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Fred Kaan
1929 - 2009 Author of "Praise the Lord with joyful cry" in Hymns and Psalms Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens.
Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan.
In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life.
Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)
Fred Kaan
Eric H. Thiman
1900 - 1975 Person Name: Eric H. Thiman (1900-1975) Harmonizer of "ORIENTIS PARTIBUS" in New Church Praise b. 9-12-1900, Ashford, Kent, d. 2-13-75, London; music educator, organist, and composer
Eric H. Thiman
John Wilson
1905 - 1992 Composer (Descant) of "ONE-FIFTY" in Ecumenical Praise Biographical article in the journal of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland: https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1992/10/treasure-no-58-john-wilson-1905-92
John Wilson
Charles John King
1859 - 1934 Person Name: Charles John King, 1859 - 1934 Composer of "NORTHAMPTON" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada
Charles John King
Lawrence Bartlett
1933 - 2002 Person Name: Lawrence F. Bartlett Composer of "ONE-FIFTY" in Ecumenical Praise Lawrence Bartlett was born in Sydney on the February 13, 1933. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music between 1950 and 1957, and at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in 1960. He also studied organ, piano, singing and composition. He was the Assistant Director of Music at the King's School, Parramatta, a tutor in church music at Ridley College in Melbourne and in 1965 he was acting cathedral organist and master of the choristers at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney.
Bartlett was an Anglican clergyman and wrote many compositions suitable for church performance. Bartlett was also a member of the Australian Hymn Book committee, and has been involved in the initiation of schemes for promoting the composition and performance of new liturgical music. He died in Sydney on March 17, 2002.
Nancy Naber, from http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/bartlett-lawrence
Lawrence Bartlett
