 - 1933 Person Name: John Fred. Wolle, 1863— Meter: 8.8.8 Composer of "DIES IRAE" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Born Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, April 4, 1863. Graduated from the Moravian Parochial School in 1879, and began teaching in Bethlehem. Organist of Trinity Church, Philadelphia (1881-84) and a student there under David D. Wood. Studied with Rheinberger in Munich, 1884-85, and after returning to America was organist of the Packer Memorial Church at Lehigh University (1887-1905). Organized the first choral societies in Bethlehem and Easton. With the Bethlehem society, presented the first complete performance of Bach's St. John Passion in 1888, the St. Matthew Passion in 1892, and the B-minor Mass in 1900. In 1905, moved to California, where he taught at the University of California (1905-11) and was organist of the First Congregational Church, Berkeley (1907-9). Returned to Bethlehem in 1911, resumed administration of the Bach Choir, and was organist at the Salem Lutheran Church. He died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on his seventieth birthday, April 4, 1933. His name was frequently given as J. Frederick Wolle or even J. Fred Wolle. (source: AGO Founders Hymnal, p. 114.)

Stanley M. Wiersma

1930 - 1986 Person Name: Stanley Wiersma Meter: 8.8.8 Versifier of "O LORD, I Call for Help by Day" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Pseudonym: Sietze Buning ********** Stanley Marvin Wiersma (b. Orange City, IA, 1930; d. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1986) was a poet and professor of English at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, from 1959 until his sudden death in 1986. He attended Calvin as an undergraduate and received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1959. His love for the Genevan psalms is reflected in the two books of poetry for which he is most widely known: Purpaleanie and Other Permutations (1978) and Style and Class (1982), both written under the pseudonym Sietze Buning. He also wrote More Than the Ear Discovers: God in the Plays of Christopher Fry and translated many Dutch poems and hymn texts into English, including the children's hymns published in All Will Be New (1982). Bert Polman