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Linda Lee Johnson

Person Name: Linda Lee Johnson, 1947- Meter: 11.11.11.10 Author of "Be Strong in the Lord" in Worship and Rejoice

1832 - 1893 Person Name: Isaiah Baltzell Meter: 11.11.11.10 Author of "How Long, O How Long?" in The Cyber Hymnal Baltzell, Isaiah. (near Frederick, Maryland, November 26, 1832--January 16, 1893, Frederick). He was educated in the common schools, and at New Windsor Academy, Carroll County, Maryland. In 1859 he married Cecilia Caroline James at Mountain Jackson, Virginia. Originally a Lutheran, he joined the United Brethren Church in 1847, was licensed to preach by the Virginia Conference in 1854, and ordained in 1856. In 1862 he joined the Pennsylvania Conference. He was presiding elder from 1875 to 1880, and from 1883 to 1889. He was a delegate to three General Conferences, and was a trustee of Otterbein University. In 1873 he was appointed by the General Conference a member of the committee to superintend the publication of Hymns for the Sanctuary. His first compilation was Revival Songster (Baltimore, 1859). He was joint editor, with G.W.M. Rigor, or Choral Gems (1871); joint editor, with E.S. Lorenz, of Heavenly Carols, Songs of Grace, Gates of Praise, Songs of Cheer, Songs of the Kingdom, Holy Voices, Songs of Refreshing, Notes of Triumph, Garnered Sheaves, Songs of the Morning, and The Master's Praise. He was also author of music and services for special occasions, and the editor and publisher of Carols of Praise. See: Shuey, W.A. (1892). Manual of the United Brethren Publishing House; Historical and Descriptive: 243-244. Some of his hymns bear the pseudonym Amicus. --Harry Eskew, DNAH Archives

Daniel Forget

b. 1956 Person Name: Daniel Forget, 1956- Meter: 11.11.11.10 Translator (French) of "Oh sing to our God" in The Book of Praise

Graham Hollobon

Meter: 11.11.11.10 Harmonizer of "ST. NINIAN" in Singing the Sacred

William L. Wallace

1933 - 2024 Meter: 11.11.11.10 Author of "For Wrongs of the Past" in Singing the Sacred

Gerhard M. Cartford

1923 - 2016 Person Name: Gerhard Cartford Meter: 11.11.11.10 Translator of "O Sing to the Lord" in The Presbyterian Hymnal Gerhard Cartford was born in 1923. He helped to edit the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and wrote the liturgical chant service for the hymnal. He also translated some hymns for Libro de Litugia y Cántico and also helped edit this hymnal. He was head of the Music Department at Texas Lutheran University for 13 years Lynette (Mann) Parkhurst, former student

Tom Fettke

b. 1941 Person Name: Tom Fettke, 1941- Meter: 11.11.11.10 Composer of "STRENGTH" in Worship and Rejoice Thomas E. Fettke (b. Bronx, New York City, 1941) Educated at Oakland City College and California State University, in Hayward, CA, Fettke has taught in several public and Christian high schools and served as minister of music in various churches, all in California. He has published over eight hundred compositions and arrangements (some under the pseudonyms Robert F. Douglas and David J. Allen) and produced a number of recordings. Fettke was the senior editor of The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (1986). Bert Polman

Anonymous

Person Name: Anónima Meter: 11.11.11.10 Author (attributed to) of "Cantai ao Senhor (Cantad al Señor) (O Sing to the Lord)" in Santo, Santo, Santo 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.

Simei Monteiro

b. 1943 Meter: 11.11.11.10 Arranger of "CANTAD AL SEÑOR" in Singing the Faith Simei Monteiro is a Brazilian poet, composer, translator, author and editor. She was Born in Belém, PA, Brazil in 1943. Her songs and translations appear in several hymn books and collections of sacred songs in Brazil, Latin America, USA, Europe, and Asia. She has a degree in Portuguese, French Language and Literature, and a Degree in Artistic Education. She is interested in worship and the arts, and her book: The Song of Life, explores the relationship between Hymnody and Theology. Until 2010, she was a missionary of The United Methodist Church, serving with the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva, Switzerland, in the position of Worship Consultant. Simei is married to a Methodist pastor and has two adult daughters, two granddaughters, and a grandson. Simei Monteiro

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Meter: 11.11.11.10 Translator (English) of "Cantad al Señor (Sing Praise to the Lord)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song