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Christian H. Rinck

1770 - 1846 Person Name: Joh. Christ. Heinr. Rink (1770-1846) Composer of "ST. LUCIAN" in The Children's Hymnal and Service Book Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck; b. 1770, Elgersburg, Thueringen; d. 1846, Darmstadt Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

George A. Macfarren

1813 - 1887 Person Name: G. A. Macfarren Composer of "SHEPHERD" in The Praise Book George Alexander Macfarren, Mus. Doc.; b. London, 1813; d. London, 1887 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 ======================= Born: March 2, 1813, Westminster, England. Died: October 31, 1887, St. Marylebone, England. Buried: Hampstead Cemetery, London, England. Brother of Walter Macfarren, George was a principal of the Royal Academy of Music; professor at Cambridge University; conductor at Covent Garden, London; program note writer for the Philharmonic Society; and editor of Handel and Purcell. He wrote 18 operas, 13 oratorios and cantatas, 9 symphonies, and 162 songs. He went blind in 1860, and was knighted in 1883. Sources: Frost, p. 681 Lightwood, p. 189 Nutter, p. 460 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macfarren_ga.htm =============================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Macfarren