1899 - 1984 Topics: The Christian Life Christian Family; God Creation of God; God Love of God; God Word of God; Responses to God Commitment; Jesus Christ Advent, Christmas, Incarnation; People of Faith The Family Author of "To the Yearly Seasons" in Hymns from the Four Winds Ernest Y. L. Yang (b. Wuxi,Jiangsu, China, 1899; d. China, 1984), served on the committee that prepared the interdenominational Chinese hymnbook Hymns of Universal Praise (1936). He wrote over two hundred hymns, including melodies, arrangements, translations, and original texts. Regarded as an outstanding musicologist in China, he is known especially for his important two-volume history of ancient music in China, Zhongkuo Gudai Yinyue Shigao (1944). A graduate of St. John's University in Shanghai and Guanghua University, Yang taught at Yanjing University, the National Conservatory of Music, and Jinling Women's University.
Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988
Ernest Y. L. Yang