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Charles Zeuner

1795 - 1857 Person Name: Chas. Zeuner Composer of "MISSIONARY CHANT" in The National Hymn Book of the American Churches Also: Zeuner, Heinrich Christoph, 1795-1857 Zeuner, Heinrich Christopher, 1795-1857

Heinrich Christoph Zeuner

Person Name: H. C. Zeuner Composer of "MISSIONARY CHANT" in The Students' Hymnal See Zeuner, Charles, 1795-1857

Guillaume Franc

1500 - 1570 Person Name: G. Franc Composer of "OLD HUNDRED" in Notes of Triumph

Charles Burney

1726 - 1814 Person Name: C. Burney, 1726-1814 Composer of "TRURO" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes A music historian and composer, Burney attended Shrewsbury School and the Free School, Chester. He was apprenticed to Thomas Arne from 1744 to 1746. In 1749, he became organist at St. Dionis’ Backchurch, London. In 1751 moved to King’s Lynn, Norfolk, where he taught and played the organ. His works include: Music, Men, and Manners in France and Italy, 1770 A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (London: 1776-89) Sources: Findagrave, accessed 18 Nov 2016 Nutter, p. 454 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

F. Venua

1788 - 1872 Person Name: Frederick M. A. Venua Composer (arr. from) of "PARK STREET" in The Hymnal Frederic Marc Antoine Venua; English composer Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 Born to an Italian family in France, Venua attended the Paris Conservatory, and studied composition in London. He directed and composed for the ballet orchestra at the King’s Theater, and belonged the British Royal Society of Musicians. He retired to Exeter in 1858. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/v/e/n/u/venua_fma.htm">Frederick Marc Antoine Venua)

Henry K. Oliver

1800 - 1885 Person Name: H. K. Oliver Composer of "FEDERAL STREET" in The Academic Hymnal Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875). Bert Polman

Shelly Hamilton

b. 1954 Arranger (Last stanza setting) of "DUKE STREET" in Rejoice Hymns

Dafydd Jones

1711 - 1777 Person Name: David Jones, Caio (Cyf.) of "Yr Iesu a deyrnasa'n grwn (Jesus shall reign where'er the sun)" in Cân a Mawl Also: Jones, Dafydd, of Caio

Samuel Dyer

1785 - 1835 Person Name: S. Dyer Arranger of "MENDON" in The Riverdale Hymn Book Rv Samuel Dyer United Kingdom 1785-1835. Born in White Chapel, Hampshire, the family moved to Wellshire, England, where he was ordained and served as a Baptist minister. In 1806 the family moved to Coventry, and Samuel emigrated to the U.S. in 1811. He married Renee Novak. He taught music and directed choirs in New York City and Philadelphia, PA. He later moved to Baltimore, MD, and wrote, conducted singing schools in the south and east, and conducted the New York Sacred Music Society. He published “New selection of sacred music” (1817), “Anthems” (1822 & 1834), and “The Philadelphia collection of sacred music” (1828). He died in Hoboken, NJ. John Perry