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Henry Thomas Smart

1813 - 1879 Person Name: Henry Smart Composer of "REGENT SQUARE" in The Evangelical Hymnal Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-known). Smart gave up a career in the legal profession for one in music. Although largely self taught, he became proficient in organ playing and composition, and he was a music teacher and critic. Organist in a number of London churches, including St. Luke's, Old Street (1844-1864), and St. Pancras (1864-1869), Smart was famous for his extemporizations and for his accompaniment of congregational singing. He became completely blind at the age of fifty-two, but his remarkable memory enabled him to continue playing the organ. Fascinated by organs as a youth, Smart designed organs for important places such as St. Andrew Hall in Glasgow and the Town Hall in Leeds. He composed an opera, oratorios, part-songs, some instrumental music, and many hymn tunes, as well as a large number of works for organ and choir. He edited the Choralebook (1858), the English Presbyterian Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867), and the Scottish Presbyterian Hymnal (1875). Some of his hymn tunes were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Composer of "ALLELUIA DULCE CARMEN" in Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book 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.

Henry J. Gauntlett

1805 - 1876 Person Name: Dr. H. J. Gauntlett, 1805-1876 Composer of "TRIUMPH" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book 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 Scott Holland

1847 - 1918 Person Name: Henry Scott Holland, 1847-1918 Author of "Judge Eternal, Throned in Splendor" in The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America Holland, Henry Scott, D.D., son of G. H. Holland of Gayton Lodge, Wimbledon Common, was born Jan. 27, 1847, at Ledbury, Hereford, and educated at Eton and at Balliol Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1870, M.A. 1873, D.D. Aberdeen 1903). He became Senior Student of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1870, was ordained D. 1872, P. 1874, and has been Canon of St. Paul's, London, since 1884. His hymn, "Judge eternal, throned in splendour" (Prayer for the Nation), appeared in the Commonwealth for July 1902, and is in The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 423. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Johann Christoph Bach

1642 - 1703 Person Name: Johann Christopher Bach, 1642-1703 Composer of "ST. LEONARD (BACH)" in Christian Worship

Daniel Hughes

Person Name: D. H. Translator of "Farnwr mawr, ar d'orsedd orwych (Judge Eternal, throned in splendor)" in Mawl a chân = praise and song

Edward Jones

1761 - 1836 Person Name: Edward Jones, 1752-1824 Collector of "RHUDDLAN" in Common Praise (1998) Also: Edward Jones, Maesyplwm.

Johann Christian Kittel

1732 - 1809 Person Name: J. Christian Kittel Composer of "BIS WILLKOMMEN" in The Lutheran Hymnal Born: February 18, 1732, Erfurt, Germany. Died: April 17, 1809, Erfurt, Germany. A student of Bach, Kittel played the organ at Langensalza (1751); the Barüsserkirche, Erfurt (1756-62); and the Predigerkirche, Erfurt (1762). He also taught and wrote; his works include: Der angehende praktische Organist, 1801-08 Vierstimmige Choräle mit Vorspielen, 1803 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

C. Armstrong Gibbs

1889 - 1960 Person Name: Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, 1889-1960 Composer of "LINGWOOD" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada b. Aug. 10, 1889, Great Baddow, Essex, d. May 12, 1960, Chelmsford; English composer