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Albert W. Ream

Person Name: Albert W. Ream, 1913-1996 Tune Title: 121ST STREET Translator of "Brighten This World's Darkness" in When Breaks the Dawn

Elizabeth Gingerich

Tune Title: A. B. C. SONG Adapter of "A Is for Anyone" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4

John Audelay

Tune Title: [A babe is born of high nature] Author (attr. to) (burden and sts. 1-4 of "What Tidings Bring'st Us, Messenger?" in The Cambridge Hymnal

J. W. Kent

Tune Title: [A band of youthful pilgrims] Composer of "[A band of youthful pilgrims]" in Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal

Person Name: Jonathan Hall Tune Title: [A beautiful land by faith I see] Author of "A. Beautiful Land" in Gospel Carols 19th Century We know little of Hall, except that he was a minister. Most hymnals list him as "J. E. Hall," but his first name, John, is shown in "The Finest of Wheat," by George C. Elderkin (Chicago, Illinois: R. R. McCabe & Company, 30th edition, 1890), number 91. Lyrics-- Are You Ready for the Coming of the Son of Man Today? Beautiful Land Fear Not He Knows My Way Hear My Prayer My Father Hear the News Glad News of Jesus Jesus Son of David More Than Tongue Can Tell Wash Me Clean Music: EASTER OFFERINGS --www.hymntime.com/tch/

J. Hall

Tune Title: [A beautiful land by faith I see] Author of "That Beautiful Land" in Select Songs for the Singing Service

W. K. Brown

Person Name: W. K. B. Tune Title: [A beautiful tree is standing today] Author of "That Far Away Clime" in Gospel Glory

Chung Woon Suh

Tune Title: A BEDTIME PRAYER Author of "고 요 히 머 리 숙 여 (Jesus, I Think of You Now)" in 찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship

H. B. Townsend

Person Name: Rev. H. B. Townsend Tune Title: [A beggar blind, the truth I learned] Author of "When Jesus Came Our Way (An Experience Meeting at Capernaum)" in Crowning Glory No. 2

A. M. K. Deidrick

Tune Title: [A Bible Christian I will be] Author of "A Bible Christian" in The Cyber Hymnal Early 20th Century Deidrick may have lived near Altoona, Pennsylvania: His song "A Bible Christian" was dedicated to a Church of Christ congregation there. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

C. H. Hohgatt

Tune Title: [A Bible Christian I will be] Composer of "[A Bible Christian I will be]" in The Cyber Hymnal Early 20th Century Music: BIBLE, CHRISTIAN, A --www.hymntime.com/tch ============== Cyrus Hershell Hohgatt taught music at EBU (Eugene Bible Academy) and was the choir director at First Christian Church at Eighth and Pearl in Eugene, OR. --ncbible.org/WordPart2.html (excerpt)

Jacob Henry Hall

1855 - 1941 Person Name: J. H. H. Tune Title: [A blessed thought comes to my soul] Author of "Homeland of the Soul" in Crowning Day No. 5 Jacob Henry Hall, 1855-1941 Born: January 2, 1855, near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Died: December 22, 1941. Buried: Dayton, Virginia. Son of farmer George G. Hall and Elizabeth Thomas Hall, Jacob attended singing schools taught by Timothy Funk when he was a boy. As his love of music progressed, he earned money by trapping quail and bought a German accordion; he soon learned to play one part while singing another. After he and his brother jointly purchased an organ, he taught himself to play hymn tunes, Gospel songs, and anthems. He went on to study music theory, harmony, and composition in Harrisonburg and elsewhere, and in 1877 attended a Normal Music School in New Market, Virginia, taught by Benjamin Unseld and P. J. Merges. Afterward, he partnered with H. T. Wartman for two years to conduct singing schools and conventions. In 1890, Hall attended Dana’s Musical Institute in Warren, Ohio, and a normal school run by George & F. W. Root at Silver Lake, New York. He later served as principal of the National Normal School of Music. Hall’s works include: Hall’s Songs of Home, 1885 The Star of Bethlehem (Dayton, Virginia: Ruebush-Kieffer Company) Musical Million (assistant editor) Spirit of Praise, with William Kirkpatrick & Charles Case (Dayton, Virginia: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1911) Hall’s Quartettes for Men, 1912 Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers/em> (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1914) Sources-- Hall, pp. 329-34 Lyrics-- Glorious Morning Dawns, The O Thou Whose Matchless Power Controls --hymntime.com/tch

J. Lawrence Deavers

Tune Title: [A blind man had lived for his Savior] Author of "All Things Are Different In Heaven" in Clarion Call

N. S. Talbot

1879 - 1943 Person Name: Neville S. Talbot Tune Title: [A Boy was born in Bethlehem] Translator of "A Boy Was Born in Bethlehem" in Songs of Light Bishop of Pretoria

Franz Liszt

1811 - 1886 Tune Title: [A building of beauty life may be] Composer (Chorus) of "[A building of beauty life may be]" in Gloria in Excelsis

Herbert Scholfield

Tune Title: [A bunny's dear home is a hole in the ground] Author of "Home" in Song and Play for Children

W. S. Brown

Tune Title: [A call for loyal soldiers] Author of "As a Volunteer" in Assembly Songs Early 20th Century

Charles Sprague

1791 - 1875 Person Name: Chas. J. Sprague Tune Title: [A call in thunder tones is heard] Translator of "The Watch on the Rhine" in The Male Chorus No. 1 Sprague, Charles. (Boston, Massachusetts, October 22, 1791--January 22, 1875, Boston). A Unitarian layman. Although a businessman without an education he wrote much verse which brought him considerable reputation and requests for poems to celebrate special occasions. One of them was read before the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in Cambridge in 1829, and was re-published, with minor alterations, a few years later in Calcutta by a British officer, as his own work. A collection of his poems was published in 1841, and an enlarged edition in 1850. A number of his shorter poems are given in Putnam's Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, and a hymn attributed to "C. Sprague" is included in Hedge and Huntington's Hymns for the Church of Christ, 1853, beginning "O Thou, at whose dread name we stand." --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

A. H. Gregory

1873 - 1961 Person Name: A. H. G. Tune Title: [A call now is sounding, and clearly resounding] Author of "Tell the Lost Ones of His Love" in New Songs of Praise Ambrose Houston Gregory, known as "Ambers" born in Tennessee died in Oklahoma Dianne Shapiro, from Find a Grave website (accessed 6/20/2022)

L. B. Kenyon

Tune Title: [A call to "loyal workers," is sound o'er the land] Author of "The Loyal Call" in The Golden Sheaf

M. E. Place

Tune Title: [A call to "loyal workers," is sound o'er the land] Composer of "[A call to "loyal workers," is sound o'er the land]" in The Golden Sheaf

Guilherme Loureiro

Tune Title: A CEIA DO SENHOR Author of "Reunidos Junto à Mesa" in Hinário para o Culto Cristão

H. Myron Braun

Tune Title: [A certain traveler on his way] Arranger of "[A certain traveler on his way]" in Songs for Life

M. Grace Houseman

Person Name: Grace Houseman Tune Title: [A cheerful word, a kindly smile] Composer of "[A cheerful word, a kindly smile]" in Ideal Sunday School Hymns

Theresa Eschbach

Tune Title: [A child cries out in agony] Author of "Peace I Give to You" in The Brethren Songbook

Grant Kyler

Tune Title: [A child was born in Bethlehem] Author of "His Name--Immanuel" in Select Revival Hymns

A. E. Floyd

1877 - 1974 Tune Title: A CHILD'S PRAYER Composer of "A CHILD'S PRAYER" in The New Canadian Hymnal

Lewis F. Lindsay

Person Name: L. F. Lindsay Tune Title: [A Christian band from far and near] Author of "The Endeavor Band" in Living Hymns

A. A. Warsham

Person Name: A. A. W. Tune Title: [A city bright up in heaven is waiting] Author of "The City Where Comes No Strife" in Shining Path

Fred H. Byshe

Tune Title: A CLEAN HEART Composer of "A CLEAN HEART" in The Church Hymnal

J. D. Ferrill

Person Name: J. D. F., alt Tune Title: [A consecration now I make] Author of "A consecration now I make" in Reformation Glory

G. Murray Klepfer

1860 - 1932 Person Name: Rev. G. M. Klepfer Tune Title: [A contrite sinner at the mercy seat] Author of "He Saves Me" in Salvation Songs Klepfer, George Murray. (Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, 1860?--March 30, 1932, Harrisburg, Penn.). Attended Dickinson Seminary (Carlisle, Penn.); honorary D.D., Dickinson College. Ordained deacon, Methodist Episcopal Church, Central Pennsylvania Conference, 1884. Married Ida May Wilt; two sons and four daughters. Pastor of churches in Altoona, Carlisle, Harrisburg, Milton, and other central Pennsylvania cities. Taught briefly (one year?) at Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky. Lectured for three years on the Chautauqua circuit. Author of two books: The Young Man's Best Friends and A Family Quarrel. --Email from Klepfer's grandson Philip Gehring to Mary Louise VanDyke, 23 February 2001, DNAH Archives

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