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Kaspar Füger

1562 - 1617 Person Name: Kaspar Fuger Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "[We wait for the eternal light]" Fuger, Caspar. Two Lutheran clergymen of this name, apparently father and son, seem to have lived in Dresden in the 16th century. The elder seems to have been for some time at Torgau, and then court preacher at Dresden to Duke Heinrich and his widow, and to have died at Dresden, 1592. Various works appeared under his name between 1564 and 1592. The younger was apparently born at Dresden, where he became third master and then conrector in the Kreuzschule. He was subsequently ordained diaconus, and died at Dresden, July 24, 1617 (Koch, ii. 215-216; Wetzel, i. 303; Wackernagel, as below, and i. pp. 459, 513, 569). The hymn, Wir Christenleut haben jetzund Freud [Christ¬mas], is quoted by Wackernagel, iv. p. 10, from Drey schöne Newe Geistliche Gesenge, 1592, and from the Dresden Gesang-Buch, 1593, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines. Wackernagel thinks it was written about 1552. Bode, p. 417, cites it as in Georg Pondo's Erne kurtze Comödien von der Geburt des Herren Christi extant in a manuscript copy, dated 1589, in the Royal Library at Berlin. It is probably by the elder Fuger, though Wetzel and others ascribe it to the younger. Included in many later hymn-books, and recently as No. 57 in the Unverfälschter Liedersegen, 1851. The only translation in common use is:-— We Christians may rejoice to-day, a good and full translation by Miss Winkworth in her Chorale Book for England, 1863, No. 34. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

I. J. de Ribeiro

Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Translator of "Cristo asciende" in El Himnario

L. N. Boisen

Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "[The Lord be praised! I'm homeward bound]" in Hymnal for Church and Home

Marta Weihmüller

1878 - 1957 Person Name: Marta Weihmüller, 1878-1957 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Translator of "No temas tú, pequeña grey" in Culto Cristiano

Marie Wexelsen

1832 - 1911 Person Name: Marie Wexels Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Author of "Oh, Could I Rest In Mary's Place" in Hymnal for Church and Home

J. Lassen

Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Author of "The Lord Be Praised! I'm Homeward Bound" in Hymnal for Church and Home

Max von Schenkendorf

1783 - 1817 Person Name: Gottlob Ferdinand Maximilian von Schenkendorf, 1783-1817 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Author of "Fiesta de la primavera" in Culto Cristiano

Michael Praetorius

1571 - 1621 Person Name: Michael Praetorius, 1571-1621 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "ACH HERR, DU ALLERHÖCHSTER GOTT" in The Hymnal 1982 Born into a staunchly Lutheran family, Michael Praetorius (b. Creuzburg, Germany, February 15, 1571; d. Wolfenbüttel, Germany, February 15, 1621) was educated at the University of Frankfort-an-der-Oder. In 1595 he began a long association with Duke Heinrich Julius of Brunswick, when he was appointed court organist and later music director and secretary. The duke resided in Wolfenbüttel, and Praetorius spent much of his time at the court there, eventually establishing his own residence in Wolfenbüttel as well. When the duke died, Praetorius officially retained his position, but he spent long periods of time engaged in various musical appointments in Dresden, Magdeburg, and Halle. Praetorius produced a prodigious amount of music and music theory. His church music consists of over one thousand titles, including the sixteen-volume Musae Sionae (1605-1612), which contains Lutheran hymns in settings ranging from two voices to multiple choirs. His Syntagma Musicum (1614-1619) is a veritable encyclopedia of music and includes valuable information about the musical instruments of his time. Bert Polman

Robert Campbell

1814 - 1868 Person Name: Robert Campbell, 1814-1868 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Translator of "Come, pure hearts, in joyful measure" in The Hymnal 1982 Robert Campbell was an advocate residing in Edinburgh. He is not much known as an author, but some of his hymns have been adopted in several hymnals. He was Roman Catholic. His death occurred in 1868. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872. ==================== Campbell, Robert. Advocate, of Sherrington, Scotland, was born at Trochmig, Ayrshire, Dec. 19, 1814. When quite a boy he attended the University of Glasgow. Though showing from his earliest years a strong predilection for Theological studies, eventually he fixed upon the Scottish law as a profession. To this end he entered the Law Classes of the University of Edinburgh, and in due course entered upon the duties of an advocate. Originally a Presbyterian, at an early age he joined the Episcopal Church of Scotland. He became a zealous and devoted Churchman, directing his special attention to the education of the children of the poor. His classical attainments were good, and his general reading extensive. In 1848 he began a series of translations of Latin hymns. These he submitted to Dr. Neale, Dr. Mills of Ely, and other competent judges. In 1850, a selection therefrom, together with a few of his original hymns, and a limited number from other writers, was published as Hymns and Anthems for Use in the Holy Services of the Church within the United Diocese of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane. Edinburgh, R. Lendrum & Co. This collection, known as the St. Andrews Hymnal, received the special sanction of Bishop Torry, and was used throughout the Diocese for some years. Two years after its publication he joined the Roman Catholic Church. During the next sixteen years he devoted much time to the young and poor. He died at Edinburgh, Dec. 29, 1868. From his collection of 1850, four translations were given in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861, "At the Lamb's high feast we sing;" “Come, pure hearts, in sweetest measures;" "Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem;" " Ye servants of a martyr'd God" (altered). Attention was thereby directed to his translations. They are smooth, musical, and well sustained. A large number, not included in his 1850 collection, were left by him in manuscript. From these Mr. O.Shipley has printed several in his Annus Sanctus, 1884. (C. MSS.) --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John Wilson

1905 - 1992 Person Name: John Wilson 1905-92 Meter: 8.8.7.8.8.7 Composer of "BEN JONSON'S CAROL" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship Born January 21, 1905, in Bournville, Birmingham, England; died July 16, 1992, in Guildford, Surrey, England. He served as Vice President of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and was a Fellow of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Leland Bryant Ross from a biographical article in the journal of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland: https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1992/10/treasure-no-58-john-wilson-1905-92