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Fred Kaan
1929 - 2009 Person Name: Fred Kaan, b. 1929 Author of "Now Join We to Praise the Creator" in Gather Comprehensive Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens.
Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan.
In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life.
Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)
Fred Kaan
Austin C. Lovelace
1919 - 2010 Composer of "SHARING" in Ecumenical Praise LOVELACE, AUSTIN C., AAGO: (1919-2010) D.S.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Recitals, workshops, festivals, lectures in 17 different denominations in 45 states as well as in Finland, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. Past President, Fellow, and Life member, HSUSC. 50 year member, Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Author of five books; co-editor and consultant of denominational and other hymnals. Longtime member, ASCAP. Composer of over 800 compositions published by 20 publishers. Organist for the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954. Dean of the first North Carolina Chapter, AGO. Chairman of the 1968 National Convention, AGO, in Denver. Two terms on the National Council, AGO. Co-founder, with Tom Matthews, of the North Shore Chapter, AGO. Minister of Music Emeritus. Denver Chapter, AGO.
Austin C. Lovelace (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)
Austin C. Lovelace
Paul Bateman
b. 1954 Person Name: Paul Bateman, b. 1954 Composer of "CONWAY" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Paul Bateman studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music. He also studied singing, organ and cello. He has worked as a free lance pianist, accompanist, chamber musician and conductor. He has composed mostly church music and hymns and has made many other arrangements.
Dianne Shapiro, from Paul Bateman's website (www.paul-bateman.com accessed 7/1/2018)
Paul Bateman
Edward Arthur
1874 - 1948 Person Name: Edward Arthur, 1874-1948 Composer of "ST. SULIEN" in The Book of Praise Pseudonym for David Evans See also Evans, David, 1874-1948
Edward Arthur
Geoffrey Laycock
b. 1927 Person Name: Geoffrey Laycock, b. 1927 Composer of "HARVEST" in Gather Comprehensive Geoffrey Laycock (b. 1927) was director of music at a teachers college in Norwich.
--The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
Geoffrey Laycock
