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Swee-Hong Lim

b. 1963 Person Name: Lim Swee Hong Composer of "[All praise to our redeeming Lord]" in Global Praise 2 Dr. Swee Hong Lim is the Deer Park Assistant Professor of Sacred Music at Emmanuel College, and the Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program. He also serves as Director of the Chapel for the worship life of Emmanuel College. Before joining Emmanuel on July 1, 2012, Dr. Lim served as an Assistant Professor of Church Music at Baylor University. Prior to his work at Baylor, he served as a Lecturer of Worship, Liturgy, and Music at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. Swee Hong is widely utilized as a leader for global seminars and conferences dealing with sacred music. He currently serves as the Co-Moderator of the Worship Committee for the 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches for its meeting in Busan, South Korea (2013), and also served as a member of the Worship Planning Committee for the 2011 Ecumenical Peace Convocation sponsored by the World Council held in Jamaica. From 2008-2010, he chaired the Board of Worship and Music for the Trinity Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Singapore. Swee Hong holds a PhD in Liturgical Studies from Drew University, where his dissertation won the Helen LePage and William Hale Chamberlain Prize for Outstanding Dissertation. He also holds a Master of Arts in Sacred Music from Perkins School of Theology. He completed his undergraduate work in Church Music at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music in the Philippines. Swee Hong is well-published in global music, with his monograph, Giving Voice to Asian Christians, especially known among global musicians. He is also a prolific composer of hymnody. By Swee Hong Lim, From: http://www.emmanuel.utoronto.ca/about/faculty/lim.htm, 24 June 2014.

William Jones

1726 - 1800 Person Name: William Jones, 1726-1800 Composer of "NEWINGTON (ST. STEPHEN)" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Born: July 30, 1726, Lowick, Northamptonshire, England. Died: January 6, 1800, Hollingbourne, Kent, England. Pseudonym: Jones of Nayland. Jones was educated at Charterhouse and University College, Oxford. He became Vicar of Bethersden, Kent (1764); Pluckley, Kent; and Paston, Northamptonshire; perpetual Curate of Nayland, Suffolk (1777); and Rector of Hollingbourne, Kent (1798). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1775. His works include: The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity, 1756 Fairchild Discourses, 1775 Physiological Disquisitions, 1781 A Treatise on the Art of Music, 1784 Church Pieces for the Organ with Four Anthems in Score, 1789 Jones was a descendant of the Col. J. Jones, who was one of the signatories to the death warrant of King Charles I of England. He used to regularly observe January 30 as a day of fasting and humiliation for his ancestor’s sin. Music: ST. STEPHEN --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Sylvanus Billings Pond

1792 - 1871 Person Name: Sylvanus B. Pond Composer of "ARMENIA" in The United Methodist Hymnal

Is. Smith

1734 - 1805 Person Name: Isaac Smith Composer of "ABRIDGE" in The New Canadian Hymnal Isaac Smith; published "A Collection of Psalm Tunes" about 1770 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Samuel Arnold

1740 - 1802 Person Name: Dr. Arnold Composer of "ARNOLD" in Evangelical Hymnal Dr. Samuel Arnold, an English musician and composer; born in London, Aug. 10, 1739; composed for the theatre, the church, and also oratorio music; succeeded Dr. Nares as organist; died at Westminster, Oct. 22, 1802. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

Thomas Este

Person Name: Michael Este Composer of "WINCHESTER OLD" in Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) See East, Thomas, 1540?-16-8?

Stephen Jenks

1772 - 1856 Composer of "RESIGNATION (JENKS)" in Hymnal Born: March 17, 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island. Died: June 3, 1856, Thompson, Ohio. Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Ohio. During his life, Jenks moved from town to town, living in Ridgefield and New Canaan, Connecticut; Pound Ridge, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island; finally settling in Thompson, Ohio, in 1829. After moving to Ohio, he became a farmer and a maker of percussion instruments. His works include: The New-England Harmonist (Danbury, Connecticut, 1799) The Musical Harmonist (New Haven, Connecticut, 1800. The American Compiler, with Elijah Griswold (Northampton, Massachusetts, 1803) The Delights of Harmony (New Haven, Connecticut, 1804) The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1805) Additional Music, to the Delights of Harmony The Delights of Harmony; or, Union Compiler, 1806 The Jovial Songster (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1806) The Hartford Collection of Sacred Harmony, with Elijah Griswold and John C. Frisbie (Hartford, Connecticut: 1807) The Royal Harmony of Zion (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1810) The Christian Harmony (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811) The Harmony of Zion; or, Union Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811) The Whistle (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811) --www.hymntime.com/tch

Alain Rocourt

Person Name: A. R. Translator of "All praise to our redeeming Lord (Tout gloua sé pou Rédanmtè nou)" in An Nou Chanté! Rev. Alain Rocourt, as cited in An Nou Chanté.

Austin C. Lovelace

1919 - 2010 Harmonizer of "ARMENIA" in The United Methodist Hymnal LOVELACE, AUSTIN C., AAGO: (1919-2010) D.S.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Recitals, workshops, festivals, lectures in 17 different denominations in 45 states as well as in Finland, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. Past President, Fellow, and Life member, HSUSC. 50 year member, Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Author of five books; co-editor and consultant of denominational and other hymnals. Longtime member, ASCAP. Composer of over 800 compositions published by 20 publishers. Organist for the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954. Dean of the first North Carolina Chapter, AGO. Chairman of the 1968 National Convention, AGO, in Denver. Two terms on the National Council, AGO. Co-founder, with Tom Matthews, of the North Shore Chapter, AGO. Minister of Music Emeritus. Denver Chapter, AGO. Austin C. Lovelace (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)