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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

1809 - 1847 Person Name: Felix Mendelssohn Scripture: Luke 11:1-4 Adapter and Harmonizer of "MUNICH" in Lift Up Your Hearts Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (b. Hamburg, Germany, 1809; d. Leipzig, Germany, 1847) was the son of banker Abraham Mendelssohn and the grandson of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. His Jewish family became Christian and took the Bartholdy name (name of the estate of Mendelssohn's uncle) when baptized into the Lutheran church. The children all received an excellent musical education. Mendelssohn had his first public performance at the age of nine and by the age of sixteen had written several symphonies. Profoundly influenced by J. S. Bach's music, he conducted a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829 (at age 20!) – the first performance since Bach's death, thus reintroducing Bach to the world. Mendelssohn organized the Domchor in Berlin and founded the Leipzig Conservatory of Music in 1843. Traveling widely, he not only became familiar with various styles of music but also became well known himself in countries other than Germany, especially in England. He left a rich treasury of music: organ and piano works, overtures and incidental music, oratorios (including St. Paul or Elijah and choral works, and symphonies. He harmonized a number of hymn tunes himself, but hymnbook editors also arranged some of his other tunes into hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Hal H. Hopson

b. 1933 Scripture: Luke 11:4 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

Robert Kreutz

1922 - 1996 Person Name: Robert E. Kreutz Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Composer of "[Long ago in days of Moses]" in Catholic Book of Worship III

Eileen M. Johnson

Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Composer of "SAFFRON STRAND" in New Hymns of Hope

Christian Science Publishing Society

Person Name: CSPS Scripture: Luke 11:2 Transc. of "FINLANDIA" in Christian Science Hymnal

Nabor Nunes Filho

b. 1944 Person Name: Nabor Nunes Filho, b. 1944 Scripture: Luke 11:1-4 Composer of "PAI NOSSO" in When Breaks the Dawn

Joan A. Fyock

Person Name: Joan Fyock Norris Scripture: Luke 11:9-13 Composer of "McRAE" in Voices Together

Egil Hovland

1924 - 2013 Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Composer of "[Fader vår, du som er i himmelen]" in Agape

Andrew Donaldson

b. 1951 Person Name: Andrew Donaldson, 1951- Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Arranger of "PATER NOSTER (WEST INDIAN)" in The Book of Praise Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for his body of work in congregational song in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In 2011 Andrew and his wife, Wendy, moved to Geneva, Switzerland where Andrew works as a worship consultant to the World Council of Churches. --Submitted by Andrew and Wendy Donaldson, 13 August 2013