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Paul Heinlein

1626 - 1686 Person Name: Paul Heinlein, 1626-1686 Hymnal Number: 323 Composer (melody) of "JESU, JESU, DU MEIN HIRT" in The Hymnal 1982 Born: April 11, 1626, Nuremburg, Germany. Died: August 6, 1686, Nuremburg, Germany. Heinlein’s (also Hainlein) first training came from a local musician who taught him to play the keyboard and wind instruments. He went on to study in Linz, Austria; Munich, Germany, and in Italy (1646). He was appointed Rathsmusikus in Nuremburg in 1650; organist at St. Ägydien in 1655, Kapellmeister at the Church of Our Lady in 1656, and organist at St. Sebald’s Cathedral in 1656. His works include six books of mourning and funeral hymns, and tunes contributed to other collections. Music JESU, JESU, DU MEIN HIRT --www.hymntime.com/tch

Nichol Grieve

1868 - 1954 Person Name: J. Nichol Grieve Hymnal Number: 404 Paraphraser of "We will extol you, ever-blessed Lord" in The Hymnal 1982

John Fenstermaker

b. 1942 Person Name: John Fenstermaker, Jr., b. 1942 Hymnal Number: S250 Composer of "[Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel]" in The Hymnal 1982 John Fenstermaker is an organist who has played the greatest organs ever. Born In Indianapolis In., he became a concert organist. A few of the organs he has played include Grace Cathedral and National Cathedral. He lives in Naples FL. email to Hymanry

Peter Sohren

1630 - 1693 Person Name: Peter Sohren, 1630?-1692? Hymnal Number: 375 Composer of "DU LEBENSBROT, HERR JESU CHRIST" in The Hymnal 1982

V. S. S. Coles

1845 - 1929 Person Name: Vincent Stuckey Stratton Coles, 1845-1929 Hymnal Number: 268 Author (sts. 1-3) of "Ye who claim the faith of Jesus" in The Hymnal 1982 Coles, Vincent Stuckey Stratton, son of Rev. James Stratton Coles, born at Shepton Beauchamp, March 27, 1845, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1868, and M.A. 1872. On taking Holy Orders in 1869, he became Curato of Wantage. In 1872 he was preferred as Rector of Shepton-Beauchamp, Somerset, and in 1884 Librarian of the Pusey Library, Oxford. Mr. Coles has contributed the following hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns. 1. Lord, in whose eternal counsels. For guidance and growth in holiness. It was first printed as a leaflet, written for E. C. U. Festival, c. 1870; and then included, after revision, in S. P. C. K. Church Hymns, 1871. 2. Most Holy Father, bending low. Lent. No. 45 in the Bucharistic Hymnal, 1877. 3. 0 Lamb of God, whose love divine. Martyrs ( Virgins). Given in the Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1868. 4. O Shepherd of the sheep. Martyrs (Bishop). Also given in the Appendix to Hymns Ancient & Modern 1868. 5. We pray Thee, heavenly Father. Preparation for Holy Communion. Originally written for a Communicants' class, it was included in S. P. C. K. Church Hymns, 1871, and in the revised Hymns Ancient & Modern 1875. 6. Lord, I cannot seek Thee. Spiritual Communion. Contributed to Lyra Eucharistica, 1863, and repeated in the Churchman's Altar Manual, 1882. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ===================== Coles, V. S. S., p. 242, ii. Recently additional hymns by Mr. Coles have come into common use, including:— 1. Almighty Father, Lord most high. [Holy Communion.] Written for Hymns Ancient & Modern and given in the 1904 edition, No. 264, to be sung "At the Offertory." It is admirably suited for the purpose. 2. Father, Whose love we have wrong'd by transgression. This "Litany for Lent," in Hymns Ancient & Modern 1904, No. 633, is a cento from the author's Metrical Litany, published by Novello. The Pt. ii. in Hymns Ancient & Modern begins “Christ with the twelve the last Passover keeping." 3. We pray Thee, heavenly Father, p. 242, ii., 5. This hymn, with the exception of stanza i., is entirely rewritten in The English Hymnal, 1906. 4. Ye who own the faith of Jesus. [B. V. M.] This appeared in The English Hymnal, 1906, for "St. Mary the Virgin.” --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

John Caspar Mattes

1876 - 1948 Person Name: John Caspar Mattes, 1876-1948 Hymnal Number: 505 Translator of "O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God" in The Hymnal 1982 Born: November 8, 1876, Easton, Pennsylvania. Died: January 27, 1948. Educated at the Theological Seminary at Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mattes pastored in Trenton, New Jersey (1901-15), and Scranton, Pennsylvania (1915-38), and was a professor of theology at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa (1939-48). Translations: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming O Spirit of Life http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/t/mattes_jc.htm

John Robinson

1682 - 1762 Person Name: John Robinson, 1682-1762 Hymnal Number: S178 Composer of "[O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord] " in The Hymnal 1982

Warren Swenson

b. 1937 Person Name: Warren Swenson, b. 1937 Hymnal Number: 318 Composer of "NYACK" in The Hymnal 1982 b. Okanogan, Wash., Apr. 27, 1937; organist and composer, Packer Collegiate Inst.

Percy E. B. Coller

1895 - 1955 Person Name: Percy E. B. Coller, b. 1895 Hymnal Number: 542 Composer of "ST. JOAN" in The Hymnal 1982

Miles Coverdale

1488 - 1569 Person Name: Miles Coverdale, 1487-1568 Hymnal Number: 634 Author of "I call on thee, Lord Jesus Christ" in The Hymnal 1982 Coverdale, Miles, D.D., a celebrated English Divine and Reformer, born in Yorkshire, 1487, and educated at Cambridge. He was for some time a Canon of the Order of St. Augustine. On embracing the reformed faith, he went abroad, 1528, and associated with Tyndale and various continental Reformers. His translation of the Bible was published in 1535, and the second version of the New Testament, 1538. Returning to England, in 1551 he was promoted to the see of Exeter. On the accession of Mary he went to Denmark, and then to Geneva. At the latter place he assisted his fellow refugees in producing the celebrated Geneva Bible. In 1560, on the accession of Elizabeth, he returned to England, but instead of resuming his see, he accepted the Rectory of St. Magnus, London Bridge. He died in Feb. 1569, and was buried in St. Bartholomew's church, by the Exchange, Feb. 19, 1569. For his Goostly Psalmes, one of the earliest metrical efforts in the English language, but mainly from the German. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)