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Joseph Barnby
1838 - 1896 Person Name: Joseph J. Barnby (1838- ) Composer of "BLESSED SAVIOUR" in Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873).
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Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "Harvest Song" in Holy Voices In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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I. Baltzell
1832 - 1893 Composer of "[Holy is the seed-time, when the buried grain]" in Holy Voices Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise.
See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244.
Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus.
--Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives
I. Baltzell
Margaret Ann Headlam
1817 - 1897 Person Name: Margaret A. Headlam Author of "Holy Is The Seed-Time" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: January 4, 1817, Wycliffe, England.
Died: July 13, 1897, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England.
Headlam, Margaret Ann, daughter of Ven. John Headlam, Archdeacon of Richmond, born Jan. 4, 1817, is the author of:—
1. Holy is the seed-time, when the buried grain. Harvest. Written, c. 1862, for a Harvest Festival in the parish of Whorlton, Durham, and published in a (privately printed) Supplement to Pott's Hymns, &c. It was also given in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, 1871. In his note thereon (Church Hymns, folio ed. p. lvi.) Mr. Ellerton gives these details, and adds an omitted stanza, and an original tune (Whorlton) composed for it by Dr. Dykes.
2. Thy courts, 0 Lord, are open. Re-opening of a Church. Written for the re-opening of St. Oswald's Church, Durham, Aug. 1, 1883, and printed as a leaflet.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
Margaret Ann Headlam
