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Alfred M. Smith
1879 - 1971 Person Name: Alfred Morton Smith Composer of "SURSUM CORDA" in Sing a New Creation Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971) was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pennsylvania (B.S. 1901) and Philadelphia Divinity School (B.D. 1905; S.T.B. 1911). An Episcopalian, Smith was ordained a deacon (1905) and a priest (1906). After a short time in Philadelphia and Long Beach, California, he served at St. Matthias Church, Los Angeles, for ten years. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during World War I, returning to Philadelphia in 1919, where he spent the remainder of his career. He retired in 1955. In 1963, Smith moved to Drium Moir, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and in 1968 to Brigantine, New Jersey, where he remained until his death.
--The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993
Alfred M. Smith
Walter Greatorex
1877 - 1949 Person Name: Walter Greatorex (1877-1949) Composer of "WOODLANDS" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Walter Greatorex (b. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, 1877; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1949) was director of music at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where from 1911-1936. Before that he served as assistant music master at Uppingham School in Rutland (1900-1910). Greatorex's musical education began as a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, England, and he received his university music training at St. John's College, Cambridge.
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June Tillman
b. 1943 Person Name: June Boyce-Tillman (b. 1943) Author of "We sing a love that sets all people free" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)
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