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Joseph Haydn
1732 - 1809 Person Name: Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 Composer of "AUSTRIA" in Hymnal and Order of Service Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809) Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, spent some years in that city making a precarious living as a music teacher and composer, and then served as music director for the Esterhazy family from 1761 to 1790. Haydn became a most productive and widely respected composer of symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. In his retirement years he took two extended tours to England, which resulted in his "London" symphonies and (because of G. F. Handel's influence) in oratorios. Haydn's church music includes six great Masses and a few original hymn tunes. Hymnal editors have also arranged hymn tunes from various themes in Haydn's music.
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Joseph Haydn
Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Composer of "[Now we bring our Christmas treasures]" in Forms and Hymns for Christmas In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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Maria H. Bulfinch
Author of "Now we Bring Our Christmas Treasures" in Hymnal and Order of Service Bulfinch’s father was possibly Thomas Bulfinch (1796-1867), author of The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. Maria’s works include:
Margie: A Christmas Story, 1864
Frank Stirling’s Choice, 1867
An Easter-Tide Deliverance
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Maria H. Bulfinch
Archer T. Gurney
1820 - 1887 Person Name: Archer Thompson Gurney, 1820-1887 Composer of "CHESHAM" in The Cyber Hymnal Gurney, Archer Thompson, was born in 1820, and educated for the legal profession. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, but in 1849 he entered Holy Orders. He held several appointments, including the Curacy of Buckingham, 1854-58; the Chaplaincy of the Court Church, Paris, 1858-71, and other charges. He died at Bath, March 21, 1887. His published works include:—
Spring, 1853; Songs of the Present, 1854; The Ode of Peace, 1855; Songs of Early Summer, 1856; and A Book of Praise, 1862.
To the Book of Praise he contributed 147 hymns. Very few of these are known beyond his own collection. He is widely known through his Easter hymn “Christ is risen, Christ is risen." His "Memory of the blest departed" (SS. Philip and James) is in the People's Hymnal, 1867.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
Archer T. Gurney
