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George Frideric Handel
1685 - 1759 Person Name: George Frederick Handel Composer of "ANTIOCH" in The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.”
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Benjamin T. Tanner
1835 - 1923 Person Name: B. T. Tanner Author of "The work of one more day is done" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book Benjamin Tucker Tanner (b 25 Dec. 1835, Pittsburgh, PA | d 15 Jan. 1923, Philadelphia, PA), son of Hugh S. and Isabel Tanner, studied at Avery College, Pittsburgh (1852–1857). Was licensed as a Methodist preacher (1856), trained at Allegheny and Western Theological Seminary, and was ordained into the AME Church (1860). Married Sarah Elizabeth Miller and had seven children. During the Civil War, Tanner ministered to freedmen in the U.S. Navy. He founded the Alexander Mission in Baltimore (1862) and served churches in Georgetown (1863–1866) and Baltimore (1866–1867), then became editor of the AME Christian Recorder (1868–1884) in Washington, DC, before founding the AME Church Review (1884). He was elected bishop of the AME General Conference (1888), retiring in 1908.
—Chris Fenner, Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship: African American Edition (2025)
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