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Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Person Name: Von Weber Composer of "[Angel bands to strains sweet sounding]" in Joyful Songs Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Carl Maria von Weber

Henry J. Gauntlett

1805 - 1876 Person Name: Dr. Gauntlett Composer of "PRAISE HIM" in Heaven's Echo 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
Henry J. Gauntlett

John DeWolf

1786 - 1862 Author of "Angel bands, in strains sweet sounding" in Heaven's Echo De Wolf, John. Born at Bristol, Rhode Island, 1786, and educated at Brown University. Subsequently he was Professor of Chemistry in that University, from 1817 to about 1838. He also lectured in medical schools at St. Louis, and in Vermont. His later life was spent at Bristol, R. I., where he died in 1862. His version of Psalms 148, "Angel bands in strains sweet sounding," appeared in a Providence newspaper about 1815, and again in the Journal of that city in an obituary notice of the writer. It was but locally known till included in the Protestant Episc. Hymnal, 1871, by the author's relative, Bishop Howe, of Central Pennsylvania. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
John DeWolf

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