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Gustav Holst

1874 - 1934 Person Name: G. T. Holst Composer of "ESSEX" in The Church and School Hymnal Gustav Holst (b. Chelteham, Gloucestershire, England, September 21, 1874, d. London, England, May 25, 1934) was a renowned British composer and musician. Having studied at Cheltenham Grammar School, he soon obtained a professional position as an organist, and later as choirmaster. In 1892, Holst composed a two-act operetta, which so impressed his father that he borrowed the money to send Holst to the Royal College of Music. Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing. In 1895 Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the two became lifelong friends. Vaughan Williams helped Holst land his first job as a singing teacher. Holst became very interested in Indian and Hindu culture, and composed a number of operas translated from Sanksrit myths. These were not received well in England, however. Holst is best known for his composition, The Planets, as well as

John Goss

1800 - 1880 Composer of "ROTHLEY" in The Home and School Hymnal John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman

F. P. Denison

Composer of "HOLY SPIRIT" in The Abingdon Hymnal

Edmund S. Carter

1845 - 1923 Person Name: E. S. Carter Composer of "WREFORD" in Redemption Songs Born: February 3, 1845, New Malton, Yorkshire, England. Died: May 23, 1923, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Carter attended Worcester College, Oxford (BA & MA 1871). He was ordained deacon in 1871, and priest in 1872. He served as Curate of Christ Church, Ealing, Middlesex (1871-75); Vicar choral of York Minster (1875); Rector of St. Martin, Micklegate, York (1877-82); and Vicar of St. Michael Belfry, York (1882). Music: DAY BY DAY WREFORD --www.hymntime.com/tch/

W. T. Dale

1845 - 1924 Composer of "[Our blest Redeemer ere He breathed]" in The Harp of Glory

Henry J. E. Holmes

1852 - 1938 Person Name: H. J. E. Holmes Composer of "LINTON" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Born: March 5, 1852, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Died: October 1938, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Buried: Burnley, Lancashire, England. Son of Richard and Jane Holmes, Henry’s father and great grandfather were both solicitors; his father had offices in Colne and Burnley. Henry was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. In 1875, he became an Attorney for Common Law and was admitted a Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery. He was articled to his father in November 1869, and practiced in Burnley for over 60 years, first in partnership with his brother Richard Marmaduke as Holmes and Holmes. He continued to practice on his own as Holmes and Holmes after his brother’s death in 1894, and later as Messrs. Holmes, Butterfield and Hartley. Holmes had moved from the family home on Westgate some time after the death of his sister Susannah in 1878. By 1881, he was living at 12 Palatine Square. Holmes was intimately associated with church and Sunday school work all his life. At age 17, he became a teacher and later a lay superintendent of Sandygate Sunday school, connected with Holy Trinity Church, a position he held nearly 20 years. From the 1880’s he took a deep interest in "The Home for Little Boys" at Farningham, Kent. His desire to help in this work led to the formation of the Burnley branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Another organization that Holmes took a great interest in was the Burnley Law Society, which he helped found in 1883; he lived to be the last survivor of the eight founders. Holmes is said to have written over 250 hymn tunes in his life. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Eric Hunt

1903 - 1958 Person Name: J. Eric Hunt (1903- ) Composer of "SHREWSBURY" in Christian Praise

F. Llewellyn Edwards

1873 - 1956 Composer of "KINGTON" in Songs of Praise Born: 1873, Kington Magna (near Gillingham), Dorsetshire, England. Died: December 24, 1956. Edwards was educated at Bath College; New College, Oxford; and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After teaching two years in Switzerland, he returned to Britain, and in 1902 became an Anglican minister at Liverpool Cathedral. He also served at St. Paul’s, Princes Park, and as a chaplain in Seville, Spain, and in Cyprus. In 1908, he returned to Kington Magna, where he served as Rector for the next 48 years. In addition, for the 37 years before his death, Edwards was secretary and treasurer of the Salisbury Diocesan Guild of [Bell] Ringers. Melksham Church in Wiltshire has a plaque in his memory. --www.hymntime.com/tch/