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Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: Joseph Barnby (1838- ) Composer of "HOLY TRINITY" in Hymnal Amore Dei Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barnby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

Louis Spohr

1784 - 1859 Composer of "SPOHR" in The Hymnal Also: Spohr, Ludwig, 1784-1859 Shpor, Lui, 1784-1859 Spohr, L. (Louis), 1784-1859 Shpor, Ludvig, 1784-1859 Spohr, Ludewig, 1784-1859

Henry Harington

1727 - 1816 Person Name: H. Harington Composer of "HARINGTON (RETIREMENT)" in The Book of Common Praise Born: September 29, 1727, Kelston, Somerset, England. Died: January 15, 1816, Bath, Somerset, England. Buried: Kelston, Somerset, England. Harington, a physician, was mayor of Bath, England, in 1793, and founded the Harmonic Society there. "A tablet was erected to his memory in Bath Abbey, on which is a curious mathematical figure highly suggestive of a proposition in Euclid, but which is really a design showing the ratios of the vibration numbers in the various intervals of the major scale." Lightwood, p. 358 --www.hymntime.com/tch

William Weale

Person Name: W. Weale, d. 1727 Composer of "BEDFORD" in The English Hymnal See Wheall, W. (William), c. 1690-1727

W. Wheal

1690 - 1727 Person Name: William Wheall Composer of "BEDFORD" in Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church William Wheal (Weale) c. 1690-1727 was the organist at St. Paul's, Bedford. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Music from Cambridge in 1719. The tune BEDFORD appeared in the "Psalm Singer's Magazine" of 1729, but it was probably first published earlier. It appears in The Divine Musick Scholars Guide by Francis Timbrell, which has an unknown date of publication, but copies found in personal libraries have dates beginning in 1723. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Musical Times" Vol. 49, #781 (Mar. 1, 1908) pp. 165-169

Jeremiah Clarke

1669 - 1707 Person Name: Jermiah Clark, 1670-1707 Composer of "KING'S NORTON" in Hymns and Chorales

Flossette Du Pasquier

Translator (French) of "O help us, Lord! Each hour of need" in Cantate Domino

Wilhelm Horkel

Person Name: Wilhelm Hörkel Translator (German) of "O help us, Lord! Each hour of need" in Cantate Domino

George Pope Morris

1802 - 1864 Person Name: George P. Morris Author of "O help us, Lord; each hour of need" in The Hymnal Morris, George, was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1802. In early life he removed to New York, where, in 1822, he became the editor of the New York Mirror magazine. On that magazine, together with The Home Journal, he was associated with N. P. Willis. His works include The Deserted Bride, and Other Poems, 1843; Poems, 1853; American Melodies; and some prose pieces. He is best known as a writer of songs, one of which, "Woodman, spare that tree," is very popular. His hymns, "Man dieth and wasteth away " (Victory over Death"; and "Searcher of hearts! from mine erase", Lent), are in a few American collections, as the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, and the Methodist Hymnal, 1878. Mr. Morris died in New York July 6, 1864. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)