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Anonymous

Person Name: Anónimo Translator of "Toda la tierra" in El Himnario 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.

Skinner Chávez-Melo

1944 - 1992 Harmonizer of "TAULÉ" in El Himnario Skinner Chavez-Melo, an organist, conductor and composer who was music director at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan, died on Saturday at New York Downtown Hospital. He was 47 years old and lived in Manhattan. He died of spinal cancer, said his brother, Juan Francisco. Mr. Chavez-Melo was born in Mexico City, but completed his musical studies in the United States, receiving degrees at Eastern Nazarene College and the Union Theological Seminary, and pursuing further studies at the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School. He toured internationally as an organist and conducted orchestras in Mexico, Brazil and the United States. As a composer, he wrote works for organ, choir and orchestra, and contributed hymn settings to several published hymnals, including those of the United Church of Christ and Yale University. He also lectured and presented workshops on Hispanic church music. Besides directing music at St. Rose, Mr. Chavez-Melo conducted the annual Singing Christmas Tree concerts at the South Street Seaport. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/28

Alberto Taulé

1932 - 2007 Author of "Toda la tierra" in El Himnario Alberto Taulé (b. Barcelona, Spain, 1932; d. March 24, 2007), a Roman Catholic priest and musician from the culturally distinctive and semi-autonomous Catalunya region of northeastern Spain. Sing! A New Creation

Madeleine Forell Marshall

b. 1946 Person Name: Madeleine Forell Marshall, b. 1946 Translator of "All Earth is Hopeful" in With One Voice

Gertrude C. Suppe

1911 - 2007 Translator of "All Earth Is Waiting" in The United Methodist Hymnal Gertrude Suppe (b. 1911) is well known not only for her translations, but also for her pioneer work in compiling all known Hispanic church music in a database that has been an invaluable resource. Sing! A New Creation!