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Richard S. Kimball

b. 1934 Person Name: Richard S. Kimball, 1934- Author of "Winds Be Still" in Singing the Living Tradition

Joëlle Gouel

Translator of "Conduis-Moi" in Les Chants du Pèlerin

Arturo Villalobos S.

Author of "Oh Señor, Guíame en Justicia" in Himnario Metodista

1810 - 1876 Person Name: Samuel S. Wesley, 1810-1876 Author (st. 1) of "Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy Righteousness" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman

Anonymous

Person Name: Anónimo Author of "Guíame, Dios" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Fred Bock

1939 - 1998 Adapter of "Lead Me, Lord" in Worship in Song Fred Bock was born in Great Neck, New York. He played the piano at age six and organ at age twelve. He attended Ithaca College, receiving his B.A. in Music Education. He earned his Masters and did Doctoral work in Church Music at the University of Southern California. Fred Bock was one of the most recognized and respected leaders in the world of church music. He was an accomplished composer, arranger, clinician, studio musician, organist, pianist, choral director and music publisher. He was the founder and director of publications for the music publishing division of Word, Inc. and later started Gentry Publication and other publishers of church music. He was also minister of music at Hollywood Presbyterian Church, where he served for 18 years. Before that, he served as minister of music at Bel Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles for 14 years. Bock has over 600 compositions and arrangements in print. N.N., Hymnary. More information at https://www.songsandhymns.org/people/detail/fred-bock

George F. Strickling

1896 - 1985 Author (st. 2) of "Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy Righteousness" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.)

Lois Kroehler

1927 - 2019 Person Name: Lois C. Kroehler Translator of "Guianme, Dios, en tu justicia" in Toda La Iglesia Canta Lois Kroehler's obituary can be found here.

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