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William Jones

1726 - 1800 Topics: Dedication Of a Church Composer of "[ST. STEPHEN]" in The Hymnal 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/

Frederick Silvester

1901 - 1966 Person Name: F. C. Silvester Topics: Dedication of a Church Harmonizer of "ISTE CONFESSOR (ANGERS)" in The Book of Common Praise Frederick Caton Silvester

Sydney H. Nicholson

1875 - 1947 Topics: Commitment & Dedication; Cross of Christ; Suffering of Christ; Lent; Church; Close of Worship; Commitment & Dedication; Cross of Christ; Missions; Nation; Opening of Worship; Suffering of Christ; Victory Composer of "CRUCIFER" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Sydney H. Nicholson, (b. St. Marylebone, London, England, 1875; d. Ashford, Kent, England, 1947) was an organist and church music educator who greatly influenced English hymnody. Educated at Oxford's New College, the Royal College of Music in London, and in Frankfurt, Germany, he became organist at several famous cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey (1919-1928). Nicholson founded and administered the School of English Church Music at Chislehurst in 1927; this important institution, with branches throughout the English-speaking world, was renamed the Royal School of Church Music in 1945. Located in Canterbury after World War II, its headquarters were moved to Addington Palace, Croydon, in 1954. Nicholson was music adviser for the 1916 Supplement of Hymns Ancient and Modern and prepared the way for its 1950 edition. He wrote Church Music: a Practical Handbook (1920) and Quires and Places Where They Sing (1932) and composed operettas, anthems, and hymn tunes. In 1938 he was knighted for his contributions to church music. Bert Polman

Noel Dexter

1938 - 2019 Topics: Antiphonal Psalms; Biblical Names and Places Aaron; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Church Year Easter; Church Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Elements of Worship Call to Worship; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; Freedom; God's Triumph; God's Goodness; God's House; God's House; God's Name; God's People (flock, sheep); Mercy; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; Prayer; Processions; Salvation; Temple; Unity and Fellowship; Worship; Year A, B, C, Easter, Resurrection of the Lord; Year A, B, C, Lent, Liturgy of the Palms; Year C, Easter, 2nd Sunday Composer of "LA MANO DE DIOS" in Psalms for All Seasons Noel Dexter was born on December 21, 1938 and grew up in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica. He studied ethnomusicology and church music at the University of West Indies, in the United Kingdom and in the United States. He founded and led the Kingston Singers as well as other theatrical productions. For 25 years he was director of music at the University of West Indies, Mona, While there he lead the University Singers, until 2012, when he retired. He composed many hymns, anthems, and arrangements. Dianne Shapiro, from "Music Great, Noel Dexter, Remembered" in "The Gleaner," August 19, 2019 (accessed online 8/6/2020)

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Topics: Dedication of a Church Translator of "All Are Welcome (Todos Bienvenidos Son)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Charles Zeuner

1795 - 1857 Person Name: Heinrich C. Zeuner Topics: Dedication Of a Church Composer of "HUMMEL" in The Hymnal Also: Zeuner, Heinrich Christoph, 1795-1857 Zeuner, Heinrich Christopher, 1795-1857

Henry Lascelles Jenner

1820 - 1898 Person Name: Bishop H. L. Jenner Topics: Dedication of a Church Composer of "QUAM DILECTA" in The Book of Common Praise Jenner, Henry Lascelles, D.D., was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (LL.B. 1841, in honours; D.D. 1867). Taking Holy Orders in 1843, he held several appointments until 1866, when he was consecrated Bishop of Dunedin. He retired in 1871. He is at present [1891] vicar of Preston-next-Wingham, Diocese of Canterbury, to which he was presented in 1854. His hymn in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, "Christians, sing out with exultation" (Christmas), is a translation of "Faisons éclater notre joie." See p. 391, ii. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ============= Jenner, H. L., p. 1574, i. Bp. Jenner was born in 1820, and died in 1898. In C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1903, Nos. 962-966 are by Bp. Jenner and "A. Jenner." They are the "Catechism in Verse," and consist of 50 stanzas and a "Kyrie." They are well adapted for singing in connection with catechising in Church and School. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Ernest K. Emurian

1912 - 2004 Topics: Dedication Services Of a Church Author of "We Dedicate This Temple" in The Hymnbook Born: February 20, 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: January 23, 2004, Alexandria, Virginia. Buried: Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Son of an Armenian immigrant pastor, Emurian attended Davidson College, North Carolina (BA); Union Theological Seminary, Virginia (BD); and Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey (ThM). Randolph-Macon College of Virginia also conferred an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree on him in 1971. Emurian served as pastor of the Cherrydale United Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia, for 19 years, until retiring in 1981. He wrote some 19 books and 60 hymns, as well as hymn tunes, anthems, and popular songs. His works include: Hymn Festivals Hymn Stories for Programs The Living Dramatization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s the Last Supper Sweetheart of the Civil War Living Stories of Famous Hymns (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1955) Famous Stories of Inspiring Hymns (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1956) Stories of Christmas Carols, revised and enlarged edition (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1958) Forty Stories of Famous Gospel Songs (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1959) --www.hymntime.com/tch/ =========================== Ernest K. Emurian is pastor of the Elm Avenue Methodist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia. He has served several pastorates in the Methodist Church, chiefly in Virginia. He has long been interested in hymns, and has written several of them, including "When Dawns the Morning Sunlight" in the "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" published by the Society in 1955. He is the author of two volumes entitled "Dramatized Stories of Hymns and Hymn Writers". He had his college work at Davidson College, graduating in 1931. --Twelve New World Order Hymns, 1958. Used by permission. =========================== Ernest K. Emurian, a fourth-generation minister, is a graduate of Davidson College, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, and Princeton Seminary. He has been a Methodist minister since 1936 and is currently pastor of Cherrydale Methodist Church, Arlington, Virginia. He is the author of seventeen books in the fields of hymnody and drama, and of more than thirty hymns. A member of ASCAP, he is the composer of hymn tunes, and sacred and secular songs. His hymn "We Dedicate This Temple" is in The Armed Forces Hymnal and The Presbyterian Hymnal. He lectures widely on Practical Hymnology and Religious Drama, and as an after-dinner speaker addresses conventions and conferences in many states. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission.

Gottfried W. Fink

1783 - 1846 Topics: Church Dedication of Composer of "BETHLEHEM (FINK)" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Rv Gottfried Wilhelm Fink PhD Germany 1783-1846. Born at Sulza, Thuringa, Germany, he was a German composer, music theorist, poet, and a protestant clergyman. From 1804-1808 he studied at the University of Leipzig, where he joined the Corps Lusatia, where he made his first attempts at composition and poetry. In 1811 he was appointed Vicar in Leipzig for some years, where he also founded an educational institution, leading it until 1829. Around 1800 he worked for the “Allgemeine musikalische Zeitschrift” (General musical mazazine). In 1827 he became the magazine's editor-in-chief for 15 years. From 1838 he was a lecturer at the University of Leipzig. In 1841 he became a Privatdozent of musicology at the university. That year he became a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin, and a year later was appointed university Music Director. He was highly esteemed throughout his life as a music theorist and composer, receiving numberous honors and awards, both at home and abroad. The Faculty of Philosophy at Leipzig University awarded him an honorary doctorate. He wrote mostly Songs and ballads and collected songs as well. He authored important words on music theory and history, but was best known as editor of the “Musikalischer Hausschatz der Deutschen”, a collection of about 1000 songs and chants, as well as the “Deutsche Liedertafel” (German song board), a collection of polyphonic songs sung by men. He died at Leipzig, Saxony. John Perry

Bob Hurd

b. 1950 Person Name: Bob Hurd, b. 1950 Topics: Rites of the Church Dedication of a Church Author of "Psalm 122: Let Us Go Rejoicing" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)