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Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Composer of "[We sing a song of Christmas-time]" in Carols Old and Carols New Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army band­master and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he com­posed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman
Arthur Sullivan

Eleanor Allen Schroll

1878 - 1966 Author of "The day the Lord is born" Born: 1878, New­port, Ken­tucky. Died: Jan­u­a­ry 8, 1966, Day­to­na Beach, Flor­i­da. Buried: South­gate, Ken­tucky. Lyrics-- Beautiful Gar­den of Pray­er, The He Lives --www.hymntime.com/bio
Eleanor Allen Schroll

E. D. Elliott

Author of "Sing a song of Christmas" Early 20th Century
E. D. Elliott

A. E. Smith

Author of "Ring out, glad bells" in Carols Old and Carols New
A. E. Smith

Sophie M. Taylor

Composer of "[We'll sing a song of Christmas, sing it loud and sweet]" in Primary Songs No. 3
Sophie M. Taylor

Mrs. A. S. Gamble

Author of "Christmas Song" in Primary Songs No. 3
Mrs. A. S. Gamble

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