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Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Person Name: Ralph Vaughan Williams Adapter of "FOREST GREEN" in Christian Worship Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman

Frank von Christierson

1900 - 1996 Person Name: Frank von Christierson, 1900-1996 Author of "As Saints of Old Their First-fruits Brought" in Worship and Rejoice Frank von Christierson (1900-1996) was born near Helsinki, Finland. He attended San Jose (California) High School, Stanford University (BA, Psychology, 1923), and San Francisco Theological Seminary (BD 1929). In 1983 he was awarded the citation of distinguished alumnus, and became a Fellow of The Hymn Society. He has served as youth director at First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo, and pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church, Citrus Heights, California. He has published a hymnal collection entitled Make a Joyful Noise (1987) and is represented in many hymnals. Three of his hymn texts have been included in the new Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). http://www.hopepublishing.com/html ========================= After serving for thirty-seven years as a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, North Hollywood and Sacramento, California, Rev. Frank con Christierson has retired to serve as "Interim minister" in the Central Area of the Synod of California. He has been moderator of San Francisco Presbytery and of Los Angeles Presbytery, and has just completed three years as chairman of radio and television for the Sacramento Area Council of Churches. Born in Finland, he was brought to America as a boy of four. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of San Francisco Theological Seminary. He has written five hymns published by the Hymn Society of America. --Fifteen New Bible Hymns, 1966. Used by permission.

Thomas Armstrong

1898 - 1994 Composer (descant) of "FOREST GREEN" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement

Adam M. L. Tice

b. 1979 Person Name: Adam. M. L. Tice, b. 1979 Author of "Two People Came to Church to pray" in Worship (4th ed.)

Margaret L. Williams

Author of "On Children's Day We Sweetly Sing" in Hymns for Primary Worship

Eric Schumacher

b. 1976 Author of "Save me, O God, by your great name!" in Songs for Suffering Saints

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Author of "Blessed Be the God of Israel" in Psalms for All Seasons Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink

Georgina Pando-Connolly

b. 1946 Translator (into Spanish) of "Luke 1:68-79: Now Bless the God of Israel (Bendito el Dios de Israel)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Milburn Price

b. 1938 Author of "O Lord, Who Came to Earth to Show" in Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) Price, Milburn. (1938-- ). University of Mississippi, B.Mus., 1960; Baylor University, M.M., 1963; University of Southern California, D.M.A., 1967. Taught at Furman University (South Carolina); served as choir director for Baptist churches in Mississippi, Texas, California, and South Carolina. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives

Henry Hallam Tweedy

1868 - 1953 Author of "Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds" in The Hymnbook Born: August 5, 1868, Binghamton, New York. Died: April 11, 1953, Brattleboro, Vermont. Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, New Fairfield, Connecticut. Tweedy attended Phillips Andover Academy, Yale University (BA & MA), Union Theological Seminary, and the University of Berlin. Ordained a Congregationalist minister in 1898, he pastored at Plymouth Church, Utica, New York (1892-1902), and South Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut (1902-09). He then became Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School (1909-37). He taught liturgy, music, and the arts, and was interested in religious architecture. His works include: The Minister and His Hymnal Christian Worship and Praise, 1939 Lyrics: "Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds" "O Gracious Father of Mankind" "O Spirit of the Living God" --www.hymntime.com/tch