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Donn Thomas

Person Name: Donn C. Thomas Scripture: Psalm 133:2 Author of "Anointing Fall on Me" in Voices Together

Bettina Strübel

Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Translator (German) of "Hine ma tow" in Trimum

Oda Ferber

b. 1953 Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Translator (Turkish) of "Hine ma tow" in Trimum

Memed Çapan

Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Translator (Turkish) of "Hine ma tow" in Trimum

Gabriele Brand

Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Translator (Arabic) of "Hine ma tow" in Trimum

Saad Thamir

b. 1972 Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Translator (Arabic) of "Hine ma tow" in Trimum

H. P. Danks

1834 - 1903 Scripture: Psalm 133 Composer of "[How good and pleasant to the sight]" in Bible Songs

b. 1953 Scripture: Psalm 133:2 Arranger of "ANOINTING FALL ON ME" in Voices Together Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

Johannes Heinrich August Ebrard

1818 - 1888 Person Name: August Ebrard Scripture: Psalm 133 Author of "Wie schön und lieblich ist es anzusehen" in Deutsches Gesangbuch Ebrard, Johann Heinrich August, D.D., was born Jan, 18, 1818, at Erlangen, Bavaria, and is now [1885] honorary professor and pastor of the French Reformed Church there. While chief pastor at Speyer he was principal compiler of the excellent hymn-book for Rhenish Bavaria (Rhein-Pfalz), published at Speyer, 1859, which, like others of his good works there, was thrown aside to please the Radicals. He is the author of various theological works, poems, &c. His partial version of the Psalms is noted under Psalters, German. Two have been translated: "Du selbst, 0 Herr, bist ja mein Hirt und Hütter," Psalms xxiii., and "Wie schon und lieblich istes anzusehen," Psalms cxxxiii., in his Ausgewählte Psalmen David, Erlangen, 1852, pp. 31 and 48. Psalms xxiii. is translation by C. T. Astley, 1860, p. 8; and Psalms cxxxiii. by J. Kelly, 1885, p. 91. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ============== Ebrard, J, H. A., p. 320, i. He d. at Erlangen, July 23, 1888. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

George Matheson

1842 - 1906 Person Name: Rev. George Matheson Scripture: Psalm 133:1 Author of "Brotherhood" in Sacred Songs Matheson, George, D.D., was born at Glasgow, March 27, 1842, and although deprived of his eyesight in youth he passed a brilliant course at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated M.A. in 1862. In 1868 he became the parish minister at Innellan; and subsequently of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh. He was the Baird Lecturer in 1881, and St. Giles Lecturer in 1882. He has published several important prose works. His poetical pieces were collected and published in 1890 as Sacred Songs, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. In addition to his hymn "O Love that wilt not let me go" (q. v.), four others from his Sacred Songs are in Dr. A. C. Murphey's Book of Common Song, Belfast, 1890. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ======================= Matheson, G., p. 1579, i. In addition to Dr. Matheson's hymn, "O Love, that wilt not let me go," p. 1583, i,, the following from his Sacred Songs, 1890, have come into common use since 1892:— 1. Come, let us raise a common song. Brotherhood. 2. Father divine, I come to Thee. Strength for Life. This, in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, is altered to”Saviour divine, I come to Thee." 3. Gather us in, Thou Love that fillest all. One in Christ. 4. Jesus, Fountain of my days. Christian's Polestar. 5. Lend me, O Lord, Thy softening cloud. The Fire and the Cloud. In the Sunday Magazine, 1875. 6. Lord, Thou hast all my frailty made. Strength for the Day. 7. Make me a captive, Lord. Christian Freedom. 8. There are coming changes great. The Glad New Time. 9. Three doors there are in the temple. Prayer. Dr. Matheson informed us that these hymns, together with the rest of his Sacred Songs, 1890, were written at Bow, Dumbartonshire, in 1890. The 3rd ed. of the Sacred Songs was published in 1904. He died suddenly at Avenelle, North Berwick, Aug. 28, 1906. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)