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Louis Spohr

1784 - 1859 Composer of "SPOHR" in The Hymnal Also: Spohr, Ludwig, 1784-1859 Shpor, Lui, 1784-1859 Spohr, L. (Louis), 1784-1859 Shpor, Ludvig, 1784-1859 Spohr, Ludewig, 1784-1859

1690 - 1727 Person Name: William Wheall Composer of "BEDFORD" in Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church William Wheal (Weale) c. 1690-1727 was the organist at St. Paul's, Bedford. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Music from Cambridge in 1719. The tune BEDFORD appeared in the "Psalm Singer's Magazine" of 1729, but it was probably first published earlier. It appears in The Divine Musick Scholars Guide by Francis Timbrell, which has an unknown date of publication, but copies found in personal libraries have dates beginning in 1723. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Musical Times" Vol. 49, #781 (Mar. 1, 1908) pp. 165-169

Hans G. Nägeli

1773 - 1836 Person Name: J. G. Nägeli, 1768-1836 Composer of "NAOMI" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) was an influential music educator who lectured throughout Germany and France. Influenced by Johann Pestalozzi, he published his theories of music education in Gangbildungslehre (1810), a book that made a strong impact on Lowell Mason. Nageli composed mainly" choral works, including settings of Goethe's poetry. He received his early instruction from his father, then in Zurich, where he concentrated on the music of. S. Bach. In Zurich, he also established a lending library and a publishing house, which published first editions of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and music by Bach, Handel, and Frescobaldi. Bert Polman

William Weale

Person Name: W. Weale, d. 1727 Composer of "BEDFORD" in The English Hymnal See Wheall, W. (William), c. 1690-1727

Wilhelm Horkel

Person Name: Wilhelm Hörkel Translator (German) of "O help us, Lord! Each hour of need" in Cantate Domino

A. A. Wild

Composer of "[Oh, help us, Lord; each hour of need]" 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

Flossette Du Pasquier

Translator (French) of "O help us, Lord! Each hour of need" in Cantate Domino

Jeremiah Clarke

1669 - 1707 Person Name: Jermiah Clark, 1670-1707 Composer of "KING'S NORTON" in Hymns and Chorales

Henry Harington

1727 - 1816 Person Name: H. Harington Composer of "HARINGTON (RETIREMENT)" in The Book of Common Praise Born: September 29, 1727, Kelston, Somerset, England. Died: January 15, 1816, Bath, Somerset, England. Buried: Kelston, Somerset, England. Harington, a physician, was mayor of Bath, England, in 1793, and founded the Harmonic Society there. "A tablet was erected to his memory in Bath Abbey, on which is a curious mathematical figure highly suggestive of a proposition in Euclid, but which is really a design showing the ratios of the vibration numbers in the various intervals of the major scale." Lightwood, p. 358 --www.hymntime.com/tch

George Pope Morris

1802 - 1864 Person Name: George P. Morris Author of "O help us, Lord; each hour of need" in The Hymnal Morris, George, was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1802. In early life he removed to New York, where, in 1822, he became the editor of the New York Mirror magazine. On that magazine, together with The Home Journal, he was associated with N. P. Willis. His works include The Deserted Bride, and Other Poems, 1843; Poems, 1853; American Melodies; and some prose pieces. He is best known as a writer of songs, one of which, "Woodman, spare that tree," is very popular. His hymns, "Man dieth and wasteth away " (Victory over Death"; and "Searcher of hearts! from mine erase", Lent), are in a few American collections, as the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, and the Methodist Hymnal, 1878. Mr. Morris died in New York July 6, 1864. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)