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Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Person Name: H. Smart Hymnal Title: Association Hymn Book Composer of "LANCASHIRE" in Association Hymn Book Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman

Joseph P. Holbrook

1822 - 1888 Person Name: Joseph Perry Holbrook (1872- ) Hymnal Title: Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes Composer of "MIRIAM" in Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes Joseph P. Holbrook was a tune writer in the parlor music style, and used the popular melodies of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He furnished settings for the choir hymns in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and chorus Choir (New York, 1871, and sought more recogniation than had been given him in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that found no welcome. from The English hymn: its development and use in worship By Louis FitzGerald Benson

St. Joseph of the Palisades

Person Name: St. Joseph Hymnal Title: Church Hymns and Tunes Author of "O happy band of pilgrims" in Church Hymns and Tunes

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: W. H. Monk (1823-1889) Hymnal Title: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Arranger of "KOCHER" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman

A. Richardson

Person Name: Rev. A. Richardson Hymnal Title: Hymns of Praise with Tunes Composer of "[O happy band of pilgrims]" in Hymns of Praise with Tunes

Charles Vincent

1852 - 1934 Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Centuries Composer of "CANAAN" in Hymns of the Centuries Vincent, Charles; b. 9-19-1852, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, d. 2-28-34, Monte Carlo; English organist. Full name Charles John Vincent, Jr.

R. L. Pearsall

1795 - 1856 Person Name: Robert L. de Pearsall Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Church Composer of "PEARSALL" in Hymns of the Church

Daniel Hughes

Person Name: D. H. Hymnal Title: Mawl a chân = praise and song Translator of "O hapus bererinion (O happy band of pilgrims)" in Mawl a chân = praise and song

J. Hallett Sheppard

1835 - 1879 Hymnal Title: Praise Songs Composer of "SHEPPARD" in Praise Songs

Johann Georg Ebeling

1637 - 1676 Person Name: J. G. Ebeling Hymnal Title: Rejoice in the Lord Composer of "DU MEINE SEELE SINGEN" in Rejoice in the Lord Johann George Ebeling Germany 1637-1676. Born at Luneburg, Germany, he studied theology at the University of Helmstedt. He was a composer, author, editor, and collector of music. In 1660 he became head of the Hamburg Collegium, and in 1662 cantor of St. Nicholas Church in Berlin. In 1667 he begam teaching music and Greek in Stettin. He wrote choruses, chorales, cantatas, instrumentals oratorios, requiems and music for over 100 lyrics of Paul Gerhardt. He also wrote about music history. 278 works. He died in Stettin. John Perry