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Robert Jackson

1840 - 1914 Person Name: Robert Jackson, 1840-1914 Scripture: Acts 10:34-38 Composer of "TRENTHAM" in Lift Up Your Hearts After receiving his musical training at the Royal Academy of Music, Robert Jackson (b, Oldham, Lancashire, England, 1840; d. Oldham, 1914) worked briefly as organist at St. Mark's Church, Grosvenor Square, in London. But he spent most of his life as organist at St. Peter's Church in Oldham (1868-1914), where his father had previously been organist for forty-eight years. A composer of hymn tunes, Jackson was also the conductor of the Oldham Music Society and Werneth Vocal Society. Bert Polman

Hal H. Hopson

b. 1933 Scripture: Acts 10:43 Composer of "WE ARE FORGIVEN" in Glory to God Hal H. Hopson (b. Texas, 1933) is a prolific composer, arranger, clinician, teacher and promoter of congregational song, with more than 1300 published works, especially of hymn and psalm arrangements, choir anthems, and creative ideas for choral and organ music in worship. Born in Texas, with degrees from Baylor University (BA, 1954), and Southern Baptist Seminary (MSM, 1956), he served churches in Nashville, TN, and most recently at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. He has served on national boards of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians and the Choristers Guild, and taught numerous workshops at various national conferences. In 2009, a collection of sixty four of his hymn tunes were published in Hymns for Our Time: The Collected Tunes of Hal H. Hopson. Emily Brink

Dmitri Stepanovich Bortnianski

1751 - 1825 Person Name: Dimitri S. Bortnianski Scripture: Acts 10:9-48 Composer of "ST PETERSBURG" in Singing the New Testament 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

B. F. White

1800 - 1879 Scripture: Acts 10:38 Composer (attributed to) of "BEACH SPRING" in Trinity Psalter Hymnal Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper. Bert Polman

Ronald A. Nelson

b. 1927 Person Name: Ronald Nelson Scripture: Acts 10:38 Harmonizer of "BEACH SPRING" in Trinity Psalter Hymnal Ronald A. Nelson With degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Wisconsin Madison, Ronald A. Nelson served for 37 years as Director of Music at Westwood Lutheran Church in suburban Minneapolis, where he has been named Cantor Emeritus and now serves as choir member. Since his retirement he devotes his time to composing, guest conducting, and serving as organist for Chapel Services at Becketwood, the Senior Cooperative where he and his wife Betty Lou reside. In 1999, he was one of 50 composers chosen to write music for the "Continental Harmony" project of the American Composers Forum and National Endowment for the Arts to celebrate the new millennium. That composition, "Building Bridges," received Honorable Mention in the Waging Peace Through Singing competition of the University of Oregon. For a 2001 Composers Forum "Faith Partners" Commission he wrote music for three Wisconsin parishes of different denominations, and is now doing a second "Faith Partners" for two parishes in Hutchinson, Minnesota. He is the recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from St. Olaf College, the F. Melius Christiansen Award from Minnesota ACDA, and the Faithful Servant Award from the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, which last year made available a CD of his compositions. In 2007 the book "With A Voice of Singing - Essays on Children, Choirs and Music in the Church" was published in his honor. --www.giamusic.com

Don Hustad

1918 - 2013 Person Name: Donald P. Hustad Scripture: Acts 10:34-43 Arranger of "WHO IS HE" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Fredy Gularte

Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 Composer of "GRAN COMISION" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Anfinn Øien

Scripture: Acts 10:36 Composer of "[Voice-over God, our Lover and Creator]" in Agape

Peder Knudsen

1819 - 1863 Person Name: Peter Knudsen (1819-1863) Scripture: Acts 10:38 Composer of "JEG ER SAA GLAD" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día Born: November 18, 1819, Vågå, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. Died: December 2, 1863, Ålesund, Norway. Buried: Ålesund, Norway. Knudsen, a violinist and organist, worked in Kristiania, Holmestrand, Kragerø and Ålesund. --www.hymntime.com/tch