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George J. Elvey
1816 - 1893 Person Name: G. J. Elvey (1816-83) Composer of "PILGRIMAGE" in A Missionary Hymn Book George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music.
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Ada R. Greenaway
1861 - 1937 Author of "For the Dear Ones Parted from Us" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: October 12, 1861, Trivandrum, India.
Died: May 15, 1937, St. Kintas Home, Woking, England.
Buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England.
Greenaway, Ada Rundall, daughter of General Thos. Greenaway, M.S.C., b. at Trirandrum, India, Oct. 12, 1861, brought to England as a child, and has resided at Guildford from then to the present time. Of her hymns the following were written for the Rev. E. Handley's Children's Supplement, 1897;—
1. At the Font, 0 loving Saviour. [H. Baptism.]
2. Hear an echo of the message. [Charity.]
3. Hear the angels telling. [Christmas Carol.]
4. Hymns of thankfulness we raise. [Dedication Festivals.]
5. Jesu, by Thy Lenten Fast. [Lent.]
6. Lord, a little band of children. [Children's Guilds.]
7. Saviour, hear us, as we plead. [Lent.]
To the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, Miss Greenaway contributed the following:—
8. For the dear ones parted from us. [Absent Friends.]
9. O Father, we would thank Thee. [The Love of God.]
10. O Perfect God, Thy love. [I thirst.]
11. O word of pity, for our pardon pleading. [Passiontide.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Ada R. Greenaway
