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John Stanley

1712 - 1786 Hymnal Number: 28 Composer of "CALFARI" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr b. 1/17/1712 in London; d. 5/19/1786 in London; English composer and organist

1850 - 1929 Hymnal Number: 197 Composer of "BALDUCCI" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Arthur Henry ‘Daddy’ Mann MusB MusD United Kingdom 1850-1929. Born at Norwich, Norfolk, England, he graduated from New College, Oxford. He married Sarah Ransford, and they had five children: Sarah, Francis, Arthur, John, and Mary. Arthur died in infancy. Mann was a chorister and assistant organist at Norwich Cathedral, then, after short stints playing the organ at St Peter’s, Wolverhampton (1870-71); St. Michael’s Tettenhall Parish Church (1871-75); and Beverley Minster (1875-76); he became organist at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge (1876-1929), Cambridge University organist (1897-1929), and music master and organist at the Leys School, Cambridge (1894-1922). In addition to composing an oratorio and some hymn tunes, he was music editor of the Church of England Hymnal (1894). In 1918 he directed the music and first service of “Nine lessons & carols” at King’s College Chapel. He was an arranger, author, composer, and editor. His wife, Sarah, died in 1918. He died at Cambridge, England. John Perry

John J. Husband

1760 - 1825 Person Name: J. J. Husband Hymnal Number: 170 Composer of "Y CEIDWAD A GAED" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Rv John Jenkins Husband United Kingdom 1760-1825. Born in Plymouth, England, he worked as a clerk at Surrey Chapel. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1809 and taught music in Philadelphia, PA. It is surmised that he married Anna Elizabeth Kirkhum, but no other family information was found. An author and composer, he also worked as a clerk at St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church. In 1807 he published “A collection of hymns & Psalms for the use of singing school & musical societies”. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

R. H. Meredith

Person Name: R. H. M. Hymnal Number: 370 Arranger of "[I've seen the lightning flashing]" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr

R. J. Jones

Hymnal Number: 363 Efel. of "Fy Iesu, Fe'th Garaf" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr R. J. Jones, Chicago (Old and New Welsh and English Hymns, 1939)

Charles H. Purday

1799 - 1885 Person Name: C. H. Purday Hymnal Number: 16 Composer of "SANDON" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Charles H. Purday (1799-1885) A publisher, composer, lecturer, and writer, Purday had a special interest in church music. He published Crown Court Psalmody (1854), Church and Home Metrical Psalter and Hymnal (1860), which included SANDON, and, with Frances Havergal, Songs of Peace and Joy (1879). A precentor in the Scottish Church in Crown Court, London, Purday sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria. In the publishing field he is known as a strong proponent of better copyright laws to protect the works of authors and publishers. Bert Polman

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712 - 1778 Person Name: J. J. Rousseau Hymnal Number: 355 Composer of "GREENVILLE" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Jean Jacques Rousseau; b. 1712, Geneva; d. 1778, Paris. Born in the city-state of Geneva in the Swiss Confederacy, his mother died whenhe was 9 days old. Rousseau's father was a watchmaker, but got into trouble with local officials and left the town, leaving his son with an uncle who had Rousseau and his own son board with a Calvinist minister for 2 years. He was later apprenticed to a notary and then to an engraver, who beat him. He ran away from Geneva at 16. In nearby Savoy, he sheltered with a Roman Catholic priest. He was sent to Italy to convert to Catholicism. He supported himself as a servant, secretary, and tutor. His life was filled with personal and political upheaval, and his writings infuriated many, to the point he had to leave several habitations. He had many friends and enemies due to his philosophies on life, religion, and God. He was concerned with decay of society (having experienced the French Revolution) and became a philosopher, writer, botanist, and composer, he influenced the Enlightenment period through his political philosophy, both in France and across Europe, including aspects of the French Revolution and overall development of modern political and educational thought. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was the most popular of philosophers. He believed that self-preservation was the highest virtue and that we should study to understand how society operates and where pitfalls lie. His personal family life was very chaotic as a result of his outspoken opinions and writings. He returned to his Calvinistic beliefs in later life, but digressed from them on several issues important to that church. John Perry

William Knapp

1698 - 1768 Person Name: W. Knapp Hymnal Number: 44 F.t. of "WAREHAM" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Born: 1698, Wareham, Dorsetshire, England. Died: September 26, 1768, Poole, Dorsetshire, England. Buried: Poole, Dorsetshire, England.

Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Person Name: Von Weber Hymnal Number: 148 Composer of "SEYMOUR" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Joseph Philbrick Webster

1819 - 1875 Person Name: J. P. Webster Hymnal Number: 258 Composer of "YN Y MAN" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Webster composed and performed popular music. He studied with Lowell Mason and was active musically in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and directed a quartet company called the Euterpeans. In 1851, he moved to Madison, Indiana, followed by Chicago, Illinois (1855); Racine, Wisconsin (1856); and finally Elkhorn, Wisconsin (1859). Webster wrote over a thousand ballads and many hymns. His most famous secular song was his 1857 Lorena (words by Henry D. L. Webster). In its day, it was said to have been second in popularity only to Stephen Foster’s Suwanee River, and was sung by thousands of soldiers on both sides of the American civil war. An instrumental version appears in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, when Scarlett O’Hara is manning the stall at the charity dance in her mourning outfit. The tune also made an appearance in two John Ford films: The Searchers, 1956, arranged by Max Steiner, and The Horse Soldiers, 1959, arranged by David Buttolph. (http://www.hymntime.com/tch)