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Charles Albert Tindley

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Charles A. Tindley, 1851-1933 Author of "When the Storms of Life Are Raging" in Sing! A New Creation Charles Albert Tindley was born in Berlin, Maryland, July 7, 1851; son of Charles and Hester Tindley. His father was a slave, and his mother was free. Hester died when he was very young; he was taken in my his mother’s sister Caroline Miller Robbins in order to keep his freedom. It seems that he was expected to work to help the family. In his Book of Sermons (1932), he speaks of being “hired out” as a young boy, “wherever father could place me.” He married Daisy Henry when he was seventeen. Together they had eight children, some of whom would later assist him with the publication of his hymns. Tindley was largely self-taught throughout his lifetime. He learned to read mostly on his own. After he and Daisy moved to Philadelphia in 1875, he took correspondence courses toward becoming a Methodist minister. He did this while working as a sexton (building caretaker) for the East Bainbridge Street Church. Beginning in 1885, he was appointed by the local bishop to serve two or three-year terms at a series of churches, until coming full circle to become pastor at East Bainbridge in 1902. Under his leadership, the church grew rapidly. They relocated in 1904 to the East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, then again in 1924 to the new Tindley Temple, where the membership roll blossomed to about ten thousand. Tindley was known for being a captivating preacher, and for also taking an active role in the betterment of the people in his community. His songs were an outgrowth of his preaching ministry, often introduced during his sermons. Tindley was able to draw people of multiple races to his church ministry; likewise, his songs have been adopted and proliferated by white and black churches alike. The songs of Charles Tindley were published cumulatively in two editions of Soul Echoes (1905, 1909) and six editions of New Songs of Paradise (1916-1941). His wife Daisy died in 1924, before the completion of the Tindley Temple. He remarried in 1927 to Jenny Cotton. Charles A. Tindley died July 26, 1933.

Floyd Knight

Person Name: Floyd Knight, Jr. Arranger of "STAND BY ME" in Chalice Hymnal Standing: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)--Licensed 1986/Ordained -- 1988 United Church of Christ--Ordain Ministerial Partnership Privilege of Search and Call -- 2010 Graduate Education Ph.D. Studies: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois (2010—Present)-- Linguistics University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1988--1992)-- Old Testament Master of Divinity: Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Master of Divinity, 1988)-- Old Testament Undergraduate Education: Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana (Bachelor of Arts, 1984)-- Religious Studies Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts (77-78, 79-80)-- Performance: Alto Sax Honors and Awards Classical Music Scholarship: New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts -- 1978 Jazz Scholarships: (1) Eastman School of Music, Rochester University, Rochester, New York -- 1977 (2) University of Harford, Hartford, Connecticut -- 1977 Academic Scholarships and Fellowships: Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois -- 2010--Present DFI--Illinois Board of Education Fellowship -- 2013 to Present Rhoten A. Smith Fellowship -- 2012--2014 Carter G. Woodson Fellowship -- 2010--2012 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois -- 1988--1992 Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts -- 1984--1987 Honors: Departmental Honors, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana -- 1984 Accolade, Senior Honor Society, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana -- 1984 Pi Lambda Theta/PDK, National Education Honor Society, Bloomington, Indiana -- 1984 Prior Music and Worship Positions: Disciples Hymnal Committee, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Worship Pastor/Choir Director, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Blue Springs, Missouri Minister of Media Arts, Park Manor Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Chicago, Illinois Assistant Pastor and Choir Director, Alta Vista Christian Church(Disciples of Christ), Kansas City, Missouri Adjunct Faculty--African-American Worship, Closer Walk with God, Upper Room Chapel, United Methodist Church, Nashville, Tennessee Contact Information and Current Status: Floyd Knight Illinois Board of Higher Education--DFI Fellow English Department Northern Illinois University Reavis Hall 315 DeKalb, Illinois 60115 fknight1@niu.edu

William Farley Smith

1941 - 1997 Arranger of "STAND BY ME" in The United Methodist Hymnal

Verolga Nix

1933 - 2014 Person Name: Verolga Nix, b. 1933 Arranger of "STAND BY ME" in Sing! A New Creation Verolga Nix (Apr. 6, 1933-Dec. 9, 2014) Born in Cleveland, Verolga moved with her family at an early age to Philadelphia. She studied for two years at New England Conservatory of Music and then earned a music degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1955. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Bennett College in 2000. After retiring from twenty years as a full-time music teacher in Philadelphia public schools she served as minister of music at several churches in Philadelphia, trained and conducted many choirs and served as a seminar leader nationwide. She was a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), National Association of Negro Musicians and the Hymn Society in U.S. and Canada. In 1980 the United Methodist Church asked her to co-edit with J. Jefferson Cleveland the supplemental hymnal Songs of Zion. She published nearly 200 original songs an arrangements. (further details in The Philadelphia Tribune, Dec.19, 2014 obituary). Mary Louise VanDyke

Daniel Lyman Ridout

1899 - 1982 Person Name: Daniel L. Ridout, 1899-1982 Arranger of "STAND BY ME" in Worship and Rejoice

J. Jefferson Cleveland

1937 - 1986 Person Name: J. Jefferson Cleveland, 1936-1986 Arranger of "STAND BY ME" in Sing! A New Creation Judge Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1986) was one of the most important scholars and editors of African-American congregational song of the 20th century. Along with Verogla Nix, he edited what is arguably the most groundbreaking collection of African-American song in the last half of the 20th century, Songs of Zion (1981/1982). Lutheran hymnologist Marilyn Stulken provides a biographical sketch of Cleveland’s life and accomplishments. Born in Georgia, Cleveland graduated from Clark College (Atlanta), Illinois Wesleyan University and received his doctorate in education from Boston University. He served on the faculty of three historically black Christian colleges: Claflin College (South Carolina), Langston University (Oklahoma), and Jarvis Christian College (Texas), before teaching at the University of Massachusetts and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Cleveland’s musical arrangements, historical research and scholarship on the performance practice of African-American song have proven invaluable for the advancement of black gospel song, not only among African Americans, but also in Anglo hymnals to the present day. For example, Cleveland’s essay, “A Historical Account of the Hymn in the Black Worship Experience,” in Songs of Zion is a helpful introduction for laypersons and scholars alike. In addition to serving as a hymnody consultant for the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, he toured the United States and Africa in 1981 and Europe in 1984 as a teacher, lecturer and performer. --www.umportal.org/

Francis Edward Clark

1851 - 1927 Person Name: Francis A. Clark, 1851-1933 Harmonizer of "STAND BY ME" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) Born in Aylmer, Quebec. Congregational minister in U.S.A. Founded Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor.

Alton H. Howard

1925 - 2006 Person Name: Alton Howard Arranger of "STAND BY ME" in Songs of Faith and Praise

F. A. Clark

1868 - 1948 Arranger of "[When the storms of life are raging]" in The New National Baptist Hymnal F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)

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