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Henry S. Houseley

1851 - 1925 Person Name: H. Houseley Composer of "DENVER" in Hymns of Worship and Service Born in Sutton-in-Ashfield, England, September 20, 1851. Studied at the Royal College of Organists in London, earning an FRCO. Served as organist at St. Luke's, Derby, and St. James', Nottingham, then emigrated to Denver, Colorado, where he succeeded John Gower as organist of St. John's Cathedral. He was a Founder of the American Guild of Organists. Died March 13, 1925. —AGO Founders Hymnal, p. 98-99 =============== Born: September 20, 1851, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Died: March 13, 1925, Denver, Colorado. Buried: St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, Denver, Colorado; his ashes were interred in the east wall of the choir. Educated in Nottingham & London & by James Turpin, a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, & Edmund Turpin, Houseley played the organ at St. Luke’s Church, Derby, England; St. Thomas’ Church, Nottingham; of the Sacred Harmonic Society of Nottingham; and was music lecturer at the college in Nottingham. He lived in Denver, Colorado, from 1888 to at least 1901. He became organist and choir director at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in 1892 when John Gower left that post; he served there the rest of his life. He was also for 30 years organist of Temple Emmanuel in Denver, for 25 years organist and music director at the Rocky Mountain and Colorado bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasons, director of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and director of the Denver Choral Society, which won a $1,000 prize in a Denver competition in 1896, and first prize at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904. Housley also directed a men’s chorus called the Apollo Club, played the organ at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and the Oakes Home (an old age home run by the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado), was on the faculties of the Denver Conservatory of Music and the University of Colorado, and was on the board of the Musical Society of Denver. A prolific composer, he wrote anthems, pieces for mixed chorus, arrangements for women’s voices, men’s voices, songs, piano works, organ pieces, and six operas, including Native Silver and Juggler. --www.hymntime.org/tch

Henry Hiles

1826 - 1904 Composer of "ST. LEONARD" in The Methodist Hymnal Born: December 31, 1826, Shrewsbury, England. Died: October 20, 1904, Worthing, England. Hiles was educated at Oxford (BMus 1862, DMus 1867). He played the organ at Shrewsbury, as his brother’s deputy (1846); Bishopwearmouth (1847); St. Michael’s, Wood Street (1859); the Blind Asylum, Manchester (1859); Bowden (1861); and St. Paul’s, Manchester (1863-67). He lectured in harmony and composition at Owen’s College in Manchester (1867) and Victoria University (1879), and was Professor at the Manchester College of Music (1893). He also conducted musical societies in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and owned and edited the Quarterly Music Review (1885-88). He retired in 1904, moving to Pinner, near Harrow. His works include: Twelve Tunes to Original or Favourite Hymns, 1867 Harmony of Sounds, three editions: 1871, 1872, 1879 Wesley Tune Book, 1872 (editor) Grammar of Music, 1879 First Lessons in Singing (Manchester: Hime & Addison, 1881) Part Writing or Modern Counterpoint (Novello: 1884) Harmony or Counterpoint, 1889 Harmony, Choral or Counterpun --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Walford Davies

1869 - 1941 Person Name: Henry Walford Davies Composer of "PENTATONE" in The Hymnbook

Henry Vander Werp

1846 - 1918 Composer of "RESTING PLACE" in The Cyber Hymnal

Charles E. Kettle

1833 - 1895 Person Name: C. E. Kettle Composer of "BLENDEN" in The Hymnal of Praise Charles Edward Kettle, 1833-1895 Born: 1833, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Died: Circa February 1895, Steyning district, Sussex, England. As of 1881, Kettle lived in Hove, Sussex, where he was an organist. --www.hymntime.com/tch