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Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Beethoven Composer of "ALSACE" in The Book of Praise for Sunday Schools A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

Edwin George Monk

1819 - 1900 Person Name: E. G. Monk Composer of "SERVITUS" in Hymns of the Faith

Timothy R. Matthews

1826 - 1910 Composer of "LUDBOROUGH" in Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church Timothy Richard Matthews MusB United Kingdom 1826-1910. Born at Colmworth, England, son of the Colmworth rector, he attended the Bedford and Gonville Schools and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1853 he became a private tutor to the family of Rev Lord Wriothesley Russell, a canon of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, where he studied under organist, George Elvey, subsequently a lifelong friend. He married Margaret Mary Thompson, and they had 11 children: Norton, Mary, George, Cecil, Evelyn, Eleanor, Anne, Arthur, Wilfred, Stephen, and John. Matthews served as Curate and Curate-in-Charge of St Mary’s Church, Nottingham (1853-1869). While there, he founded the Nottingham Working Men’s Institute. He became Rector at North Coates, Lincolnshire (1869-1907). He retired in 1907 to live with his eldest son, Norton, at Tetney vicarage. He edited the “North Coates supplemental tune book” and “Village organist”. An author, arranger, and editor, he composed morning and evening services, chants, and responses, earning a reputation for simple but effective hymn tunes, writing 100+. On a request he wrote six tunes for a children’s hymnal in one day. He composed a Christmas carol and a few songs. His sons, Norton, and Arthur, were also known as hymn tune composers. He died at Tetney, Lincolnshire, England. John Perry

Jeremiah Clarke

1669 - 1707 Person Name: Jeremiah Clark Composer of "UFFINGHAM (ST. LUKE)" in The Book of Common Praise

Sigismund Neukomm

1778 - 1858 Person Name: S. Neukomm Composer of "ST. VINCENT" in Songs of Worship Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, b. Salzburg, 1778; d. Paris 1858 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Christopher Edwin Willing

1830 - 1904 Person Name: C. E. Willing Adapter of "ST. VINCENT" in Church Hymnal Christopher Edwin Willing; Devon, England, 1830 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

George Frideric Handel

1685 - 1759 Person Name: Handel Composer of "[Lord Jesus! when we stand afar]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.” Bert Polman

James Uglow

Person Name: J. Üglow Composer of "ST. VINCENT" in Church Hymns

Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

1798 - 1859 Person Name: Carl G. Reissiger, 1798-1859 Composer of "BELOIT" in The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ

R. W. Dixon

1806 - 1876 Person Name: Robert W. Dixon Composer of "STAINCLIFFE" in Songs for the Chapel Dixon, Robert William. (Wapping, Middlesex, England, c.1805--December 6, 1876, Hastings, Sussex). "To R.W. Dixon, Esq., J.P. and D.L. (Fellow of the Hist. Soc. of Gt. Br.), for a large number of must tuneful and original compositions from his private MSS." -Preface, Burney Tune-Book. (1875). London: F. Pitman. [CASTLE EDEN is #168] See also: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~elliff/p3.htm#i563 for Elliff name and variants in the UK for census information, which lists his occupation as follows: Occupation 7 Apr 1861 J.P. & Commissioner of Taxes. (1861 Census Returns - RG9/3701). --In part from DNAH Archives.