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Cyril Taylor

1907 - 1991 Person Name: Cyril V. Taylor (b. 1907) Composer of "STONEGATE" in Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition Cyril V. Taylor (b. Wigan, Lancashire, England, 1907; d. Petersfield, England, 1992) was a chorister at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1932, he served the church as both pastor and musician. His positions included being a producer in the religious broadcasting department of the BBC (19391953), chaplain of the Royal School of Church Music (1953-1958), vicar of Cerne Abbas in Dorsetshire (1958-1969), and precentor of Salisbury Cathedral (1969-1975). He contributed twenty hymn tunes to the BBC Hymn Book (1951), which he edited, and other tunes to the Methodist Hymns and Psalms (1983). He also edited 100 Hymns for Today (1969) and More Hymns for Today (1980). Writer of the booklet Hymns for Today Discussed (1984), Taylor was chairman of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland from 1975 to 1980. Bert Polman

Johann Gottfried Schicht

1753 - 1823 Composer of "ZU MEINEM HERRN" in The Worshipbook Johann Gottfried Schicht Born: September 29, 1753 - Reichenau, Zittau, Germany Died: February 16, 1823 - Leipzig, Germany

Lennox Berkeley

1903 - 1989 Person Name: Lennox Berkeley, 1903- Composer of "WIVETON" in The Cambridge Hymnal Lennox Berkeley was born in 1903 in Oxfordshire, England. He studied French at Merton College, Oxford, but also studied organ. During this time he met Maurice Ravel who suggested that he study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He became a Roman Catholic in 1928, which influenced his music. He was a friend and collaborator with Benjamin Britten. He composed a wide range of orchestral works, choral works, and opera. Dianne Shapiro, from biography be Peter Dickinson, 1991 accessed from Wise Music Classical website (https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/109/Lennox-Berkeley/) (3/20/22)

Andrew Young

1885 - 1971 Author of "Lord, by Whose Breath All Souls and Seeds" in The Worshipbook Andrew John Young, poet and clergyman; born 29 Apr. 1885 at Elgin, died 25 Nov. 1971 at Bognor Regis; also an amateur botanist and author of "A prospect of flowers" LOC Name Authority File