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Augustus Lucas Hillhouse

1792 - 1859 Person Name: Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1792-1859) Scripture: Psalm 66:16 Author of "The new Joy" in Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes Hillhouse, Augustus Lucas, younger brother of James Hillhouse (commonly known as the poet Hillhouse), was born at New Haven, Connecticut, 1792, and educated at Yale, where he graduated in 1810. For some time he conducted a school in Paris; and died near that city, March 14, 1859. His hymn:— Trembling before Thine awful throne (Joy in the Forgiveness of Sins) was written cir. 1816, and published in the Christian Spectator, New Haven, April, 1822. It is a good hymn, and is in extensive use, but usually in an abbreviated form. The hymn, "Earth has a joy unknown to heaven," found in a few American hymnbooks, begins with st. iii. of this hymn. Original text in Christ in Song, 1870. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Felix Jacob Ludwig Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1738-1799) Scripture: Psalm 66:16 Composer of "TRANSPORT" in Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

S. C. Molefe

1917 - 1987 Scripture: Psalm 66:4 Composer (attributed to) of "[Amen siakudumisa]" in Gather Comprehensive Stephen Cuthbert Molefe (1917-1987)-- Since most African languages are tonal, a melodic shape emerges directly from speaking the text. Stephen Molefe was among the first South African musicians that Fr. Dargie worked with in these workshops. Molefe was born of Sotho descent in the Transkei area of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A choirmaster at the Catholic Church, he was not only a skilled musician but also fluent in a variety of South African languages including Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Afrikaans and English. Fr. Dargie met Molefe in 1977 at a composition workshop and transcribed a number of his works into staff notation. They include a wide variety of musical styles, “Masithi-Amen” being among the simplest. The 1977 workshop netted 53 new songs, 14 of which were composed by Molefe. The original version was “Sive-sithi Amen, siyakudumisa” (“Hear us we say, Amen, we praise you”). Designed to be sung as the “Amen” at the conclusion of the Great Thanksgiving (the Eucharist liturgy), it was an instant hit, with the whole parish singing it at Holy Week services. “Amen, Siakudumisa” is included very often in Western hymnal collections alongside famous South African freedom songs like “Siyahamba.” In 1978, Molefe was attacked, robbed and struck with a brick to the head. He started to go blind after that, and was unable to work again. Molefe died in 1987. --www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/history-of-hymns/

George C. Martin

1844 - 1916 Person Name: George Clement Martin (1844-1916) Scripture: Psalm 66:10-12 Composer of "ST. HELEN" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Thomas Jackson

1715 - 1781 Person Name: Thomas Jackson, c.1715-1781 Scripture: Psalm 66:1-4 Composer of "JACKSON" in The Book of Praise Jackson played the organ at Newark, England (1768-81). His works include: Twelve Psalm Tunes and Eighteen…Chants, circa 1780 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Communauté de Taizé

Person Name: Taizé Community Scripture: Psalm 66:8 Author of "Laudate Dominum" in Community of Christ Sings

Beulah

Scripture: Psalm 66:16 Author of "Jesus Did It" in Melodious Sonnets

Richard Bewes

b. 1934 Person Name: Richard Bewes, b. 1934 Scripture: Psalm 66:5 Author of "God is our strength and refuge" in Common Praise

J. Howard Entwisle

1865 - 1901 Scripture: Psalm 66:16 Composer of "[Once my eyes saw nothing comely]" in Songs of Love and Praise No. 4 J Howard Entwisle USA 1865-1901. Born in PA, he became a musician and songbook editor-compiler in Philadelphia, PA, in the 1890s. He collaberated with William J Kirkpatrick, also of Philadelphia, promoting gospel songs. He helped compile “Songs of love and praise #4”, then later “Songs of love and praise #5”. Other published works were: “Bright melodies” (1899), “Heavenly sunlight” (1900), “Exalted praise” (1901). He died in Philadelphia. John Perry