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Bernhard Severin Ingemann

1789 - 1862 Person Name: Bernhardt Severin Ingemann, 1789 - 1862 Author of "Christmas brings joy to every heart" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:— Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most English-speaking countries. The translation was published in the People's Hymnal, 1861. It was greatly improved in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875, and has been specially set to music by several composers. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

C. E. F. Weyse

1774 - 1842 Person Name: C. E. F. Weyse, 1774 - 1842 Composer of "CHRISTMAS BRINGS JOY" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich; b. Mar. 5, 1774, Altona (now in W. Germany), d. Oct. 8, 1842, Copenhagen; Danish composer of German extraction

Cecil Cowdrey

Translator of "Christmas brings joy to every heart" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America

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