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George J. Elvey
1816 - 1893 Composer of "DIADEMATA" in Two More New Hymns for Youth by Youth George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music.
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George J. Elvey
I. B. Woodbury
1819 - 1858 Person Name: Isaac B. Woodbury Composer of "MONTGOMERY" in The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris.
He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health broke down from overwork and he went south hoping to regain his strength, but died three days after reaching Columbia, South Carolina.
He published a number of tune-books, of which the Dulcimer, of New York Collection of Sacred Music, went through a number of editions. His Elements of Musical Composition, 1844, was later issued as the Self-instructor in Musical Composition. He also assisted in the compilation of the Methodist Hymn Book of 1857.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
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Mary Ellen Jackson
Person Name: Mary E. Jackson Author of "Come Forth, O Christian Youth" in The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church Mary Ellen Jackson is the Director of Religious Education at the First Presbyterian Church, Anderson, South Carolina. She obtained her M.R.E. degree from the Assembly's Training School, Richmond, Virginia, in 1953; and her A.B. from Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1947. She was born in Florence, South Carolina, where she attended the public schools. She taught English and Dramatics in Jenkins Junior High School, Spartanburg, South Carolina; and from time to time has written articles on religious education for various religious periodicals.
--Two More New Hymns for Youth by Youth , 1956. Used by permission..
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