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David Hurd
b. 1950 Composer of "MIGHTY SAVIOR" in The United Methodist Hymnal David Hurd (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1950) was a boy soprano at St. Gabriel's Church in Hollis, Long Island, New York. Educated at Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina, he has been professor of church music and organist at General Theological Seminary in New York since 1976. In 1985 he also became director of music for All Saints Episcopal Church, New York. Hurd is an outstanding recitalist and improvisor and a composer of organ, choral, and instrumental music. In 1987 David Hurd was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The following year he received honorary doctorates from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. His I Sing As I Arise Today, the collected hymn tunes of David Hurd, was published in 2010.
Bert Polman and Emily Brink
David Hurd
Healey Willan
1880 - 1968 Person Name: Healey Willan (1880-1968) Harmonizer of "ISTE CONFESSOR" in Common Praise (1998) Healey Willan (b. Balham, London, England, October 12, 1880; d. Toronto, Ontario, February 16, 1968), theory teacher, composer and organist, was born into an Anglo-Catholic family in England and served several churches in the London area, becoming known especially for his adaptations of Gregorian chant to be able to be sung in English translation. In 1913 he moved to Canada where he led the theory department and was organist at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He also was organist at St. Paul’s, Canada’s largest Anglican church, and after 1921 at the smaller Church of St. Mary Magdalene. By invitation, he composed an anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a singular honor for one not residing in England.
Emily Brink
Healey Willan
Anne K. LeCroy
1930 - 2016 Person Name: Anne K. LeCroy (1930-) Alterer of "Christ, Mighty Saviour" in Common Praise (1998) Rev. Anne LeCroy was a professor of English at East Tennessee State University. Following her work as a translator she was a vocational deacon in the diocese of East Tennessee, serving St. Timothy's in Kingsport, and St. John's in Johnson City.
Dianne Shapiro, from email sent by Rev. Margaret Zeller, Rector, St. Christopher's, Kingsport
Anne K. LeCroy
Richard Proulx
1937 - 2010 Person Name: Ricahrd Proulx, b. 1937 Arranger of "CHRISTE, LUX MUNDI" in The Hymnal 1982 Richard Proulx (b. St. Paul, MN, April 3, 1937; d. Chicago, IL, February 18, 2010). A composer, conductor, and teacher, Proulx was director of music at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois (1980-1997); before that he was organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Seattle, Washington. He contributed his expertise to the Roman Catholic Worship III (1986), The Episcopal Hymnal 1982, The United Methodist Hymnal (1989), and the ecumenical A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools (1992). He was educated at the University of Minnesota, MacPhail College of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, and the Royal School of Church Music in England. He composed more than 250 works.
Bert Polman
Richard Proulx
Alan G. McDougall
1895 - 1964 Person Name: Alan G. McDougall (1895-1964) Translator of "Christ, Mighty Saviour" in Common Praise (1998)
Alan G. McDougall
Russell Schulz-Widmar
b. 1944 Composer (descant) of "MIGHTY SAVIOR" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II
Russell Schulz-Widmar
Richard Dirksen
1921 - 2003 Person Name: Richard W. Dirksen, b. 1921 Composer of "INNISFREE FARM" in With One Voice Richard Dirksen
Richard Dirksen
