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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Adapter of "BRESLAU" in Hymnal for Colleges and Schools Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

John Warrington Hatton

1710 - 1793 Person Name: John Hatton Composer of "DUKE STREET" in Twenty-Five Hymns for use in Time of War John Warrington Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) was christened in Warrington, Lancashire, England. He supposedly lived on Duke Street in Lancashire, from where his famous tune name comes. Very little is known about Hatton, but he was most likely a Presbyterian, and the story goes that he was killed in a stagecoach accident. Bert Polman

David Evans

1874 - 1948 Person Name: David Evans, 1874-1948 Harmonizer of "WAREHAM" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook David Evans (b. Resolven, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1874; d. Rosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, 1948) was an important leader in Welsh church music. Educated at Arnold College, Swansea, and at University College, Cardiff, he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. His longest professional post was as professor of music at University College in Cardiff (1903-1939), where he organized a large music department. He was also a well-known and respected judge at Welsh hymn-singing festivals and a composer of many orchestral and choral works, anthems, service music, and hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Kenneth G. Finlay

1882 - 1974 Person Name: Kenneth George Finlay, b.1882 Composer of "FINNART" in The Book of Praise

A. E. Floyd

1877 - 1974 Person Name: A. E. Floyd, 1877- Composer of "VERMONT" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes

Mark Dickey

1885 - 1961 Composer of "PATER OMNIPOTENS" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

Bertram Luard-Selby

1853 - 1918 Person Name: Bertram Luard-Selby, 1853-1918 Composer of "IVYHATCH" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada

J. H. B. Masterman

1867 - 1933 Person Name: John H. B. Masterman Author of "Almighty Father, who dost give" in War-Time Hymns Masterman served as bishop of Plymouth. http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/s/masterman_jhb.htm

William Leighton

1565 - 1622 Composer of "LEIGHTON" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Sir William Leighton (/ˈleɪtən/; c. 1565–1622) was an Elizabethan composer and editor who published The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule (1614) which comprised 55 pieces by 21 composers (among them John Bull, William Byrd, John Dowland and Martin Peerson), including eight by himself. There is a modern edition published by Stainer and Bell and a modern facsimile. Several radio broadcasts have been made but no commercial recording has been carried out yet. The book is historically important because it has parts for an instrumental accompaniment of broken consort and introduces the term "consort song". --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leighton

H. Ellis Wooldridge

1845 - 1917 Person Name: Harry Ellis Wooldridge, 1845-1917 Resetter of "LEIGHTON" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada b. 3/28/1845, Winchester; d. 2/13/17, London; English music scholar LOC Name Authority File