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Henry Lahee

1826 - 1912 Person Name: Henry Lahee (1826- ) Composer of "[Let heaven and earth rejoice and sing]" in School and Parish Hymnal Born: April 11, 1826, Chelsea, London, England. Died: April 29, 1912, London, England. Lahee studied under John Goss and William Sterndale Bennett. He played the organ at several churches, including Holy Trinity Church, Brompton (1847-74). He won prizes for his compositions in Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, and London, and set to music poems by Edgar Allen Poe ("The Bells"), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ("Building of the Ship") and Alfred Tennyson ("Sleeping Beauty"). His works include: Metrical Psalter, with William Irons, 1855 Famous Singers of Today and Yesterday, 1898 One Hundred Hymn Tunes Sources: Frost, p. 680 CS Concordance, pp. 246-47 Nutter, p. 460 --www.hymntime.com/tch

John Swertner

1746 - 1813 Person Name: John Swertner, 1746-1813 Author of "Believing Souls, Rejoice and Sing" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Swertner, John, b. Sept. 12, 1746, at Haarlem, in Holland, Moravian minister at various places in England and Ireland; d. at Bristol, March 11, 1813. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Mary Kay Beall

b. 1943 Person Name: Mary Kay Beall, b. 1943 Composer of "GRATUS" in Christian Worship Mary Kay Beall was born in Akron, Ohio in 1943. She holds a B.M. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.A. from Ohio State University, and a Masters in Theological Studies from Trinity Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. She was ordained in the American Baptist church and ministers to church musicians and choirs as well as conducting clinics and reading sessions in the United States and Canada. NN, Hymnary editor. Source: www.hopepublishing.com/

Christopher C. Stafford

1893 - 1977 Person Name: C. C. Stafford Composer of "[Rejoice and sing, the Lord is King]" in Hallelujahs

Robert H. Washburne

Person Name: Washburne Author of "Let Every Heart Rejoice and Sing" in Brotherhood Hymns

Robert Lowe Fletcher

Person Name: R. L. Fletcher Author of "Sing His Praise" in Songs of the Kingdom 19th Century "Robert Lowe Fletcher, the composer, will be at the South Avenue Congregational Church to-morrow, In the morning he will speak on 'The Conservative Life" and at night he will conduct an old-fashioned gospel singing service, when he will use some of his own compositions. Mr. Fletcher will ask the audience to assist him in the singing. Mr. Fletcher is an interesting person, and it is expected that he will attract a large number of strangers to the South Avenue Church." --from The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, 26 November 1910

Lavinia E. Brauff

1851 - 1920 Author of "To Christ of Bethlehem" Lavinia E. Brauff was born in Pittsburgh 12 October, 1851. She was blind from infnacy. She was educated at the School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Her first hymn was published in 1894 to the music of H. P. Danks. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

M. Thomas Thangaraj

b. 1942 Author of "Rejoice, Hallelu" in Halle Halle M. Thomas Thangaraj taught at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Georgia. He retired from that position in 2008. He has a BSc from St. John's College, a BD from Serampore College, a MTh from United Theological College and a ThD from Harvard Divinity School. He has written hymns in Tamil for the use of churches in India.

M. W. Bassford

Author of "Rejoice and Sing that God Is Great!" in Hymns for Worship Matt W. Bassford

Gideon Froelich

Person Name: G. Froelich Composer of "[Let ev'ry heart rejoice and sing]" in The Jewelled Crown Apparently the husband of hymn-writer Mrs. Marion or Marian Froelich, Prof. Gideon Froelich was organist both of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church and of Ahawath Chesed Synagogue, both in New York City. The rabbi of the synagogue, Isaac S. Moses, in the preface to the seventh edition of his The Sabbath-School Hymnal (New York: The Bloch Publishing Co., 1906), thanked Mrs. Marion Froelich for her help with English translations of German verse, and wrote:Prof. Gideon Froelich, whose genius has enriched this book with its finest melodies; no words are adequate to express the editor's gratitude and appreciation. For many years the organist of the above mentioned congregation, he has caught the spirit of Jewish melody, and the character of Jewish worship. His greater reward he will find in the joy which his compositions will produce in the hearts of thousands of Jewish children and in the gratitude of many worshipers in the Synagogue and the home.(source: AGO Founders Hymnal, p.96) ============== 19th Century Froelich, whose name is sometimes given with the title "Professor," was organist and choirmaster of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, and organist at the Ahawath Chesed Synagogue, both in New York City. He also helped found of the American Guild of Organists. www.hymntime.com/tch/