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Henri F. Hemy

1818 - 1888 Composer of "ST. CATHERINE" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta Henri F. Hemy, born in the United Kingdom. Hemy spent time at sea as a young man, emigrating to Australia in 1850 with his family. Unable to make a decent living in Melbourne, he returned to Newcastle England. He was organist at St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church in Newcastle, later teaching professor of music at Tynemouth and at St. Cuthbert's College in Durham. He was pianist to Lord Ravensworth, Music Director of Ushaw College, and his orchestra played at fashionable venues in the region. He sang baritone as well. He composed waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and galops. 3 music works: Easy Hymn Tunes for Catholic Schools; Royal Modern Tutor for Pianoforte; Crown of Jesus. He was active in local politics and published a manifesto in the daily newspaper. He lost a ward election. He also painted artwork. He set most of Longfellow's works to music. John Perry

James G. Walton

1821 - 1905 Person Name: James G. Wallon Composer (attr. to), lines 5&6 of "ST. CATHERINE" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 19, 1821, Clith­er­oe, Lan­ca­shire, Eng­land. Died: Sep­tem­ber 1, 1905, Brad­ford, New York. Little is known of Wal­ton’s life. His works in­clude: Plain Song Mu­sic for the Ho­ly Com­mun­ion Of­fice, 1874 (ed­it­or) Music: ST. CATHERINE --www.hymntime.com/tch

William John Downes

1892 - 1987 Person Name: William J. Downes Author of "Homoj de l' galilea land'" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta An English Congregationalist minister, Downes was a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Western College in the University of Bristol (UK), a member of the board of KELI, and a member of the Esperanto Academy, as well as a member of the editorial committee that produced Adoru Kantante. 44 of his works appeared in AK, and 36 in Adoru. Particularly noteworthy for the quantity and quality of his original hymn texts in Esperanto.

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