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John Bunyan
1628 - 1688 Person Name: John Bunyan, 1628-1688 Author of "He that is down needs fear no fall" in Small Church Music Bunyan, John. This great allegorist cannot be included amongst hymn writers, except on the ground that the piece, “He that is down needs fear no fall," from pt. ii. of his Pilgrim's Progress, 1684, is given in a limited number of hymnals. The son of a mechanic, he was born at Elstow, 1628; was a Baptist minister at Bedford; and died in London, Aug. 1688.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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Bunyan, John, p. 193, ii. Another piece by him is "Valiant's song" in the Pilgrim's Progress, pt. ii., 1684 (2nd edition 1686, p. 177). There, and in E. P. Hood's Our Hymn Book1873, no. 398, it begins "Who would true valour see" (A Pilgrim's Song). In the English Hymnal, 1906, No. 402, it is partly rewritten, and begins "He who would valiant be." [Rev. James Mearns. M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
John Bunyan
George Baskeyfield
1878 - 1955 Person Name: G. Baskeyfield Composer of "ASSURANCE (Baskeyfield)" George Baskeyfield was an English organist. He studied at Birmingham and Midland Institute and Oxford University. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. He was on the committee of the Methodist Church Music Society from 1934-1949. He died in Stoke-on-Trent.
Dianne Shaprio, from composer-classical-music.com, accessed 4-14-2018
George Baskeyfield
