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Pablo D. Sosa

1933 - 2020 Person Name: Pablo D. Sosa (b. 1933) Translator of "Muchos resplandores (Many are the light beams)" in Wonder, Love, and Praise Pablo Sosa (b. 1933 - d. 2020) grew up and was educated in Argentina, the U.S. (Westminster Choir College), and Germany. For years he pastored a large Methodist congregation in Buenos Aires, Argentina while composing songs, leading choirs, editing hymnals, producing religious broadcasts, and teaching liturgy and hymnology at a seminary. Meanwhile, life in Argentina pushed him to question his assumptions about what’s best for congregational singing. During Argentina’s “dirty war,” two young women from his church were disappeared, possibly for working among the poor. As Catholic and Protestant churches hesitated whether to speak out, remain silent, or support the government, many people lost faith. Economic meltdown after the war plunged many middle-class Argentinians into poverty. Sosa’s growing social awareness widened his vision for “lifting up hope with a song.” He often describes worship as “the fiesta of the faithful,” where all are welcome and all music is seen as “part of the ‘song of the earth,’ which answers the psalmist’s call ‘Sing joyfully to God, all the earth!’ (Psalm 98:4).” Whether in his home church, Iglesia Evangélica Metodista La Tercera (Third Methodist Church) in Buenos Aires, or at churches or conferences around the world, he urges people, “Put your body into worship!” And he reminds them of the biblical connection between justice and worship. CICW Website Bio (http://www.calvin.edu/worship)

Anders Frostenson

1906 - 2006 Person Name: Anders Frostenson (b. 1905) Author of "Muchos resplandores (Many are the light beams)" in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Harmonizer of "TJÄNSTERNA" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Saint Cyprian

205 - 258 Person Name: St. Cyprian of Carthage Author of "Many Are the Lightbeams (Muchos Resplandores)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Olle Widestrand

Harmonizer of "TJÄNSTERNA" in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Jorge Lockward

b. 1965 Arranger of "TJÄNSTERNA" in Mil Voces para Celebrar

Marty Haugen

b. 1950 Person Name: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Arranger of "[Many are the lightbeams]" in Gather Comprehensive Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepared for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and more than 400 of his compositions are available from several publishers, especially GIA Publications, who also produced some 30 recordings of his songs. He is composer-in-residence at Mayflower Community Congregational Church in Minneapolis and continues to compose and travel to speak and teach at worship events around the world. Emily Brink

David Lewis

1916 - 1995 Translator (into English of "Many Are the Lightbeams" in Voices United Arthur David Lewis was born in Liverpool, England in 1916. He became a minister in the Presbyterian Church of England in 1948. He worked as a translator at the World Council of Churches in Geneva from 1970 until he retired, when he continued to work as a freelance translator. He returned to live in England in 1994 and died in 1995. Mary Swale (daughter)

Skinner Chávez-Melo

1944 - 1992 Person Name: Skinner Chávez Melo (1944-1992) Harmonizer of "TJÄNSTERNA" in Wonder, Love, and Praise Skinner Chavez-Melo, an organist, conductor and composer who was music director at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, died on Saturday at New York Downtown Hospital. He was 47 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of spinal cancer, said his brother, Juan Francisco. Mr. Chavez-Melo was born in Mexico City, but completed his musical studies in the United States, receiving degrees at Eastern Nazarene College and the Union Theological Seminary, and pursuing further studies at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School. He toured internationally as an organist and conducted orchestras in Mexico, Brazil and the United States. As a composer, he wrote works for organ, choir and orchestra, and contributed hymn settings to several published hymnals, including those of the United Church of Christ and Yale University. He also lectured and presented workshops on Hispanic church music. Besides directing music at St. Rose, Mr. Chavez-Melo conducted the annual Singing Christmas Tree concerts at the South Street Seaport. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/28