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David Jenkins

1848 - 1915 Person Name: David Jenkins. (1848-1915) Arranger of "LLANLLYFNI" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Born: December 30, 1848, Trecastle, Breconshire, Wales. Died: December 10, 1915, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales. Buried: Trecastle, Breconshire, Wales. Professor David Jenkins (1848 - 1915) was a Welsh composer born at Trecastle, Brecknockshire, Wales. Originally apprenticed to the tailoring trade, he joined the Tonic Solfa choral movement and in 1874 enrolled at Aberystwyth College and studied under the renowned composer Joseph Parry, the first Professor of Music there. Jenkins received his Mus. Bac. from Cambridge in 1878. In 1893, he was appointed lecturer in the newly-formed Music Department of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was appointed Professor in 1910, a post he held until his death. He was a prominent figure in the musical life of Wales, judging at the National Eisteddfod and provincial eisteddfodau, and conducting at cymanfaoedd (hymn-singing festivals). He was a prolific composer; his best-known choral works are Arch y Cyfamod, Job, Yr Ystorm and The Psalm of Life, which was written for the Cardiff Triennial Festival in 1895, and was first premiered by two thousand singers at the Crystal Palace, London, on July 1896. He was also an editor of Y Cerddor. He died in Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth. --www.hymnswithoutwords.com

Charles Steggall

1826 - 1905 Person Name: Charles H. Steggall Composer of "DAY OF PRAISE" in Worship and Song. (Rev. ed.)

John Jones

1796 - 1857 Person Name: J. Jones. (1796-1857) Composer of "LLANLLYFNI" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems See also in: Wikipedia Also known as John Jones, Talysarn

F. Reginald Statham

Person Name: F. R. Statham Composer of "WOODCHURCH" in The Riverdale Hymn Book Poet, musician, novelist, journalist, essayist LOC Name Authority Files

Samuel Alman

1878 - 1947 Composer of "[Believe not those who say]" in Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged. Alman was a converted Jew and American Baptist minister. He is sometimes confused with Samuel Alman, the Russian-British composer (1877-1947).