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Eugene B. Navias

Author (vs. 4-10) of "Amen" in Bible Songs on Timeless Themes

b. 1966 Arranger of "AMEN" in Sing With Me Greg Scheer is a composer, author, and speaker. His life’s work includes two sons (Simon and Theo), two books (The Art of Worship, 2006, and Essential Worship, 2016), and hundreds of compositions, songs, and arrangements in a dizzying variety of styles. Greg is also co-founder of Hymnary.org and source of many ideas and inspirations, some good. Greg Scheer

Richard Smallwood

b. 1948 Arranger of "AMEN (Spiritual)" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC. Bert Polman

Horace Clarence Boyer

1935 - 2009 Person Name: Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935) Arranger of "[See the little baby]" in Lift Every Voice and Sing II Horace Boyer (b. Winter Park, Flordia, July 28, 1935; d. Amherst, Massachusetts, July 21, 2009) was professor of music at the University of Massachussetts, Amhurst, editor of the African American hymnal Lift Every Voice and Sing, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, and author of How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Elliot & Clark, 1995). Sing! A New Creation

Valeria A. Foster

Arranger of "[See the baby]" in African American Heritage Hymnal

John F. Wilson

b. 1929 Adapter of "See the Little Baby" in Worship in Song

Jester Hairston

1901 - 2000 Author (verses) of "Amen, Amen"

Nelsie T. Johnson

1912 - 2009 Arranger of "[See the little baby]" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Nelsie T. Johnson was born in Greer, South Carolina, where she resided. She is a retired school teacher who continues to serve as choir director, organist, and pianist for Presbyterian churches in the Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina, area. She was frequently the accompanist for Rev. Joseph T. Jones as he led music for Presbyterian gatherings. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Marion Davis

1906 - 1979 Arranger of "AMEN (Spiritual)" in The Chapbook Francis Marion Davis born in Tennessee, died in Alabama Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/17/2022)