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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

1810 - 1876 Person Name: S. S. Wesley (1810-1876) Composer of "AURELIA" in Hymns of the Ages Samuel Sebastian Wesley (b. London, England, 1810; d. Gloucester, England, 1876) was an English organist and composer. The grandson of Charles Wesley, he was born in London, and sang in the choir of the Chapel Royal as a boy. He learned composition and organ from his father, Samuel, completed a doctorate in music at Oxford, and composed for piano, organ, and choir. He was organist at Hereford Cathedral (1832-1835), Exeter Cathedral (1835-1842), Leeds Parish Church (1842-1849), Winchester Cathedral (1849-1865), and Gloucester Cathedral (1865-1876). Wesley strove to improve the standards of church music and the status of church musicians; his observations and plans for reform were published as A Few Words on Cathedral Music and the Music System of the Church (1849). He was the musical editor of Charles Kemble's A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (1864) and of the Wellburn Appendix of Original Hymns and Tunes (1875) but is best known as the compiler of The European Psalmist (1872), in which some 130 of the 733 hymn tunes were written by him. Bert Polman

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Author of "Intercede for Me" in Songs of Love and Praise 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.

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[O blessed feet of Jesus, weary with seeking me]" in The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[Oh, blessed feet of Jesus]" in Grove Songs No. 2 Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Margaret E. Winslow

1836 - 1936 Person Name: Miss Margaret Elizabeth Winslow (1836- ) Author of "O blessed feet of Jesus" in Hymns of the Ages

D. K. W.

Author of "Intercede for me" in The Finest of the Wheat No. 2

J. E. Delmarter

1864 - 1948 Composer of "[O blessed feet of Jesus]" in The Gospel Hymn Book James Ellsworth Delmarter (1864 - 1948) Son of James, son of Cornelius, son of Moses, son of Cornelius, son of Isaac, son of Jacobus, son of Claude, born in Varick, NY and died in Fresno, CA. He taught music at the Moody Bible Institute. He walked across the city to go there on Sundays as he refused to use public transportation on Sundays. He wrote at least two books on how to teach music and published them with his own publishing company (Delmarter Publishing Co.), in 1909. --connectingwithourpast.com/20th_Century.html

D. F. Wood

Translator of "Christ, Our Intercessor" in The Cyber Hymnal

D. A. Whyte

1782 - 1872 Composer of "[O blessed feet of Jesus]" in Songs of Calvary Whyte, David, M.A., 1782-1872. Minister at Bailee, North of Ireland. Of his hymns Belfast Collection, gives, "0 for a heart, a stronger heart," A Prayer for Grace. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)