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Samuel Webbe

1770 - 1843 Harmonizer of "COMMUNION (ROCKINGHAM)" in Voices United Samuel Webbe, Jr. (1770-1843), adapted the tune RICHMOND. He was organist at Paradise Street Unitarian Church, Liverpool (1798). Later he succeeded his father as organist at the Spanish Ambassador’s Chapel, London (1817), and then St. Nicholas’ Church and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, Liverpool. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

George Hews

1806 - 1873 Person Name: Geo. Hews Composer of "HOLLEY" in The Christian Hymnal Born: January 6, 1806, Weston, Massachusetts. Died: July 6, 1873, Boston, Massachusetts.

Shelly Hamilton

b. 1954 Arranger (Last st. setting) of "HAMBURG" in Rejoice Hymns

Christian H. Rinck

1770 - 1846 Person Name: J. C. H. Rink Composer of "OVERBERG" in The Brethren Hymnody Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck; b. 1770, Elgersburg, Thueringen; d. 1846, Darmstadt Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Virgil Corydon Taylor

1817 - 1891 Person Name: Virgil C. Taylor Composer of "LOUVAN" in Hymnal for the Sunday School

Bruce Greer

Arranger of "O WALY WALY" in Baptist Hymnal 2008

Jesse Reeves

Person Name: Jesse Reeves, 1975- Author (opt. ending) of "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" in Community of Christ Sings

S. M. Bixby

1833 - 1912 Composer of "MILDRED" in Gloria Deo Samuel M. Bixby was born on May 27, 1833 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. His company, S. M. Bixby & Company, manufactured shoe blackings and shoe dressings, but music was his passion. He was also a Sunday school superintendent and choir leader. He died on March 11, 1912 in Fordham, New York. His works include: Church and Home Hymnal, circa 1893 Evangel Songs, circa 1894 Gloria Deo: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in All Departments of the Church (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901) NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/x/bixby_sm.htm

Timothy B. Mason

1801 - 1861 Person Name: T. B. Mason Composer of "EDEN" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Timothy Batelle Mason USA 1801-1861. Born at Medfield, MA, a younger brother of Lowell Mason, he became an author and wrote or co-authored several works, including: “The sacred harp” (1836), “The liberty minstrel” (1845), “The shawm: a library of church music” (1853), “A journey through Kansas” (1855). He founded the Eclectic Academy of Cincinnati, OH. In 1821 he married Alma Harding, and they had six children: Alma, Lucretia, Addison, Henry, Mary, and Abbie. His wife, Alma, died in 1836. In 1837 he married Abigail (Abby) K Hall, and they had three children: Edward, Helen, and William. He was an author, arranger, editor, and compiler of anthems, hymns, tune books, scores, Psalms, motets, and shape-note hymnals. He died from cancer at Cincinnati, OH. John Perry