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Charles Burney

1726 - 1814 Person Name: Charles Burney, 1726-1814 Composer of "TRURO" in Hymns of the Saints A music historian and composer, Burney attended Shrewsbury School and the Free School, Chester. He was apprenticed to Thomas Arne from 1744 to 1746. In 1749, he became organist at St. Dionis’ Backchurch, London. In 1751 moved to King’s Lynn, Norfolk, where he taught and played the organ. His works include: Music, Men, and Manners in France and Italy, 1770 A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (London: 1776-89) Sources: Findagrave, accessed 18 Nov 2016 Nutter, p. 454 © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

George Burder

1752 - 1832 Composer of "LUTON" in Great Songs of the Church Burder, George, born in London, June 5, 1752, and trained as an engraver. At the age of 24 he commenced preaching with the Calvinist Methodists, but subsequently joined the Congregationalists,and was pastor sucessively at Lancaster, Coventry, and Fetter Lane, London. He was one of the active founders of the Religious Tract, the London Missionary, and the British and Foreign Bible Societies, and some time editor of the Evangelical Magazine. He died May 29, 1832. His works include Village Sermons, 1704; Sea Sermons, 1821; Cottage Sermons, 1826, and others. He is known to hymnology by his Collection of Hymns from various Authors, intended as a Supplement to Dr. Watts, &c, 1784. (Preface dated Nov. 20, 1784.) It had attained to the 25th edition in 1827. To this collection he contributed 4 hymns, the best known being, "Sweet the time, exceeding sweet" (q.v.), sometimes altered to "Great the joy when Christians meet." The remaining three, all from the 1st edition 1784, are:— 1. Come, dear Desire of nations, come. Missions. 2. Come ye that know and fear the Lord. Love of God. In Dr. Hatfield's Church H. Bk., N.Y., 1872, 5 st. out of 9 are given as No. 236. 3. Lord, solemnize our trifling minds. Before Sermon. Altered to "Great God, impress our trifling minds," in the New Congregational Hymn Book, No. 786, &c. Burder's Collection is of importance in the history of Congregational hymnody. The 1st edition, 1784, contained 187 hymns; 2nd edition, 1784, 211; 9th edition, 1803, 257 hymns; 18th edition, 1820, 277; and the last, the 25th edition, 1827, 294. His son, Henry Foster Burder, published a Collection of Ps. & Hymns, 1826; and another son, the Rev. John Burder, also compiled a Collection published without date. To the 18th edition, 1820, of G. Burder's Collection, the wife of his son H. F. Burder contributed "And will the God Who reigns on high " (Sunday Schools), under the signature “S. M. Burder" [Sophia Maria]. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Paul George Bunjes

1914 - 1998 Person Name: Paul G. Bunjes, b. 1914 Composer (descant) of "DUKE STREET" in Christian Worship (1993) Paul G. Bunjes (b. September 27, 1914; d. June 27, 1998) was an organist, author, and organ designer. He wrote The Praetorius Organ (four volumes), numerous articles for periodicals, and was an accomplished composer and arranger. He was a major contributor to the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and Lutheran Worship (1982). Bunjes was Professor of Music at Concordia University for many years. Laura de Jong

Gioacchino A. Rossini

1792 - 1868 Person Name: Gioachimo Rossini, 1792-1808 Composer of "WARNER" in Evangelical Lutheran hymnal Gioacchino A. Rossini; b. 1792, Pesaro; d. 1868, Ruelle near Parise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Aaron Chapin

b. 1768 Person Name: A. Chapin Composer of "FOREST" in Songs of Triumph

Alice Parker

1925 - 2023 Person Name: Alice Parker (b. 1925) Arranger of "SHOUT ON" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Leopoldo Gros

1925 - 2012 Person Name: Leopoldo Gros, b. 1925 Translator of "I Know That My Redeemer Lives! (Yo Sé Vive el Salvador)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Henry Duncalf

Composer of "ST. BARTHOLOMEW" in Rejoice in the Lord

James Elliot

Person Name: James William Elliot, 1833-1915 Composer of "CHURCH TRIUMPHANT" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Late 19th Century

F. C. Wood

1824 - 1872 Composer (attributed to) of "SHOUT ON" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) F. C. (Francis C.) Wood was a blacksmith and farmer near Dudleyville, Alabama, near the Tallapoosa-Chambers county line. He was a member of the East Alabama Musical Convention in 1869, and was selected, with W. L. Williams, as a delegate to the Southern Musical Convention. From "The Makers of the Sacred Harp: Addenda and Corrigenda" (accessed at http://home.olemiss.edu/~mudws/errata.html 4-9-2019