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George A. Macfarren

1813 - 1887 Person Name: Dr. G. A. Macfarren Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Thirteenth Composer of "[The Lord is King the earth may be glad there]" in The Church Service Book George Alexander Macfarren, Mus. Doc.; b. London, 1813; d. London, 1887 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 ======================= Born: March 2, 1813, Westminster, England. Died: October 31, 1887, St. Marylebone, England. Buried: Hampstead Cemetery, London, England. Brother of Walter Macfarren, George was a principal of the Royal Academy of Music; professor at Cambridge University; conductor at Covent Garden, London; program note writer for the Philharmonic Society; and editor of Handel and Purcell. He wrote 18 operas, 13 oratorios and cantatas, 9 symphonies, and 162 songs. He went blind in 1860, and was knighted in 1883. Sources: Frost, p. 681 Lightwood, p. 189 Nutter, p. 460 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macfarren_ga.htm =============================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Macfarren

John Stafford Smith

1750 - 1836 Person Name: J. S. Smith Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Twelfth Composer of "[O how amiable are thy dwellings]" in The Church Service Book

J. Troutbeck

1832 - 1899 Person Name: Rev. J. Troutbeck Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Seventeenth Composer of "[They that put their trust in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion]" in The Church Service Book Troutbeck, John, D.D., son. of George Troutbeck, of Dacre, Cumberland, b. Nov. 12, 1832, and educated at Rugby and Univ. College, Oxford, B.A. 1856, M.A. 1858, and D.D. by Abp. of Cant. 1883. Ordained in 1855. He held several appointments, the most important being Chaplain and Priest in Ordinary to the Queen, Minor Canon of Westminster, 1869, and Sec. to the N. Test. Revision Company, 1870-1881. He died Oct. 11, 1899. He made a few translations from the German, but is best known through his Manchester Psalter and Chant Book, 1867, and his Catholic Paragraph Psalter, 1894. He also compiled the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book, 1883. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Richard Woodward

1743 - 1777 Person Name: Dr. R. Woodward Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Eighteenth Composer of "[I will magnify thee O God my King]" in The Church Service Book Woodward, Richard, jr; b. 1743?; d. Dublin, 22 Nov. 1777; Anglo-Irish organist and composer LOC Name Authority File

Jonathan Battishill

1738 - 1801 Person Name: J. Battishill Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Twentieth Composer of "[O praise the Lord of heaven]" in The Church Service Book Jonathan Battishill born in London, 1738; composer of operas, sacred music and glees. He died at Islington, December 9, 1801. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John Weeks Moore, O. Ditson, Boston, c. 1876

William Morley

1680 - 1731 Person Name: Morley Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Eighth Composer of "[Have mercy upon me O God after thy great goodness]" in The Church Service Book

Richard Goodson

1655 - 1718 Person Name: R. Goodson Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Twentieth Composer of "[O praise the Lord of heaven]" in The Church Service Book

Thomas Sanders Dupuis

1733 - 1796 Person Name: Dr. T. S. Dupuis Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Tenth Composer of "[I will cry unto God with my voice]" in The Church Service Book

John Alcock

1715 - 1806 Person Name: Dr. J. Alcock Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Fifteenth Composer of "[O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious]" in The Church Service Book John Alcock, doctor of music, was born in London, April 11, 1715; he composed songs, church music, glees, anthems, instrumental music, chantes, etc., and obtained the prize at the Catch Club; died at Lichfield, 1806, aged 91. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

William Russell

1777 - 1813 Person Name: W. Russell Topics: Selection of Psalms Selection Ninth Composer of "[O sing unto the Lord a new song]" in The Church Service Book