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Alexander Robert Reinagle

1799 - 1877 Person Name: Alexander R. Reinagle Composer of "ST. PETER" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal Alexander Robert Reinagle United Kingdom 1799-1877. Born at Brighton, Sussex, England, gf Austrian descent, he came from a family of musicians, studying music with his father (a cellist), then with Raynor Taylor in Edinburgh, Scotland. Reinagle became a well-known organ teacher. He became organist at St Peter’s Church, Oxford (1823-1853). He was also a theatre musician. He wrote Teaching manuals for stringed instruments as well. He also compiled books of hymn tunes, one in 1830: “Psalm tunes for the voice and the pianoforte”, the other in 1840: “A collection of Psalm and hymn tunes”. He also composed waltzes. In 1846 he married Caroline Orger, a pianist, composer, and writer in her own right. No information found regarding children. In the 1860s he was active in Oxford music-making and worked with organist, John Stainer, then organist at Magdalen College. Reinagle also composed a piano sonata and some church music. At retirement he moved to Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England. He died at Kidlington. John Perry

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Thomas Bruce McDormand

b. 1904 Author of "From Every Race, from Every Clime" in Celebrating Grace Hymnal McDormand, Thomas Bruce. (Bear River, Nova Scotia, March 15, 1904--?). Baptist. Acadia University, B.A., 1929; St. Stephen's College (Edmonton), B.D., 1935; Emmanuel College (Toronto), Th.D., 1952. Pastorates at Middleton (1930-1933) and Amherst, Nova Scotia (1936-1938); Edmonton, Alberta (1933-1936). Director of Christian Education for the Baptist Union of Western Canada, 1938-1942; editor, Canadian Baptist Sunday School Publications, 1942-1948; general secretary of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1948-1955; secretary-treasurer, Baptist Federation of Canada, 1955-1959; vice-president, Acadia University, 1959-1961; president, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1961-1967; retired to Amherst, N.S. His books and articles deal mostly with liturgical topics, except for his autobiography, Unforgettable Encounters, which he published privately in 1974. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives =========================== [McDormand] is a member of the Executive Committee of the Baptist World Alliance. He is the author of several books and has published a number of poems. --Ten New Stewardship Hymns, 1961. Used by permission.

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