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Richard Farrant

1525 - 1580 Person Name: R. Farrant Composer of "FARRANT" in The Song Companion to the Scriptures Like many composers of his day, the early years of Richard Farrant’s (c.1525- November 30, 1580) life are not well documented. The first acknowledgment of him is in a list of the Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1552. It is assumed from that list that his birth was around 1525. Although, that cannot be accurately determined. During his life he was able to establish himself as a successful composer, develop the English drama considerably, founded the first Blackfriar Theatre, and be the first to write verse-anthems. He married Anne Bower, daughter of Richard Bower who was Master of the Chapel Royal choristers at the time. With Anne he conceived ten children, one of whom was also named, Richard. As a member of the Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, Farrant was active in ceremonies surrounding the royal family. He began his work with the Chapel Royal around 1550 under the reign of Edward VI. Fortunately, for Farrant, this is a time that saw huge developments in Latin Church Music. Composers like William Byrd and Christopher Tye were busy expanding and elaborating on the Church Music of the day. In Farrant's twelve years with the Chapel Royal, he was able to participate in funerals for Edward VI and Mary I, and coronations for Mary I and Elizabeth I. After his work there, he took up a post as organist at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor. For Farrant, the post at at Windsor became a permanent one that he retained for the rest of his life. Along with this, he also acquired the position of Master of the Chapel Royal choristers in November of 1569. Having the choirs of both of these institutions at his disposal gave him an outlet to showcase all of his compositions and plays. In fact, every winter he was able to produce a play for the Queen herself. These positions also allowed him to move back to London in 1576 and begin a public theater of sorts where he rehearsed some of his choir music openly. It was soon after, in 1580, that he passed away, having left his house to his wife. Unlike many composers of his day that stuck to only music composition, Farrant also wrote many plays. One of his most important contributions to drama in England is of course the creation of the first Blackfriars Theatre. This eventually became one of the most important places in London for drama to develop during the Renaissance. Farrant is also one of the earliest and most well known composers that began to mix the two mediums of music and drama. It was this uncommon mixture that allowed him to begin to develop the composition style of 'verse.' This becomes prominent in a lot of his pieces including the anthems "When as we sat in Babylon" and "Call to remembrance" and "Hide not thou thy face." --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Richard Farrant

William Jones

1726 - 1800 Person Name: W. Jones Composer of "STEPHENS" in Songs for the Lord's House Born: Ju­ly 30, 1726, Lo­wick, North­amp­ton­shire, Eng­land. Died: Jan­u­ary 6, 1800, Hol­ling­bourne, Kent, Eng­land. Pseudonym: Jones of Nay­land. Jones was ed­u­cat­ed at Char­ter­house and Un­i­ver­si­ty Coll­ege, Ox­ford. He be­came Vi­car of Beth­ers­den, Kent (1764); Pluck­ley, Kent; and Pas­ton, North­amp­ton­shire; per­pe­tu­al Cur­ate of Nay­land, Suf­folk (1777); and Rec­tor of Hol­ling­bourne, Kent (1798). He be­came a Fel­low of the Roy­al So­ci­e­ty in 1775. His works in­clude: The Ca­tho­lic Doc­trine of the Trin­i­ty, 1756 Fairchild Dis­cours­es, 1775 Physiological Dis­qui­si­tions, 1781 A Treatise on the Art of Mu­sic, 1784 Church Piec­es for the Or­gan with Four An­thems in Score, 1789 Jones was a de­scend­ant of the Col. J. Jones, who was one of the sig­na­tor­ies to the death war­rant of King Charles I of Eng­land. He used to reg­u­lar­ly ob­serve Jan­u­a­ry 30 as a day of fast­ing and hu­mil­i­a­tion for his an­ces­tor’s sin. Music: ST. STEPHEN --www.hymntime.com/tch/
William Jones

Guillaume Franc

1500 - 1570 Person Name: Guillaume Franck Composer of "[O God of Bethel, by whose hand]" in Great Songs of the Church
Guillaume Franc

Edward Hodges

1796 - 1867 Person Name: E. Hodges Composer of "BRISTOL" in Church Hymns and Tunes Born: Ju­ly 20, 1796, Bris­tol, Eng­land. Died: Sep­tem­ber 1, 1867, Clif­ton, Bris­tol, Eng­land. Buried: Church of St. Mary the Vir­gin, Stan­ton Drew (about eight miles south of Bristol). Hodges’ mu­sic­al gift showed it­self at an ear­ly age; by 1819, he was play­ing the or­gan at St. James’ Church in Bris­tol, and at St. Nicholas’, 1821-1838. He al­so had an in­ter­est­ing me­chan­ic­al bent, and spurred sev­er­al tech­ni­cal im­prove­ments in or­gan de­sign. He com­posed a num­ber of serv­ic­es and an­them piec­es, and Cam­bridge Un­i­ver­si­ty award­ed him a doc­tor­ate in mu­sic in 1825. Hodges event­u­al­ly em­i­grat­ed, ac­cept­ing a post at the ca­thed­ral in To­ron­to, Ca­na­da, in 1838. The next year, he be­came mu­sic di­rect­or at Trin­i­ty Par­ish in New York Ci­ty. He be­came the or­gan­ist at Trin­i­ty Church when it opened in 1846 (the church had its or­gan built to his spe­ci­fi­ca­tions). He re­tired for health rea­sons in 1859, and re­turned to his native Eng­land in 1863. Hodges’ works in­clude: An Apol­o­gy for Church Mu­sic and Mu­sic­al Fes­tiv­als, in Ans­wer…to the Stan­dard and the Re­cord (Lond­on: 1834) Essays on the Ob­jects of Mu­sic­al Study (Bris­tol, Eng­land: 1838) An Es­say on the Cul­ti­va­tion of Church Mu­sic (New York: 1841) Contributions to the Quar­ter­ly Mu­sic­al Mag­a­zine & Mu­sic­al World Trin­i­ty Col­lect­ion of Church Mu­sic (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: 1864) (ed­it­or) Music-- BRISTOL GLOUCESTER HABAKKUK HYMN TO JOY --www.hymntime.com/
Edward Hodges

Neil Dougall

1776 - 1862 Person Name: Neil Dougall, 1776-1862 Composer of "KILMARNOCK" in The Book of Praise Born: De­cem­ber 9, 1776, Green­ock, Ren­frew­shire, Scot­land. Died: Oc­to­ber 1, 1862, Green­ock, Scot­land. Buried: Green­ock, Scot­land. Neil’s fa­ther, wheel­wright Neill Dou­gall, was draft­ed in­to the ar­my, and died in Cey­lon (now Sri Lanka) when his son was on­ly four years old. At age 15, Neil be­came an ap­pren­tice on the ship Bri­tan­nia. In 1795, while he was load­ing a gun to fire the se­cond vol­ley of a sa­lute to com­mem­o­rate Lord Howe’s vic­to­ry over the French, an ex­plo­sion blind­ed him and took his arm. Af­ter re­cov­er­ing, he be­gan his mu­sic­al ca­reer. In 1798, he at­tend­ed a sing­ing class un­der Ro­bert Dun­can, and in the fall of the next year opened his own class, which he ran un­til 1844. He gave an­nu­al con­certs in Green­ock from 1800 [sic, Frost] to 1860. --www.hymntime.com/tch
Neil Dougall

Robert Simpson

1790 - 1832 Arranger of "[BALERMA]" in The Hymnal Robert Simpson, of Scotland; b. 1790; d. 1832 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Robert Simpson

Gioacchino A. Rossini

1792 - 1868 Person Name: Isaac Rossini Composer of "MANOAH" in The National Hymn Book of the American Churches Gioacchino A. Rossini; b. 1792, Pesaro; d. 1868, Ruelle near Parise Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Gioacchino A. Rossini

Alan Gray

1855 - 1935 Person Name: Dr. Alan Gray Composer (Descant) of "MARTYRDOM" in The Book of Common Praise Born: December 23, 1855, York, England. Died: September 27, 1935, Cambridge, England. Buried: Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Alan Gray (23 December 1855, York – 27 September 1935, Cambridge) was a British organist and composer. Born in York, he attended St Peter's School in York and Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1883 until 1893 he was Director of Music at Wellington College. In 1893 he returned to Cambridge to be organist at Trinity College, and remained organist there until 1930. Among his compositions are liturgical music for Morning and Evening Prayer and the Office of Holy Communion for use in the Church of England according to the Book of Common Prayer, including an Evening Service in f minor, a setting of Holy Communion in G, several anthems, including 'What are these that glow from afar?', and a collection of descants to various hymn tunes, several of which are still in use today (Common Praise (2000) includes four). He also composed a number of items for organ, for violin solo, and for voice and orchestra to religious and secular texts. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Alan Gray

John Campbell

1807 - 1860 Composer of "ORLINGTON" in Celestial Songs Born: 1807, Pais­ley, Scot­land. Died: Oc­to­ber 1860, Glas­gow, Scot­land. A Glas­gow merchant, Camp­bell was an am­a­teur mu­si­cian and or­gan­ist. Sources: Old Scot­tish Psalm Tunes, p. vii Music: LOVE ORLINGTON www.hymntime.com/tch/
John Campbell

Hugh Wilson

1766 - 1824 Person Name: Hugh Wilson, 1766 - 1824 Composer of "MARTYRDOM" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-­time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed. Bert Polman
Hugh Wilson

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