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Thomas Wright

1763 - 1828 Person Name: Thomas Wright, 1763-1829 Composer of "STOCKTON" in Common Praise (1998) Thomas Wright, of Stockton upon Tees, organist and composer LOC Name Authority File

1774 - 1858 Person Name: William Horsley, 1774-1858 Composer of "BELGRAVE" in Common Praise Born: November 15, 1774, Mayfair, London, England. Died: June 12, 1858, Kensington, London, England. Buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England. Horsley studied music privately, then became organist of Ely Chapel, Holborn, London, in 1794. He assisted Dr. J. W. Callcott (who encouraged him in persevering at Glee-writing, at which he became successful) as organist of the Asylum for Female Orphans, and married Callcott’s daughter. He succeeded Callcott in 1802, holding that post 52 years. A difference of opinion with the Asylum Committee led to him being dismissed. In 1838 he also became organist of Charterhouse "at a salary of £70 and a room set apart and a fire provided when necessary for his use on those days upon which his duty requires his attendance at the Hospital." He founded the London Philharmonic Society, and in later years was a close friend of Felix Mendelssohn. J. C. Horsley, the eminent painter, relates in his Reminiscences the following experience when he went with his father to one of the services: "When I was four years old my father was organist to the Asylum for Female Orphans, which was a stately building on the Westminster Bridge Road; and one Sunday he took me in with him to the morning service and landed me in the organ-loft. Everything was new and surprising to me, especially the crowd of buxom girls, at least a hundred in number, all dressed alike, ranged right and left of the organ, and who, when the organ had played a bar or two of the opening hymn, sang out with open mouths and such energy that I was positively scared, and in continently accompanied the performance with a prolonged howl; upon which my father, continuing to play the accompaniment with one hand, supplied me promptly with paper out of his capacious pocket, where he always kept a store of backs of letters (envelopes were not invented then), and a silver pencil-case of heroic proportions, thus quieting me." Lightwood, pp. 171-72 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Is. Smith

1734 - 1805 Person Name: Isaac Smith Composer of "ABRIDGE" in Voices United Isaac Smith; published "A Collection of Psalm Tunes" about 1770 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Cecil James Sharp

1859 - 1924 Person Name: Cecil Sharp, 1859-1924 Arranger of "MENDIP" in Together in Song Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) was the most important of the English folk song collectors, gathering 4,977 tunes. He published 1, 118 of them and provided accompaniments for 501. His work led to a renewed interest in English art music and gave impetus to composers of the day, including Ralph Vaughan Williams. His influence on Vaughan Williams can be seen throughout The English Hymnal (1906). Among Sharp’s publications is Folk Songs from Somerset issued in five parts from 1904 to 1909. Sharp was also an authority on the folk dance. During World War I, Sharp visited America gathering tunes and dances of English origin. After his death the tunes were published in a two-volume collection English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians edited by Maud Karpeles. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

John Randall

1717 - 1799 Person Name: Randall Composer of "CAMBRIDGE" in African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book

Walford Davies

1869 - 1941 Person Name: H. Walford Davies (1869-1941) Composer of "OSWALD'S TREE" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.)

Frederick Gooch

Composer of "BAGINTON" in The Oxford Hymn Book

Charles Hutcheson

1792 - 1860 Composer of "STRACATHRO" in Christian Praise Born: 1792, Glasgow, Scotland. Died: January 20, 1860, Glasgow, Scotland. Hutcheson was a merchant in Glasgow, and a member of St. George’s parish church. An amateur composer and founding member of the Glasgow Diletanti Society, he published an essay on church music, and a number of hymn tunes, in Christian Vespers (1832). --www.hymntime.com/tch

William Henry Hewlett

1873 - 1940 Person Name: William Henry Hewlett, 1873- Composer of "SOMERSET" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Born: January 16, 1873, Batheaston, Somerset, England. Died: June 13, 1940, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Hewlett studied music as a child with several teachers in England, with A. S. Vogt at the Toronto College of Music, and Signor D’Auria and A. E. Fisher at the Toronto Conservatory. He received the gold medal upon graduating from the Toronto Conservatory, and won the Conservatory’s Blackstock gold medal for extemporization in 1894. Hewlett served as organist at Carlton Street Methodist Church, Toronto; conductor of the London, Ontario, Vocal Society; accompanist of the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto; organist and choirmaster of Dundas Centre Methodist Church in London; and secretary of the London chapter of the Associated Musicians of Ontario. --www.hymntime.com/tch

C. Hylton Stewart

1884 - 1932 Person Name: Charles Hylton Stewart, 1884 - 1932 Composer of "ROCHESTER " in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Stewart, Charles Hylton; b. 1884, Chester; d. Nov. 14, 1932, Windsor; English organist