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Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Person Name: Carl M. von Weber Composer of "SEYMOUR" in Songs of the Christian Life Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

1851 - 1911 Person Name: Rev. R. DeWitt Mallary Composer of "WORTHINGTON" in Y.P.S.C.E. Hymns of Christian Endeavor Born: September 28, 1851. Died: January 29, 1911, Springfield, Massachusetts. Buried: Church on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Massachusetts. Music: ELMCROFT MALLARY SOJOURNER WORTHINGTON http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/l/mallary_rd.htm

Amelia DeF. Lockwood

1840 - 1910 Person Name: Amelia D. Lockwood Author of "Saviour, who Thy life didst give" in Hymns of Worship and Service Lockwood, Amelia de F. In The Pilgrim Hymnal, Boston, 1904, the hymn, "Saviour, Who Thy life didst give" (For the Baptism of the Spirit), is given with this name as the writer. Beyond this we have no information. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

George Hews

1806 - 1873 Composer of "HOLLEY" in Hymns of the Christian Life Born: January 6, 1806, Weston, Massachusetts. Died: July 6, 1873, Boston, Massachusetts.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven, (1770-1827) Composer of "HYMN TO JOY" in Hymns of Worship and Service A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Composer of "CYPRUS" in The Pilgrim Hymnal Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Jacques Blumenthal

1829 - 1908 Person Name: Jacob Blumenthal Composer of "BLUMENTHAL" in The Cyber Hymnal Jacques Blumenthal (Jacob), born in Hamburg, Oct 4, 1829. Pianist, pupil of Grund in Hamburg, and of Bocklet and Sechter in Vienna, and from 1846 of Herz and Halévy in Paris. In 1848 he went to London and became a fashionable teacher, and pianist to the Queen. besides compositions for the violin and violoncello, and pianoforte, he has written many songs. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)

Charles Vincent

1852 - 1934 Person Name: Chas. Vincent Composer of "CONSECRATION" in Church Hymns and Tunes Vincent, Charles; b. 9-19-1852, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, d. 2-28-34, Monte Carlo; English organist. Full name Charles John Vincent, Jr.

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