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George Augustus Löhr

1821 - 1897 Person Name: G. A. Löhr Scripture: Jeremiah 15:15 Composer of "ST. FRANCES" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Born: April 1821, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (source: 1881 census). Died: August 1897, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Buried: Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, England. Löhr was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford, and went on to attend the Universities of Leipzig & Munich. He worked for a while as assistant to Zachariah Buck at Norwich Cathedral, then moved to Leicester in 1845, to play the organ at St. Margaret’s church, a position he held for four decades. He also taught music, organized music festivals, and, in 1856, founded the Leicester Amateur Harmonic Society. As of 1881, he was a professor of music in Leicester. Music: ST. FRANCES http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/h/lohr_ga.htm ================= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_L%C3%B6hr

Alexander Brent-Smith

1889 - 1950 Person Name: Alexander Brent Smith, 1889-1950 Scripture: Jeremiah 15:16 Composer of "COME MY WAY" in Common Praise b. Oct. 8, 1889, d. July 3, 1950, Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire; English music educationist, author, and composer

E. O. Excell

1851 - 1921 Person Name: E. O. E. Scripture: Jeremiah 15:19 Author of "We shall stand before the King" in Sacred Songs and Solos Edwin Othello Excel USA 1851-1921. Born at Uniontown, OH, he started working as a bricklayer and plasterer. He loved music and went to Chicago to study it under George Root. He married Eliza Jane “Jennie” Bell in 1871. They had a son, William, in 1874. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he became a prominent publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of music for church, Sunday school, and evangelistic meetings. He founded singing schools at various locations in the country and worked with evangelist, Sam Jones, as his song leader for two decades. He established a music publishing house in Chicago and authored or composed over 2,000 gospel songs. While assisting Gypsy Smith in an evangelistic campaign in Louisville, KY, he became ill, and died in Chicago, IL. He published 15 gospel music books between 1882-1925. He left an estate valued at $300,000. John Perry

G. Currie Martin

1865 - 1937 Person Name: George Currie Martin, 1865-1937 Scripture: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Author of "Your words to me are life and health" in Singing the Faith

Emily Barner

Scripture: Jeremiah 15:17 Author of "Alone with Jesus" in Anthems from the Throne

Barney Elliott Warren

1867 - 1951 Person Name: B. E. Warren Scripture: Jeremiah 15:17 Composer of "[Alone with Jesus! O how sweet]" in Anthems from the Throne Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia

Ruth Carter

1900 - 1982 Scripture: Jeremiah 15:16 Author of "For Your Holy Book We Thank You" in The Worshiping Church

E. Margaret Clarkson

1915 - 2008 Person Name: Margaret Clarkson (1915-) Scripture: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Author of "Lord, We Hear Your Word with Gladness" in Common Praise (1998)

Henry J. Gauntlett

1805 - 1876 Scripture: Jeremiah 15:16 Composer of "IRBY" in The Worshiping Church Henry J. Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, July 9, 1805; d. London, England, February 21, 1876) When he was nine years old, Henry John Gauntlett (b. Wellington, Shropshire, England, 1805; d. Kensington, London, England, 1876) became organist at his father's church in Olney, Buckinghamshire. At his father's insistence he studied law, practicing it until 1844, after which he chose to devote the rest of his life to music. He was an organist in various churches in the London area and became an important figure in the history of British pipe organs. A designer of organs for William Hill's company, Gauntlett extended the organ pedal range and in 1851 took out a patent on electric action for organs. Felix Mendelssohn chose him to play the organ part at the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham, England, in 1846. Gauntlett is said to have composed some ten thousand hymn tunes, most of which have been forgotten. Also a supporter of the use of plainchant in the church, Gauntlett published the Gregorian Hymnal of Matins and Evensong (1844). Bert Polman