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Robert J. Powell

b. 1932 Scripture: Psalm 5 Hymnal Number: 3 Composer of "MATINS" in In Melody and Songs POWELL, ROBERT J., FAGO, ChM (b. 1932): B.M. in organ and composition, Louisiana State University; S.M.M. Union Theological Seminary, New York. Positions held include Assistant Organist, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York; Director of Music, St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH; Organist/Choirmaster, Christ Church, Greenville, SC, and Organist, Trinity United Methodist Church, Greenvillw, SC. Over 500 compositions in print. Robert J. Grimpo (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Judith Vander Wege

b. 1943 Scripture: Psalm 15 Hymnal Number: 5 Composer of "PURE HEARTS" in In Melody and Songs VANDER WEGE, JUDITH MAE (b. 1943): Poet, Freelance Writer, senior citizen and college student working toward a music ministry degree. Active in First Reformed Church of Orange City, Iowa with husband Paul. Judith Mae Vander Wege (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Evan Becker

b. 1946 Scripture: Psalm 18 Hymnal Number: 6 Composer of "SUSAN" in In Melody and Songs BECKER, EVAN (b.1946): B.A. Mathematics, Gettysburg College; M.S. Actuarial Science, University of Iowa. Retired organist, First Lutheran Church, Colorado Springs, CO; still active at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Colorado Springs, and elsewhere. AGO (American Guild of Organists) Regional Convention Chair, 2005; past Dean Colorado Springs AGO Chapter. Evan Becker (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Benny C. Morgan

b. 1930 Scripture: Psalm 20 Hymnal Number: 7 Composer of "HUNTERSVILLE" in In Melody and Songs MORGAN, BENNY C. (b. 1930): B.A., Fairmont State University; M. Mus., West Virginia University. Organist/Choir Master at several churches in southern Maryland. Presently at Christ Church Episcopal, Nanjemoy, MD, one of the oldest congregations on the East Coast. Charter member, Southern Maryland Chapter, AGO. Believes all hymn tunes should be simple enough for congregations to sing. Benny C. Morgan (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Austin C. Lovelace

1919 - 2010 Scripture: Psalm 23 Hymnal Number: 8 Composer of "AUSTIN'S GARDEN HYMN" in In Melody and Songs LOVELACE, AUSTIN C., AAGO: (1919-2010) D.S.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York. Recitals, workshops, festivals, lectures in 17 different denominations in 45 states as well as in Finland, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. Past President, Fellow, and Life member, HSUSC. 50 year member, Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Author of five books; co-editor and consultant of denominational and other hymnals. Longtime member, ASCAP. Composer of over 800 compositions published by 20 publishers. Organist for the 2nd Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954. Dean of the first North Carolina Chapter, AGO. Chairman of the 1968 National Convention, AGO, in Denver. Two terms on the National Council, AGO. Co-founder, with Tom Matthews, of the North Shore Chapter, AGO. Minister of Music Emeritus. Denver Chapter, AGO. Austin C. Lovelace (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Amzi Chapin

1768 - 1835 Scripture: Psalm 37 Hymnal Number: 17 Composer (attributed to) of "PRIMROSE" in In Melody and Songs Amzi Chapin USA 1768-1835. Born in Springfield. MA, into a family of cabinetmakers, jewelers, and watchmakers, he followed in the same trade in Hartford, CT. for several years, then moved to New Haven, CT. He embarked on a career as an itinerant singing teacher, composer, and cabinetmaker in the South and Midwest. He married Hannah Power and they had eight children. They lived in Mount Pleasant, PA, where he taught singing and farmed for the next 30 years. He also founded a mill. He co-founded the Presbyterian congregation in Northfield Township. Chapin taught singing schools in VA, NC, KY, and PA. In 1831, he and his family moved to Northfield, OH. His older brother, Lucius, was also a singing teacher, and they were among the first to teach sacred music west of the Allegheny Mountains. John Perry

Chris Beamer

b. 1950 Person Name: Charles Christian Beamer Scripture: Psalm 51 Hymnal Number: 19 Composer of "SECOND DEGREE" in In Melody and Songs BEAMER, CHARLES CHRISTIAN (b.1950): B.F.A. (Music Composition), California Institute of the Arts, Valencia; M.A. (Ministry), Pacific Christian Graduate School, Fullerton. Reformed Baptist pastor, living in greater Los Angeles. Author of Standards for the Singing Church (2004); compiler, contributor, and editor of Reformed Psalter Hymnal (2010). Chris Beamer (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

John A. Stallsmith

b. 1964 Scripture: Psalm 55 Hymnal Number: 21 Composer of "EZEKIEL" in In Melody and Songs STALLSMITH, JOHN (b. 1964): B.M., (Organ Performance), Dana School of Music, Youngstown, OH. M.M. (Organ and Church Music), University of Kansas. D.M.A. (Organ), University of Alabama. Active recitalist, composer and conductor. Instructor of Music, Bevill State Community College. Organist, Director of Music, First Methodist Church; Organist, St. Cecilia Catholic Church, all in Jasper, AL. Member, AGO. John Stallsmith (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Swee-Hong Lim

b. 1963 Person Name: Swee Hong Lim Scripture: Psalm 63 Hymnal Number: 24 Composer of "MENEBUS" in In Melody and Songs Dr. Swee Hong Lim is the Deer Park Assistant Professor of Sacred Music at Emmanuel College, and the Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program. He also serves as Director of the Chapel for the worship life of Emmanuel College. Before joining Emmanuel on July 1, 2012, Dr. Lim served as an Assistant Professor of Church Music at Baylor University. Prior to his work at Baylor, he served as a Lecturer of Worship, Liturgy, and Music at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. Swee Hong is widely utilized as a leader for global seminars and conferences dealing with sacred music. He currently serves as the Co-Moderator of the Worship Committee for the 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches for its meeting in Busan, South Korea (2013), and also served as a member of the Worship Planning Committee for the 2011 Ecumenical Peace Convocation sponsored by the World Council held in Jamaica. From 2008-2010, he chaired the Board of Worship and Music for the Trinity Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Singapore. Swee Hong holds a PhD in Liturgical Studies from Drew University, where his dissertation won the Helen LePage and William Hale Chamberlain Prize for Outstanding Dissertation. He also holds a Master of Arts in Sacred Music from Perkins School of Theology. He completed his undergraduate work in Church Music at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music in the Philippines. Swee Hong is well-published in global music, with his monograph, Giving Voice to Asian Christians, especially known among global musicians. He is also a prolific composer of hymnody. By Swee Hong Lim, From: http://www.emmanuel.utoronto.ca/about/faculty/lim.htm, 24 June 2014.

Robert Frederic Swift

b. 1940 Person Name: Robert F. Swift Scripture: Psalm 63 Hymnal Number: 25 Composer of "HOLDERNESS" in In Melody and Songs SWIFT, ROBERT (b. 1940): B.S., Music Education, Hartwick College, M.A., Ph.D., Music Education, Eastman School of Music. Teacher, conductor, composer, organist, writer. Professor of Music Emeritus, Plymouth State University (NH). Recipient of four distinguished teaching awards. Musical publications (vocal, choral, organ) with Hinshaw, Warner Brothers, Pro Art, Darcey Press, Lorenz. Author of Music from the Mountains; Teaching Moments; and More Teaching Moments, plus numerous articles on music education. Member, New Hampshire Chapter, AGO. Robert Swift (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

John Emert

b. 1961 Scripture: Psalm 67 Hymnal Number: 27 Composer of "ALVA" in In Melody and Songs EMERT, JOHN (b. 1961): B.A. (Organ Performance, Ph.D. (Mathematics), University of Tennessee; Associate Dean of Honors College, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Twenty choral anthems published by Purifoy Pub. (Lorwnz). Organist, College Avenue United Methodist, Muncie, IN; Past Dean, Muncie Chapter, AGO. John Emert (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Glen W. Hicks

b. 1985 Scripture: Psalm 71 Hymnal Number: 30 Composer of "EMERY" in In Melody and Songs HICKS, GLEN (b. 1985): B.Mus.Ed. Southern Utah University; M.A. Arizona State University (Music History and Literature), expected May, 2014. Organist and Teacher residing in San Tan Valley, AZ. Compositions include works for organ, piano, and handbells. Member, American Musicological Society. Glen Hicks(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

John Schimminger

b. 1950 Scripture: Psalm 84 Hymnal Number: 35 Composer of "MORROW" in In Melody and Songs SCHIMMINGER, JOHN (b. 1950): B.A. Psychology. Studied psychology and art at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Member of the Choir of St. John’s-Grace Episcopal Church in Buffalo, NY for 25 years. Hymns, songs, anthems, psalm settings and instrumental works performed in churches of Western New York and at diocesan-wide services of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. John Schimminger (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

William N. McElrath

b. 1932 Scripture: Psalm 84 Hymnal Number: 36 Composer of "PINEVIEW" in In Melody and Songs McELRATH, WILLIAM N. (b. 1932): Th.M., M.Div., B.A., author of more than 60 books published under three different names in two different languages, the most recent titles being Pilgrims on the Wilderness Road and From Slave to Governor: The Unlikely Life of Lott Cary, both from Parson Place Press. Published hymn writer; editor of a major hymnal in the Indonesian language. More information at www.PerryThomasBooks.com. William N. McElrath(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Jack C. Goode

1921 - 2002 Scripture: Psalm 89 Hymnal Number: 39 Composer of "MY SONG" in In Melody and Songs GOODE, JACK C. : (? - 2002) B.Mus. Baylor University; 3-1/2 years in the Waco Army Air Force Band during World War II; studied with Béla Rozsa (student of Schönberg) at University of Tulsa. M.M., American Conservatory of Music, Chicago, studying with Leo Sowerby. Organist, retired, First Baptist Church, Evanston, IL. Served as a Faculty member, American Conservatory of Music, Northwestern University, Wheaton College. Compositions published by numerous publishers, including Darcey Press. Jack C. Goode(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Greg Scheer

b. 1966 Scripture: Psalm 93 Hymnal Number: 41 Composer of "DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING" in In Melody and Songs Greg Scheer is a composer, author, and speaker. His life’s work includes two sons (Simon and Theo), two books (The Art of Worship, 2006, and Essential Worship, 2016), and hundreds of compositions, songs, and arrangements in a dizzying variety of styles. Greg is also co-founder of Hymnary.org and source of many ideas and inspirations, some good. Greg Scheer

Hugh Goodridge

b. 1937 Scripture: Psalm 95 Hymnal Number: 43 Composer of "AUDLYN" in In Melody and Songs GOODRIDGE, HUGH (b. 1937): Hugh Goodridge was educated at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University in music theory. He completed his graduate studies in that field with a concentration in choral conducting, at Teachers College, Columbia University. He also holds a graduate degree in education from Long Island University. As a composer, he has written much Caribbean folk-style music, emphasizing the culture of Trinidad and Tobago. His folk song, “Cassava Pone” is on the album, “Dance and Sing,” performed by the “Mausica Teachers Choir.” His contemporary gospel and choral anthems are generally performed at Goshen Temple SDA Church, Brooklyn, New York. He is a retired New York public school teacher with 27 years of service. Much of this time today is devoted to piano instruction, writing, and recording sacred music. He is a member of ASCAP. Hugh Goodrich (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Thomas Pavlechko

b. 1962 Scripture: Psalm 96 Hymnal Number: 45 Composer of "VANLANINGHAM" in In Melody and Songs PAVLECHKO, THOMAS (b. 1962) is the Cantor and Composer-in-Residence at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. Named the Emerging Hymn Tune Composer by HSUSC in 2002, his sacred music compositions, hymn tunes, choral, orchestral and concert band works are widely performed. He is the co-editor of the principal worship planning reference books of the Episcopal Church U.S.A, ,cite>Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary. His collection of over 600 Psalm settings, St. Martin’s Psalter, is published in two editions with Augsburg Fortress Publishers and St. James Music Press. Pavlechko is a graduate of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, both in his native Ohio. He has pursued postgraduate study in symphonic orchestration at the University of Texas. Thomas Pavlechko (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Aaron David Miller

Scripture: Psalm 96 Hymnal Number: 46 Composer of "COVINGTON" in In Melody and Songs MILLER, AARON DAVID (b. 1972): D.M.A., M.M., Manhatten School of Music, B.M., Eastman School of Music. Music Director at The House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, MN, Monroe Street United Methodist Church, Toledo, OH, and Associate Organist at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL. Concert organist, composer, and forensic musicologist for Donato Music, Scarsdale, NY. Aaron David Miller (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Joseph Herl

Scripture: Psalm 96 Hymnal Number: 48 Composer of "KIRKWOOD LONG" in In Melody and Songs HERL, JOSEPH, AAGO, ChM (b. 1959): B.A. (Music), Concordia College, New York; M.Mus. (Organ), North Texas State University; Ph.D. (Musicology), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Professor of Music at Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska and organist of Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lincoln, Nebraska. Author of Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism (Oxford University Press, 2004); choral and organ music published by Oxford, Concordia, and MorningStar. Joseph Herl (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Isaac Watts

1674 - 1748 Scripture: Psalm 97 Hymnal Number: 49 Author of "He reigns! The Lord our Savior reigns" in In Melody and Songs Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary labours. He did not retire from ministerial duties, but preached as often as his delicate health would permit. The number of Watts' publications is very large. His collected works, first published in 1720, embrace sermons, treatises, poems and hymns. His "Horae Lyricae" was published in December, 1705. His "Hymns" appeared in July, 1707. The first hymn he is said to have composed for religious worship, is "Behold the glories of the Lamb," written at the age of twenty. It is as a writer of psalms and hymns that he is everywhere known. Some of his hymns were written to be sung after his sermons, giving expression to the meaning of the text upon which he had preached. Montgomery calls Watts "the greatest name among hymn-writers," and the honour can hardly be disputed. His published hymns number more than eight hundred. Watts died November 25, 1748, and was buried at Bunhill Fields. A monumental statue was erected in Southampton, his native place, and there is also a monument to his memory in the South Choir of Westminster Abbey. "Happy," says the great contemporary champion of Anglican orthodoxy, "will be that reader whose mind is disposed, by his verses or his prose, to imitate him in all but his non-conformity, to copy his benevolence to men, and his reverence to God." ("Memorials of Westminster Abbey," p. 325.) --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A., 1872. ================================= Watts, Isaac, D.D. The father of Dr. Watts was a respected Nonconformist, and at the birth of the child, and during its infancy, twice suffered imprisonment for his religious convictions. In his later years he kept a flourishing boarding school at Southampton. Isaac, the eldest of his nine children, was born in that town July 17, 1674. His taste for verse showed itself in early childhood. He was taught Greek, Latin, and Hebrew by Mr. Pinhorn, rector of All Saints, and headmaster of the Grammar School, in Southampton. The splendid promise of the boy induced a physician of the town and other friends to offer him an education at one of the Universities for eventual ordination in the Church of England: but this he refused; and entered a Nonconformist Academy at Stoke Newington in 1690, under the care of Mr. Thomas Rowe, the pastor of the Independent congregation at Girdlers' Hall. Of this congregation he became a member in 1693. Leaving the Academy at the age of twenty, he spent two years at home; and it was then that the bulk of the Hymns and Spiritual Songs (published 1707-9) were written, and sung from manuscripts in the Southampton Chapel. The hymn "Behold the glories of the Lamb" is said to have been the first he composed, and written as an attempt to raise the standard of praise. In answer to requests, others succeeded. The hymn "There is a land of pure delight" is said to have been suggested by the view across Southampton Water. The next six years of Watts's life were again spent at Stoke Newington, in the post of tutor to the son of an eminent Puritan, Sir John Hartopp; and to the intense study of these years must be traced the accumulation of the theological and philosophical materials which he published subsequently, and also the life-long enfeeblement of his constitution. Watts preached his first sermon when he was twenty-four years old. In the next three years he preached frequently; and in 1702 was ordained pastor of the eminent Independent congregation in Mark Lane, over which Caryl and Dr. John Owen had presided, and which numbered Mrs. Bendish, Cromwell's granddaughter, Charles Fleetwood, Charles Desborough, Sir John Hartopp, Lady Haversham, and other distinguished Independents among its members. In this year he removed to the house of Mr. Hollis in the Minories. His health began to fail in the following year, and Mr. Samuel Price was appointed as his assistant in the ministry. In 1712 a fever shattered his constitution, and Mr. Price was then appointed co-pastor of the congregation which had in the meantime removed to a new chapel in Bury Street. It was at this period that he became the guest of Sir Thomas Abney, under whose roof, and after his death (1722) that of his widow, he remained for the rest of his suffering life; residing for the longer portion of these thirty-six years principally at the beautiful country seat of Theobalds in Herts, and for the last thirteen years at Stoke Newington. His degree of D.D. was bestowed on him in 1728, unsolicited, by the University of Edinburgh. His infirmities increased on him up to the peaceful close of his sufferings, Nov. 25, 1748. He was buried in the Puritan restingplace at Bunhill Fields, but a monument was erected to him in Westminster Abbey. His learning and piety, gentleness and largeness of heart have earned him the title of the Melanchthon of his day. Among his friends, churchmen like Bishop Gibson are ranked with Nonconformists such as Doddridge. His theological as well as philosophical fame was considerable. His Speculations on the Human Nature of the Logos, as a contribution to the great controversy on the Holy Trinity, brought on him a charge of Arian opinions. His work on The Improvement of the Mind, published in 1741, is eulogised by Johnson. His Logic was still a valued textbook at Oxford within living memory. The World to Come, published in 1745, was once a favourite devotional work, parts of it being translated into several languages. His Catechisms, Scripture History (1732), as well as The Divine and Moral Songs (1715), were the most popular text-books for religious education fifty years ago. The Hymns and Spiritual Songs were published in 1707-9, though written earlier. The Horae Lyricae, which contains hymns interspersed among the poems, appeared in 1706-9. Some hymns were also appended at the close of the several Sermons preached in London, published in 1721-24. The Psalms were published in 1719. The earliest life of Watts is that by his friend Dr. Gibbons. Johnson has included him in his Lives of the Poets; and Southey has echoed Johnson's warm eulogy. The most interesting modern life is Isaac Watts: his Life and Writings, by E. Paxton Hood. [Rev. H. Leigh Bennett, M.A.] A large mass of Dr. Watts's hymns and paraphrases of the Psalms have no personal history beyond the date of their publication. These we have grouped together here and shall preface the list with the books from which they are taken. (l) Horae Lyricae. Poems chiefly of the Lyric kind. In Three Books Sacred: i.To Devotion and Piety; ii. To Virtue, Honour, and Friendship; iii. To the Memory of the Dead. By I. Watts, 1706. Second edition, 1709. (2) Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books: i. Collected from the Scriptures; ii. Composed on Divine Subjects; iii. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. By I. Watts, 1707. This contained in Bk i. 78 hymns; Bk. ii. 110; Bk. iii. 22, and 12 doxologies. In the 2nd edition published in 1709, Bk. i. was increased to 150; Bk. ii. to 170; Bk. iii. to 25 and 15 doxologies. (3) Divine and Moral Songs for the Use of Children. By I. Watts, London, 1715. (4) The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, And apply'd to the Christian State and Worship. By I. Watts. London: Printed by J. Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, &c, 1719. (5) Sermons with hymns appended thereto, vol. i., 1721; ii., 1723; iii. 1727. In the 5th ed. of the Sermons the three volumes, in duodecimo, were reduced to two, in octavo. (6) Reliquiae Juveniles: Miscellaneous Thoughts in Prose and Verse, on Natural, Moral, and Divine Subjects; Written chiefly in Younger Years. By I. Watts, D.D., London, 1734. (7) Remnants of Time. London, 1736. 454 Hymns and Versions of the Psalms, in addition to the centos are all in common use at the present time. --Excerpts from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================================== Watts, I. , p. 1241, ii. Nearly 100 hymns, additional to those already annotated, are given in some minor hymn-books. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================= Watts, I. , p. 1236, i. At the time of the publication of this Dictionary in 1892, every copy of the 1707 edition of Watts's Hymns and Spiritual Songs was supposed to have perished, and all notes thereon were based upon references which were found in magazines and old collections of hymns and versions of the Psalms. Recently three copies have been recovered, and by a careful examination of one of these we have been able to give some of the results in the revision of pp. 1-1597, and the rest we now subjoin. i. Hymns in the 1709 ed. of Hymns and Spiritual Songs which previously appeared in the 1707 edition of the same book, but are not so noted in the 1st ed. of this Dictionary:— On pp. 1237, L-1239, ii., Nos. 18, 33, 42, 43, 47, 48, 60, 56, 58, 59, 63, 75, 82, 83, 84, 85, 93, 96, 99, 102, 104, 105, 113, 115, 116, 123, 124, 134, 137, 139, 146, 147, 148, 149, 162, 166, 174, 180, 181, 182, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 200, 202. ii. Versions of the Psalms in his Psalms of David, 1719, which previously appeared in his Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707:— On pp. 1239, U.-1241, i., Nos. 241, 288, 304, 313, 314, 317, 410, 441. iii. Additional not noted in the revision:— 1. My soul, how lovely is the place; p. 1240, ii. 332. This version of Ps. lxiv. first appeared in the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, as "Ye saints, how lovely is the place." 2. Shine, mighty God, on Britain shine; p. 1055, ii. In the 1707 edition of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, Bk. i., No. 35, and again in his Psalms of David, 1719. 3. Sing to the Lord with [cheerful] joyful voice, p. 1059, ii. This version of Ps. c. is No. 43 in the Hymns & Spiritual Songs, 1707, Bk. i., from which it passed into the Ps. of David, 1719. A careful collation of the earliest editions of Watts's Horae Lyricae shows that Nos. 1, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, p. 1237, i., are in the 1706 ed., and that the rest were added in 1709. Of the remaining hymns, Nos. 91 appeared in his Sermons, vol. ii., 1723, and No. 196 in Sermons, vol. i., 1721. No. 199 was added after Watts's death. It must be noted also that the original title of what is usually known as Divine and Moral Songs was Divine Songs only. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) =========== See also in: Hymn Writers of the Church

Aubrey L. Butler

b. 1933 Person Name: A. L. Butler Scripture: Psalm 100 Hymnal Number: 54 Composer of "PLEASANT VALLEY" in In Melody and Songs BUTLER, A. L. (Pete) (b. 1933): B.M., Oklahoma Baptist University. M.S.M. Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, KY. D.C.M. (Hon.), Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO. Minister of Music, First Baptist Church, Ada, OK. Retired Professor of Church Music, Midwestern Baptist Seminary, Kansas City, MO. Published works include children's and adult anthems and hymn tunes. Member, ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers). A. L. Butler (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

C. Hubert H. Parry

1848 - 1918 Person Name: C. H. H. Parry Scripture: Psalm 100 Hymnal Number: 55 Composer of "JERUSALEM" in In Melody and Songs Charles Hubert Hastings Parry KnBch/Brnt BMus United Kingdom 1848-1918. Born at Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, England, son of a wealthy director of the East India Company (also a painter, piano and horn musician, and art collector). His mother died of consumption shortly after his birth. His father remarried when he was three, and his stepmother favored her own children over her stepchildren, so he and two siblings were sometimes left out. He attended a preparatory school in Malvern, then at Twyford in Hampshire. He studied music from 1856-58 and became a pianist and composer. His musical interest was encouraged by the headmaster and by two organists. He gained an enduring love for Bach’s music from S S Wesley and took piano and harmony lessons from Edward Brind, who also took him to the ‘Three Choirs Festival in Hereford in 1861, where Mendelssohn, Mozart, Handel, and Beethoven works were performed. That left a great impression on Hubert. It also sparked the beginning of a lifelong association with the festival. That year, his brother was disgraced at Oxford for drug and alcohol use, and his sister, Lucy, died of consumption as well. Both events saddened Hubert. However, he began study at Eton College and distinguished himself at both sport and music. He also began having heart trouble, that would plague him the rest of his life. Eton was not known for its music program, and although some others had interest in music, there were no teachers there that could help Hubert much. He turned to George Elvey, organist of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, and started studying with him in 1863. Hubert eventually wrote some anthems for the choir of St George’s Chapel, and eventually earned his music degree. While still at Eton, Hubert sat for the Oxford Bachelor of Music exam, the youngest person ever to have done so. His exam exercise, a cantata: “O Lord, Thou hast cast us out” astonished the Heather Professor of Music, Sir Frederick Ouseley, and was triumphantly performed and published in 1867. In 1867 he left Eton and went to Exeter College, Oxford. He did not study music there, his music concerns taking second place, but read law and modern history. However, he did go to Stuttgart, Germany, at the urging of Henry Hugh Pierson, to learn re-orchestration, leaving him much more critical of Mendelssohn’s works. When he left Exeter College, at his father’s behest, he felt obliged to try insurance work, as his father considered music only a pastime (too uncertain as a profession). He became an underwriter at Lloyd’s of London, 1870-77, but he found the work unappealing to his interests and inclinations. In 1872 he married Elizabeth Maude Herbert, and they had two daughters: Dorothea and Gwendolen. His in-laws agreed with his father that a conventional career was best, but it did not suit him. He began studying advanced piano with W S Bennett, but found it insufficient. He then took lessons with Edward Dannreuther, a wise and sympathetic teacher, who taught him of Wagner’s music. At the same time as Hubert’s compositions were coming to public notice (1875), he became a scholar of George Grove and soon an assistant editor for his new “Dictionary of Music and Musicians”. He contributed 123 articles to it. His own first work appeared in 1880. In 1883 he became professor of composition and musical history at the Royal College of Music (of which Grove was the head). In 1895 Parry succeeded Grove as head of the college, remaining in the post the remainder of his life. He also succeeded John Stainer as Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford (1900-1908). His academic duties were considerable and likely prevented him from composing as much as he might have. However, he was rated a very fine composer, nontheless, of orchestrations, overtures, symphonies, and other music. He only attempted one opera, deemed unsuccessful. Edward Elgar learned much of his craft from Parry’s articles in Grove’s Dictionary, and from those who studied under Parry at the Royal College, including Ralph Vaughn Williams, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge, and John Ireland. Parry had the ability when teaching music to ascertain a student’s potential for creativity and direct it positively. In 1902 he was created a Baronet of Highnam Court in Gloucester. Parry was also an avid sailor and owned several yachts, becoming a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1908, the only composer so honored. He was a Darwinian and a humanist. His daughter reiterated his liberal, non-conventional thinking. On medical advice he resigned his Oxford appointment in 1908 and produced some of his best known works. He and his wife were taken up with the ‘Suffrage Movement’ in 1916. He hated to see the WW1 ravage young potential musical talent from England and Germany. In 1918 he contracted Spanish flu during the global pandemic and died at Knightsscroft, Rustington, West Sussex. In 2015 they found 70 unpublished works of Parry’s hidden away in a family archive. It is thought some may never have been performed in public. The documents were sold at auction for a large sum. Other works he wrote include: “Studies of great composers” (1886), “The art of music” (1893), “The evolution of the art of music” (1896), “The music of the 17th century” (1902). His best known work is probably his 1909 study of “Johann Sebastian Bach”. John Perry

Charles Lockhart

1745 - 1815 Scripture: Psalm 103 Hymnal Number: 58 Composer of "CARLISLE" in In Melody and Songs Born: 1745, London, England. Died: February 9, 1815, London, England. Lockhart was first organist of the Lock Hospital, and was for some years associated with Martin Madan in the musical arrangements there. Though blind from infancy, Lockhart had a distinct musical gift, and was especially known for training children’s choirs. His earliest tunes were printed on separate sheets. He published a set of hymn tunes about 1810. Sources: Frost, p. 680 Lightwood, p. 155 Nutter, p. 460 Music: CARLISLE TAMWORTH http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/c/lockhart_c.htm ================ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lockhart_%28musician%29

Horatio W. Parker

1863 - 1919 Person Name: Horatio William Parker Scripture: Psalm 103 Hymnal Number: 59 Composer of "GARDEN CITY" in In Melody and Songs

David Lee

b. 1956 Scripture: Psalm 103 Hymnal Number: 60 Composer of "WHARTON PARK" in In Melody and Songs LEE, DAVID (b. 1956): B.Sc. Geology with Geophysics, University of Durham; M.Sc. Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Working life in I. T. Support in university and scientific research. He has been active in church music since his early teens. He is member of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and in 2007 was elected to serve on its executive committee.Hymn, song and anthem settings appear in (amongst others) Singing the Faith, RSCM (Royal School of Church Music) collections, Lutheran Service Book (LCMS), Psalms for All Seasons., In Melody and Songs David Lee(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014, and previous (uncited) bio

C. Martin Staub

b. 1942 Scripture: Psalm 116 Hymnal Number: 67 Composer of "JOYELCRIST" in In Melody and Songs STAUB, C. MARTIN (b. 1942): B.F.A. in Music Performance and B.F.A. in Music Education, Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University; graduate studies at Hartt School of Music and Catholic University of America; contributing author to “Music Journal,” “The School Musician,” and author of a chapter in the book, Contemporary Music Education. Member of ASCAP and AGO. Active composer, performer, and church music director, in Delaware. C. Martin Staub (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Morgan F. Simmons

b. 1929 Person Name: Morgan Simmons Scripture: Psalm 117 Hymnal Number: 68 Arranger of "MORNING SONG" in In Melody and Songs SIMMONS, MORGAN

Timothy Swan

1758 - 1842 Scripture: Psalm 118 Hymnal Number: 69 Composer of "GREENLAND NEW" in In Melody and Songs Timothy Swan, 1758-1842, hymntune composer

Adrienne Tindall

Scripture: Psalm 118 Hymnal Number: 69 Harmonizer of "GREENLAND NEW" in In Melody and Songs TINDALL, ADRIENNE, AAGO (b. 1935): A.B., Music (Composition), Vassar College. B.Mus., M.M. (Organ), American Conservatory of Music, Chicago. Organist (retired 2012). D.B.A. Darcey Press - www.darceypress.com. Publisher of many fine composers’ works in 11 sacred solo collections, a sheet music series, 15 collections of sacred works for organ (mostly hymn tune based). Editor of Christmas Carols for Friends and Families. Life member, HSUSC; Charter member, North Shore Chapter, AGO; Dual member, Chicago Chapter, AGO. Adrienne Tindall (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Neil Stipp

Scripture: Psalm 118 Hymnal Number: 71 Composer of "LIVING STONE" in In Melody and Songs STIPP, NEIL: D.M.A., University of California at Los Angeles, M.M., University of Southern California, B.M., Biola University. Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Covina, CA. College Organist, Whittier College, Whittier, CA. Concert organist, composer, teacher. Music published by Darcey Press, LifeWay Christian Resources, and E. C. Schirmer. Member of AGO, ASCAP, and American Composers Forum. Neil Stipp (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014 and updated by email, 2016

Anne A. McNair

b. 1954 Scripture: Psalm 119:5 Hymnal Number: 82 Composer of "LAURINBURG" in In Melody and Songs Anne A. McNair. (b. 1954): Anne Acker McNair was born in High Point, NC in 1954 and grew up in Raleigh, NC. She has had dual careers as a music teacher/composer/church musician and as an actuary. Her music degrees are from St. Andrews Presbyterian College (B.M., sacred music/organ and music education, 1976), Georgia State University (M.M., music education, 1981), and the University of S.C. (Ph.D., music education, 2010). She also holds a degree in statistics from the University of S.C. (B.S., 1995). Anne currently serves as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Georgia. From 2005-2014, she served as Director of Choirs for Children and Youth at Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. She is active in the Presbyterian Association of Musicians at the national level and has served as an elected board member (2010-2013), president elect (2014-2016), and will serve as president (2016-2018). She and her husband, William McNair, were Co-Conference Directors of the Montreat Worship and Music Conference in 2013. Anne’s writings have been published in “Call to Worship”, “Perspectives”, and in the “Journal of Research in Music Education”. Her choral compositions have been published by Mark Foster Music and by Augsburg Fortress. She enjoys writing both hymn texts and hymn tunes for use in her church. Three hymn tunes have been published by Darcey Press. Anne A. McNair

William Walker

1809 - 1875 Person Name: William Walker (attr.) Scripture: Psalm 119:28 Hymnal Number: 88 Composer of "DISTRESS" in In Melody and Songs

Leon Nelson

b. 1942 Scripture: Psalm 119:96 Hymnal Number: 78 Composer of "ARLINGTON HEIGHTS" in In Melody and Songs NELSON, LEON (b. 1942): B.A., Moody Bible Institute, Trinity College; M.M. Northwestern University. Served 37 years as full-time Director of Music in two of the largest Presbyterian Churches in the Chicago area. Retired after 26 years as adjunct Professor at North Park University. Past Dean, North Shore Chapter, AGO. Studied organ with Robert Rayfield, Lillian Robinson, Robert Lodine, and Paul Manz. Several organ pieces published by Hope Publishing Co. Leon Nelson (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Sandra Gay

b. 1943 Person Name: Sandra T. Gay Scripture: Psalm 135 Hymnal Number: 94 Composer of "RAVALLI" in In Melody and Songs GAY, SANDRA, (b. 1943): Retired organist living in Hamilton, MT. B.Mus. (organ performance), M. Mus. (organ performance). Composer of choral, keyboard, instrumental and handbell music. Co-founder of Zimbel Press. Member of ASCAP; Member of Missoula Chapter, AGO. Sandra Gay(from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014)

Joseph Parry

1841 - 1903 Scripture: Psalm 136 Hymnal Number: 95 Composer of "MERTHYR TYDFIL" in In Melody and Songs Joseph Parry (b. Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales, 1841; d. Penarth, Glamorganshire, 1903) was born into a poor but musical family. Although he showed musical gifts at an early age, he was sent to work in the puddling furnaces of a steel mill at the age of nine. His family immigrated to a Welsh settlement in Danville, Pennsylvania in 1854, where Parry later started a music school. He traveled in the United States and in Wales, performing, studying, and composing music, and he won several Eisteddfodau (singing competition) prizes. Parry studied at the Royal Academy of Music and at Cambridge, where part of his tuition was paid by interested community people who were eager to encourage his talent. From 1873 to 1879 he was professor of music at the Welsh University College in Aberystwyth. After establishing private schools of music in Aberystwyth and in Swan sea, he was lecturer and professor of music at the University College of South Wales in Cardiff (1888-1903). Parry composed oratorios, cantatas, an opera, orchestral and chamber music, as well as some four hundred hymn tunes. Bert Polman

Elizabeth Grimpo

b. 1977 Scripture: Psalm 136 Hymnal Number: 96 Composer of "EDENTON" in In Melody and Songs GRIMPO, ELIZABETH (b. 1977): B.M.E., Concordia University, Chicago. M.M., D.M.A. (piano performance), University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Assistant Professor of Music - Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska. Organist, Christ Lutheran Church, Lincoln, Nebraska. Active performer, both collaborative and solo repertoire. Elizabeth Grimpo (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Stephen Rohde

b. 1941 Person Name: Stephen James Rohde Scripture: Psalm 136 Hymnal Number: 97 Composer of "GAJDOS" in In Melody and Songs ROHDE, STEPHEN, AAGO (b. 1941): B.M., Lawrence University; M.M. University of WI, Madison. Director of Music in Milwaukee at Kingo Lutheran, Our Savior's Lutheran, Christ King Parish - Wauwautosa; Interim Director of Music at St. John’s Cathedral - Milwaukee; Artist/Composer in Residence at St. Mark’s Episcopal in Milwaukee; music published by Selah Publishing, Wayne Leupold Editions, GIA. Stephen Rohde (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Clark Kimberling

b. 1942 Scripture: Psalm 145 Hymnal Number: 102 Composer of "HARKEN" in In Melody and Songs KIMBERLING, CLARK (b. 1942): Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology. Professor of Mathematics, University of Evansville, Indiana. Anthems and instrumental works published by GIA and others. Life Member, HSUSC (Hymn Society in the United States and Canada). Webmaster of Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers, online items in MathWorld. Articles in The Hymn and Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.

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