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Gustav Holst

1874 - 1934 Person Name: Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 Scripture: Acts 2 Composer of "THAXTED" in Gather (3rd ed.) Gustav Holst (b. Chelteham, Gloucestershire, England, September 21, 1874, d. London, England, May 25, 1934) was a renowned British composer and musician. Having studied at Cheltenham Grammar School, he soon obtained a professional position as an organist, and later as choirmaster. In 1892, Holst composed a two-act operetta, which so impressed his father that he borrowed the money to send Holst to the Royal College of Music. Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing. In 1895 Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the two became lifelong friends. Vaughan Williams helped Holst land his first job as a singing teacher. Holst became very interested in Indian and Hindu culture, and composed a number of operas translated from Sanksrit myths. These were not received well in England, however. Holst is best known for his composition, The Planets, as well as

Raquel Mora Martínez

b. 1940 Scripture: Acts 2:38-39 Arranger of "FELICIANO" in El Himnario Raquel Martinez (b. January 17, 1940) is a well-known composer and arranger of Hispanic songs and hymns. She has degrees from the University of Texas at El Paso and Perkins School of Theology and the School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. She served as editor of the official United Methodist hymnal, Mil Voces Para Celebrar (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996). --www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/hymn-studies/

Michael Denham

Scripture: Acts 2:38 Adapter of "God's Holy Spirit Came" in Singing the New Testament

Mary Jackson Cathey

b. 1926 Scripture: Acts 2:38 Adapter of "God's Holy Spirit Came" in Singing the New Testament Mary Jackson Cathey (b. 1926) was born in Florence, SC, and educated at Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. She received an advanced degree from Union Seminary - Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond. As a Christian Educator she finds hymn text writing a profound way to express her faith. Her hymns have won contests sponsored by The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, and a number of her poems have been published by John Knox Press, The Pilgrim Press, and Hope Publishing. She has four hymns to her credit in The Presbyterian Hymnal (1990) and others published by Selah Press, Choristers Guild, and Zimbel Press. She is an elder at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. --www.hopepublishing.com ========================== Mary Jackson Cathey is the Director of Religious Education at the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Maryland. She formerly served in a similar capacity in the First Presbyterian Church, Anderson, South Carolina. She obtained her M.R.E. degree from the Assembly's Training School, Richmond, Virginia, in 1953; and her A.B. from Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1947. She was married recently to Mr. Henry M. Cathey of Bethesda. She is the author of one of the 1956 Youth Hymns entitled "Come forth, O Christian Youth." --Twelve New World Order Hymns, 1958. Used by permission.

Juan Burghi

1899 - 1985 Scripture: Acts 2:37-39 Translator of "Quien cree y bautiszado es" in El Himnario

Rubén Landeros

Scripture: Acts 2:41-42 Author of "Yo te ofrezco, mi Dios, hoy la vida" in El Himnario

Meyer Lyon

1751 - 1797 Scripture: Acts 2:38 Adapter of "LEONI" in Singing the New Testament Died: 1797, Kingston, Jamaica. Pseudonym: Leoni. Lyon was a chorister at the Great Synagogue, Duke’s Place, London, and a public singer either at Drury Lane or Covent Garden. Subsequently he became the first qualified chazan of the English and German Synagogue in Jamaica. Sources: Julian, p. 1151 McCutchan, pp. 27-28 Music: LEONI http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/y/o/lyon_m.htm ================ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myer_Lyon

Pedro Landeros

Scripture: Acts 2:41-42 Composer of "LANDEROS" in El Himnario

Calvin A. Busch

1912 - 1990 Scripture: Acts 2:39 Author of "Dear Lord, Today Our Child" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Calvin Busch was ordained and installed in 1938 as pastor of Aurora Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Nebraska. He was a graduate of Wheaton College and Westminster Seminary. He also served in churches in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Second Parish OPC in Portland, Maine, before a 20-year tenure at Emmanuel OPC in Whippany, New Jersey. He retired in 1977, but later he ministered at Franklin Square OPC in Long Island. On March 11, 1990, he passed away at the age of 78. NN, Hymnary

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Scripture: Acts 2:38 Translator of "Satúranos, Señor (Lord, Fill Us)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song