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John Zundel

1815 - 1882 Composer of "LEBANON" in Gospel Hymn and Tune Book John Zundel; b. 1815, near Stuttgart, Germany; organist in Brooklyn, N. Y., from 1847 to 1878; d. Cannstadt, Germany, 1882 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Garret Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington

1735 - 1781 Person Name: Lord Mornington Composer of "MORNINGTON" in Hymns of the Faith with Psalms Garret Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, father of the Duke of Wellington; b. Dongan, Ireland, 1735; d. there, 1781 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Henri A. C. Malan

Person Name: Henry A. C. Malan Composer of "SILCHESTER" in Hymns of Worship and Remembrance See Malan, César, 1787-1864

Charles Edward Pollock

1853 - 1928 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Pollock Composer of "MORAVIA" in The Songs of Zion Charles Edward Pollock USA 1853-1928. Born at Newcastle, PA, he moved to Jefferson City, MO, when age 17. He was a cane maker for C W Allen. He also worked 20 years for the MO Pacific Railroad, as a depot clerk and later as Assistant Roadmaster. He was a musician and prolific songwriter, composing 5000+ songs, mostly used in Sunday school settings and church settings. He took little remuneration for his compositions, preferring they be freely used. He produced three songbooks: “Praises”, “Beauty of praise”, and “Waves of melody”. In 1886 he married Martha (Mattie) Jane Harris, and they had three children: Robert, Edward, and a daughter. He died in Merriam, KS. John Perry ================= Pollock, Charles Edward. (Jefferson City, Missouri, 1853-1924). Records of Jefferson City indicate the following: 1897 clerk at depot; residence at 106 Broadway (with Mildred Pollock) 1904-1905 cane maker for C. W. Allen 1908-1909 musician; residence at 106 Broadway (with wife Matty) 1912-1913 residence at St. Louis Road, east city limits --Wilmer Swope, DNAH Archives Note: not to be confused with Charles Edward Pollock (c.1871-1924).

C. U. Link

Person Name: C. U. Link, 19th Century Composer of "[Grace, 'tis a charming sound]" in Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.)

Franklin L. Sheppard

1852 - 1930 Person Name: F. L. Sheppard, 1852-1930 Composer of "TERRA BEATA" in Worship Supplement 2000 Franklin L. Sheppard (b. Philadelphia, PA, 1852; d. Germantown, PA, 1930) arranged the tune for Babcock's text and published it in the Presbyterian church school hymnal Alleluia (1915), edited by Sheppard (Babcock and Sheppard were friends). After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sheppard entered the family foundry business in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1875. He was organist at Zion Episcopal Church and later was an elder and music director of the Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore. President of the Presbyterian Board of Publications, Sheppard also served on the committee that prepared the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1911. In the history of hymnody he is remembered primarily for arranging the tune TERRA BEATA for “This Is My Father's World.” Bert Polman

Jonathan C. Woodman

1813 - 1894 Person Name: Jonathan Call Woodman Composer of "STATE ST." in Songs of the Soul No. 2

Wilson Marion Cooper

1850 - 1916 Person Name: W. M. Cooper Composer, alto of "NINETY-THIRD PSALM" in The Sacred Harp Produced a major revised edition of the Sacred Harp fasola tunebook, 1902.

Lewis Renatus West

1753 - 1826 Person Name: L. R. West Composer of "MORAVIA" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures Lewis Renatus West, born in London, May 3, 1753, and Moravian Minister at Tytherton, Wilts, from 1809 to his death, Aug. 4, 1826. --Excerpt from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ==================== Born: May 3, 1753. Christened: May 3, 1753, Fet­ter Lane Mo­ra­vi­an church, Lon­don, Eng­land. Died: 1826, Ty­ther­ton (near Chip­pen­ham), Wilt­shire, Eng­land. Buried: Mo­ra­vi­an cem­e­te­ry, Ty­ther­ton, Wilts­hire, Eng­land. A Mo­ra­vi­an min­is­ter, West taught in the Mo­ra­vi­an school in Ful­neck, Leeds; served as tu­tor and as­sist­ant min­is­ter in Bed­ford; as­sist­ant min­is­ter in Dub­lin; and min­is­ter in Grace­hill, North­ern Ire­land; Mir­field; Bath; Bris­tol; and Ty­ther­ton. --www.hymntime.com

R. E. Hudson

1843 - 1901 Composer of "[Grace! ‘tis a charming sound]" in Gospel Jewels Ralph Hudson (1843-1901) was born in Napoleon, OH. He served in the Union Army in the Civil War. After teaching for five years at Mt. Union College in Alliance he established his own publishing company in that city. He was a strong prohibitionist and published The Temperance Songster in 1886. He compiled several other collections and supplied tunes for gospel songs, among them Clara Tear Williams' "All my life long I had panted" (Satisfied). See 101 More Hymn Stories, K. Osbeck, Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1985). Mary Louise VanDyke

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