Person Results

Switch back to the old search page.Advanced Search

Showing 51 - 59 of 59Results Per Page: 10 20 50

Sung Moon Park

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:20-38 Author of "Altar on Mt. Moriah" in Hymns from the Four Winds

T. Tom Lee

b. 1918 Scripture: 1 Kings 18:20-38 Translator of "Altar on Mt. Moriah" in Hymns from the Four Winds

Esther Rice

b. 1907 Scripture: 1 Kings 18:20-38 Versifier of "Altar on Mt. Moriah" in Hymns from the Four Winds

b. 1955 Person Name: Daniel Charles Damon Scripture: 1 Kings 18:41-46 Author of "Elijah Bent and Touched the Earth" in New Hymns of Hope Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty World (Nashville, 2002), Fields of Mercy (Carol Stream, 2007), and Garden of Joy (Carol Stream, 2011). He collaborated with text writer Gracia Grindal in A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns Series A (Colfax. 2012). Damon's hymns have been included in several major hymnals and supplements. He has also written hymn translations from Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Shona languages, and, with Patrick Matsikenyiri, edited Njalo, A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African Tradition (Nashville, 1996). He has released three recordings of hymns, carols, and traditional songs, and a solo piano recording of jazz standards (available at www.damonstuneshop.com). Damon has presented his work at national conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. In 2016, Damon was made a Fellow of the hymn Society, the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer. Dan Damon

W. J. Henry

Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18 Author of "El Dios de Elías" in Himnos de la Iglesia

Dennis Kropf

Scripture: 1 Kings 17, 18 Translator of "El Dios de Elías" in Himnos de la Iglesia

Charlotte E. Couchman

Scripture: 1 Kings 17-22 Author of "Elijah Spoke for God" in Each Little Dewdrop Wife of Thomas D. Couchman.

S. C. Molefe

1917 - 1987 Scripture: 1 Kings 18 Composer of "ASITHI AMEN" in Songs for Life Stephen Cuthbert Molefe (1917-1987)-- Since most African languages are tonal, a melodic shape emerges directly from speaking the text. Stephen Molefe was among the first South African musicians that Fr. Dargie worked with in these workshops. Molefe was born of Sotho descent in the Transkei area of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A choirmaster at the Catholic Church, he was not only a skilled musician but also fluent in a variety of South African languages including Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Afrikaans and English. Fr. Dargie met Molefe in 1977 at a composition workshop and transcribed a number of his works into staff notation. They include a wide variety of musical styles, “Masithi-Amen” being among the simplest. The 1977 workshop netted 53 new songs, 14 of which were composed by Molefe. The original version was “Sive-sithi Amen, siyakudumisa” (“Hear us we say, Amen, we praise you”). Designed to be sung as the “Amen” at the conclusion of the Great Thanksgiving (the Eucharist liturgy), it was an instant hit, with the whole parish singing it at Holy Week services. “Amen, Siakudumisa” is included very often in Western hymnal collections alongside famous South African freedom songs like “Siyahamba.” In 1978, Molefe was attacked, robbed and struck with a brick to the head. He started to go blind after that, and was unable to work again. Molefe died in 1987. --www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/history-of-hymns/