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Bryn Rees

1911 - 1983 Person Name: Bryn Rees, 1911-1983 Topics: Proper 6 Year B Author of "The kingdom of God is justice and joy" in Common Praise

1719 - 1790 Topics: Angels; Communion of Saints; God Authority; God Holiness; God Name; God Reign; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ name; Judgment; Kingdom of God; Morning Prayer; Mystery; Opening Hymns; Prophets; Reverence/Wonder Before God; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Service Music Doxologies; Trinity; Worship; Epiphany 2 Year A; Epiphany Last/Transfig. Year A; Trinity Sunday Year A; Trinity Sunday Year B; Epiphany 5 Year C; Easter 6 Year C; Trinity Sunday Year C; Proper 15 Year C; All Saints Year C Author (German) of "Song of Praise to the Holy Trinity (Grand Dieu, Nous Te Bénissons) (Holy God, We Praise Your Name)" in Voices United Ignaz Franz Poland 1719-1790. Born at Protzau, Silesia, he studied in Glaz andf Breslau. In 1742 he became a Roman Catholic priest. He served as chaplain at Gross-Glogau and vicar of Glogau in Silesia. In 1753 he was appointed archpriest at Schlawa, and assessor to the apostolic vicar's office in Breslau in 1766. He also functioned as the Assessor for Theological Affairs at the Apostolic Vicariate. He wrote hymn lyrics and compiled religious music. His works include “Katholisches Gesangbuch” (1744). He died at Breslau. John Perry

W. H. Jude

1851 - 1922 Person Name: William H. Jude Topics: Church in the World Discipleship: Call; Acceptance of Christ; Biblical Places Galilee; Calling and Response; Calling and Response; Commitment; Jesus Christ Call of; Love for God/Christ; Obedience; Vocation; Epiphany 3 Year A; Lent 2 Year A; Proper 5 Year A; Proper 14 Year A; Proper 17 Year A; Epiphany 2 Year B; Epiphany 3 Year B; Proper 7 Year B; Epiphany 5 Year C; Epiphany 6 Year C; Proper 10 Year C; Proper 14 Year C; Proper 15 Year C Composer of "GALILEE" in Voices United William Herbert Jude United Kingdom 1851-1922. Born at Westleton, Suffolk, England, his family moved to Norfolk. A precocious child, by age eight he was composing music for school plays. Educated at the Liverpool Organ School and East Liverpool College of Music, he became college principal for awhile. He married Catherine Helena Haigh. They had no children. He became a composer, editor, and organist. He was organist for the Blue Coat Hospital & School and Stretford Town Hall near Manchester, while teaching and lecturing. After 20 years there he was appointed organist at the Exeter Hall in London, a primary venue and Christian Centre owned by the YMCA on the Strand in London. As a recitalist, he was asked to “open” over 1000 new organs across the UK, Ireland, and Australia. He was considered the most brilliant organist of his day. He wrote at least two operettas: “Innocents abroad” (1882) and “The mighty deep” (1917). His compositions were frequently religious. He admired British evangelist, Rodney “Gipsy” Smith and published a collection of Smith’s favorite solos in 1903. He also supported the temperance movement. He toured Australia and New Zealand 1890-1894. In 1904 he served as editor for several musical periodicals, including “Monthly Hymnal”, “Minister of music”, and “The Higher life”. He also compiled several hymnbooks, including “Mission hymns” (1911”), and “Festival hymns” (1916). He wrote a number of works on music. He died in London. John Perry

Frederick C. Atkinson

1841 - 1896 Topics: Holy Spirit Praise and Invocation; Assurance; Christian Year Pentecost; Commitment; Consecration; Doubt; Faith; God Love for; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit Indwelling; Holy Spirit Presence; Holy Spirit Work; Inner Life; Jesus Christ Teacher/Teachings; Love for God/Christ; Prayer; Renewal; Seeking God; Baptism of Jesus Year A; Epiphany 2 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A; Lent 5 Year A; Proper 9 Year A; Proper 10 Year A; Proper 25 Year A; Proper 7 Year B; Proper 21 Year B; Baptism of Jesus Year C; Easter 7 Year C; Proper 22 Year C; Proper 26 Year C Composer of "MORECAMBE" in Voices United Born: August 21, 1841, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Died: November 30, 1896, East Dereham, Norfolk, England. As a boy Atkinson was a chorister and assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral. In 1867 he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Cambridge and then served as organist and choirmaster in St. Luke's Church, Manningham, Bradford. He also held that position at Norwich Cathedral and at St. Mary's Parish Church in Lewisham. Atkinson wrote hymn tunes, anthems, and complete Anglican services, as well as songs and piano pieces. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Topics: Church in the World Discipleship: Love in Action; Christian Experience; Church Anniversaries; Church Ecumenism; Church Permanence; Heritage; Hunger; Justice; Love for Others; Ministry; Mission and Outreach; Obedience; Renewal; Sacrifice; Service; Social Concerns; Testimony; Word of God; World; Epiphany 9 Year A; Proper 16 Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Easter 6 Year C; Proper 7 Year C; Holy thursday Year ABC Author of "The Church of Christ in Every Age" in Voices United The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

August Crull

1845 - 1923 Person Name: August Crull Topics: Epiphany 6 Collect; Holy Saturday Collect; Whitsunday/Pentecost (second propers) Epistle; Trinity 10 Epistle; St. Mark Gospel; Jesus Incorporation into; Self-Dedication ; Confirmation Translator of "From eternity, O God, In thy Son thou didst elect me" in Magnify the Lord August Crull was born January 27, 1845 in Rostock, Germany, where his father, Hofrat Crull, was a lawyer. He was educated at the Gymnasium in Rostock, and at Concordia College in St. Louis and Fort Wayne where he graduated in 1862. His father died soon after he began studying at the Gymnasium. His mother then married Albert Friedrich Hoppe, who later became the editor of the St. Louis edition of Luther's Works. In 1865, Crull graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He became assistant pastor at Trinity Church in Milwaukee and also served as Director of the Lutheran High School. Later he was pastor of the Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From 1873 to 1915, he was professor of the German language and literature at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After his retirement he returned to Milwaukee, where he died on February 17, 1923. His first wife and three of his four children preceded him in death. His second wife, Katharina John, survived him by many years. Crull was a distinguished hymnologist and translated many hymns that appeared in several Lutheran hymnals. He published a German grammar and edited a book of devotions, Das walte Gott, based on the writings of Dr. C.F.W. Walther. His project of translating Lutheran hymns so they would be accessible to American Lutherans bore its first fruits when he published a book of English hymns at the Norwegian Synod publishers in Decorah, in 1877. --www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/

Christopher Tambling

1964 - 2015 Topics: Year B Proper 6 Composer of "BATTLE HYMN" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Karen Lafferty

b. 1948 Topics: Jesus Christ Life and Teachings; Assurance; Calling and Response; Choruses and Refrains; God Faithfulness; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; God Reign; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Jesus Christ Teacher/Teachings; Kingdom of God; Petition; Seeking God; Service Music Sending Forth/Commissioning; Trust; Word of God; Epiphany 5 Year A; Epiphany 6 Year A; Epiphany 8 Year A; Lent 1 Year A; Easter 5 Year A; Proper 12 Year A; Proper 27 Year A; Proper 27 Year B; Thanksgiving Year B; Proper 12 Year C; Proper 13 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Author of "Seek Ye First the Kingdom" in Voices United

Samuel Webbe

1770 - 1843 Topics: Proper 6 Year A Harmonizer of "COMMUNION (ROCKINGHAM)" in Voices United Samuel Webbe, Jr. (1770-1843), adapted the tune RICHMOND. He was organist at Paradise Street Unitarian Church, Liverpool (1798). Later he succeeded his father as organist at the Spanish Ambassador’s Chapel, London (1817), and then St. Nicholas’ Church and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, Liverpool. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Richard Smallwood

b. 1948 Topics: Proper 6 Year A Arranger of "I LOVE THE LORD" in Voices United Richard Smallwood (b. Washington, D.C., 1948), a composer, arranger, pianist, and innovator in the African American gospel style. Many of his arrangements of gospel hymns appear in Lift Every Voice and Sing (1981). Organized by Smallwood in 1967, the Richard Smallwood Singers have sung and recorded many of his arrangements. He remains their current director. Smallwood has a BM degree from Howard University, Washington, DC. Bert Polman