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Erik Routley

1917 - 1982 Person Name: Erik Routley, 1917- Composer of "WYCH CROSS" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada

1810 - 1876 Person Name: S. S. Wesley, 1810-1876 Composer of "COLCHESTER" in Common Praise Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman

D. T. Niles

1908 - 1970 Translator of "O God in Heaven" in The New Century Hymnal

Dmitri Stepanovich Bortnianski

1751 - 1825 Person Name: Dmitri S. Bortniansky Composer of "ST. PETERSBURG" in Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) Dimitri Stepanovitch Bortniansky (1751-1825) Ukraine 1751-1825 Born in Glukhov, Ukraine, he joined the imperial choir at age 8 and studied with Galuppi, who later took the lad with him to Italy, where he studied for 10 years, becoming a composer, harpsichordist, and conductor. While in Italy he composed several operas and other instrumental music, composing more operas and music later in Russia. In 1779 he returned to Russia, where he was appointed Director to the Imperial Chapel Choir, the first as a native citizen. In 1796 he was appointed music director. With such a great instrument at his disposal, he produced many compositions, 100+ religious works, sacred concertos, cantatas, and hymns. He influenced Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovshy, the latter editing Bortniansky's sacred work, amassing 10 volumnes. He died in St. Petersburg. He was so popular in Russia that a bronze statue was erected in his honor in the Novgorod Kremlin. He composed in different musical styles, including choral works in French, Italian, Latin, German, and Church Slavonic. John Perry

Elena G. Maquiso

1914 - 1995 Author of "O God in Heaven" in The New Century Hymnal

Hugh Martin

1890 - 1964 Author of "O God in Heaven, Whose Loving Plan" in Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) Martin, Hugh. (1890--1964). Chair of the Editorial Committee of the Psalms and Hymns Trust of the Baptist Churches of Britain; active in the Christian Student Movement Press which he served from 1929 to 1950. Graduate of Glasgow University. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives =============== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Martin_(minister)

H. Ellis Wooldridge

1845 - 1917 Person Name: Harry E. Wooldridge, 1845-1917 Harmonizer of "LEICESTER" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) b. 3/28/1845, Winchester; d. 2/13/17, London; English music scholar LOC Name Authority File

John Bishop

1665 - 1737 Composer of "LEICESTER" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) John Bishop was born in 1665 in Winchester, Hampshire, England He served as lay vicar at King’s College, Cambridge (1687), as the organist (1695-1737) and lay clerk (1697) at Winchester College, and also as tge organist at Winchester Cathedral (1729-37). He died about December 19, 1737 in Winchester. His works include: A New Set of Psalm Tunes, 1710 A New Set of Psalm Tunes, 1722 A Supplement to the New Psalm-Book, 1725 A New Set of Psalm Tunes, 1730 NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/s/bishop_j.htm

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