Person Results

Philip W. Blycker

1939 - 2023 Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Composer of "LOS TALENTOS (Blycker)" See also Felipe Blycker-J ========== Philip W. Blycker (b. 1939) is a song writer from Texas who with his wife served as missionaries in Venezuela. They were a major force behind an outpouring of traditional hymn texts written to Latin American music. He joined Camino Global in 1966 and in 1989 became the Music Editor of the Spanish hymnal, Celebremos Su Gloria. He contributed more than a dozen songs to Mil Voces, the Spanish language hymnal of the United Methodist Church. In 2004 they joined the music faculty of the Rio Grande Bible Institute of Edinburg, Texas, on the Mexican border. Sing! A New Creation Philip Blycker, born on March 22, 1939, died on June 11, 2023. A life member of The Hymn Society, Dr. Blycker composed more than 170 Scripture songs in Spanish and about 100 in English. He was also the music editor of the hymnal Celebremos Su Gloria. He taught music for 25 years at the Central American Theological Seminary in Guatemala City, for 15 years at the Puebla Bible Seminary in Puebla, Mexico, and 15 years at the Rio Grande Bible Seminary in Edinburg, Texas. The Hymn Society, The Stanza, July 2023

Vicente P. Mendoza

1875 - 1955 Person Name: Vicente Mendoza Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Translator of "Del santo amor de Cristo" Vicente Mendoza Born: December 24, 1875, Guadalajara, Mexico. Died: 1955, Mexico City, Mexico. Mendoza studied initially under Don Aurelio Ortega. At age of 11 he went to work in a Protestant print shop in Mexico City and helped produce El Evangelista Mexicano (The Mexican Evangelist) for the Methodist Church of the South; he rose to become its director for 17 years. Looking to improve himself, Mendoza entered a night school for workers, but later feeling the call to preach the Gospel, he entered the Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City. When the seminary closed temporarily, Mendoza entered the Methodist Institute of Puebla, where he finished the course in theology. In 1898 he became a member of the Annual Conference of the Mexican Methodist Church. From 1915 to 1917, he belonged to the Southern Methodist Conference of California. Mendoza worked on several periodicals, including El Mundo Cristiano (The Christian World), El Abogado Cristiano (The Christian Advocate), and El Evangelista Cristiano (The Christian Evangelist). © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

J. M. Greer

Person Name: J. M. Greer, 1866-1936 Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Composer of "[The noonday sun is shining]" in Sacred Songs of the Church

Pearl H. Farmer

Person Name: Pearl H. Farmer, 1879-1963 Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Author of "Jesus Calls for Workers" in Sacred Songs of the Church

Louis LeSaint

Person Name: Louis Le Saint Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Composer of "CHRIST'S EVERLASTING GOSPEL" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4

Anonymous

Person Name: Unknown Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Translator of "Cantarei ao Meu Salvador" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão 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.

Jack W. Hayford

1934 - 2023 Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Author of "We Lift Our Voice Rejoicing" in Hymns of Faith and Life

J. M. Henson

1887 - 1972 Person Name: John M. Henson Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Author of "I'll Live in Glory" in Songs of Faith and Praise

B. R. Bassel

1883 - 1974 Meter: 13.13.13.13 with refrain Composer of "[I'm happy, shouting and singing, praising heaven's King]" Bibb Russell Bassel, born December 1883 in Texas. He lived in Plainview, Texas. He was a farmer, sang in quartets and was president of the "Six County Singing Convention" Dianne Shapiro