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Myles Birket Foster
1851 - 1922 Person Name: M. B. Foster Composer of "MONICA" in The Church Hymnal Born: November 29, 1851, London, England.
Died: December 18, 1922, London, England.
Son of an artist, Foster attended Brighton and Guildford Grammar School and entered the stock exchange. He subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music and played the organ at St. James Church, Marylebone, and St. George’s, Campden Hill. From 1880-92 he was organist at the Foundling Hospital and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and was choirmaster of St. James, Holborn. He composed children’s cantatas and much church music. His works include:
Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 (co-editor)
Anthems and Anthem Composers (London: Novello and Company, 1901)
History of the Philharmonic Society (London: 1913)
--www.hymntime.com/tch/
Myles Birket Foster
Henrietta O. Dobree
1831 - 1894 Person Name: H. O de L. Dobree Author of "Safely, safely gathered in" in The Church Hymnal E. 0. D. Under this signature the following hymns appeared in Mrs. Brock's Children's Hymn Book, 1881, some of which have passed into other collections:—
1. Again the morning shines so bright. Morning.
2. Lord, we come to ask Thy blessing. Temperance.
3. O my God, I fear Thee. The Fear of God.
4. Our solemn Lent has come again. Lent.
5. Safely, safely gathered in. Death and Burial. The signature of E. O. D. is that of Mrs. Henrietta Octavia De Lisle Dobree, b. 1831. Originally a member of the Church of England, she joined the Roman Communion some time ago.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Henrietta O. Dobree
