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J. W. Elliott

1833 - 1915 Composer of "[Hark! the voice of Jesus calling]" in Famous Hymns J.W. Elliott was a popular composer of the Victorian period, and is best known for his nursery rhyme music and for his work on hymnals in the 1870s. He was born James William Elliott, in Warwick, England, on February 13, 1833. As a child, he sang as a chorister in the Leamington Parish Church. In those days, choristers were given lessons in all facets of church music, including organ lessons, counterpoint studies, and more in exchange for providing an extraordinary level of service to their parish church (services throughout the week, all holidays, extra services, etc.). The result is that most choristers who completed their studies received an excellent music education, and James was no exception. After starting his career as an organist and choirmaster for a countryside church, his talent became obvious. He moved to London, where he assisted Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame) in editing Church Hymns. In addition, James worked for a music publisher. His compositions include two operettas, numerous anthems, service music, works for instruments including the very popular harmonium, and most particularly for Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs, his children’s music score that sets many of the Nursery Rhymes to delightful music. Several of his hymn tunes are still in use today in many hymnals, most notably his hymn tune “Day of Rest.” He was heavily involved in the preparation of the musical edition of Church Hymns in 1874, the Choral Service Book of 1892, and transcriptions of hymn tunes using harmonies different than the traditional ones found in hymnals. He died in St. Marylebone, London, on February 5, 1915. --www.nursery-songs.com/

Jonathan Evans

1748 - 1809 Person Name: J. Evans Author of "Hark! the voice of love and mercy" in Hymn-Book of the Evangelical Association Evans, Jonathan, born at Coventry in 1748 or 1749. He was the son of a working man, and as a youth was employed in a ribbon manufactory. About 1778 he joined the congregation at Coventry, over which the Rev. G. Burder was pastor. He began preaching at Foleshill, near Coventry, in 1782, and in 1795 he began his stated ministry there, retaining the same to his death on Aug. 31, 1809. Two biographical notices of him appeared in the Evangelical Magazine (Oct. 1809, and March 1847), and also several of his hymns. Two of his hymns appeared in Burder's Collection, 1784, and another in the 2nd edition the same year. His best known hymns are, "Come, Thou soul-transforming Spirit,” and "Hark! the voice of love and mercy;" q.v. He published no poetical work or collection of hymns. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Sidney Martin Grannis

1827 - 1907 Person Name: Sidney M. Grannis Composer of "[Hark, the voice of Jesus crying]" in Hallowed Hymns, New and Old Born: September 23, 1827, Geneseo, New York. Died: 1907, Los Angeles, California. Buried: Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. Grannis’ family moved to Le Roy, New York in 1831. His father Samuel owned a hardware business which in 1844 was located in the Barrett Block, known as the "Dock," on the present site of the Le Roy Post Office. Samuel was involved on the Underground Railroad. Sidney would drop into Samuel’s Store where he would sit down at the melodeon and sing until the room filled with people. Although it was said that he never learned to read music, he wrote music to several poems. Grannis established a reputation with "Do They Miss Me at Home?" Caroline Mason wrote the poem "Do They Miss Me at Home?" and Sidney Grannis put it to music. It became a popular favorite during the Civil War. One of the lines reads: “Does someone repeat my name over and sigh that I tarry so long? And is there a chord in the music "That’s miss’d when my voice is away, And a chord in each heart that awaketh, regret at my wearisome stay?" He also composed the ballads, "Only Waiting," "Cling to the Union," and "People Will Talk You Know." In 1856 Grannis wrote the words and music for Sparking Sunday Night. Sheet music was published by Joseph P. Shaw, Rochester, New York, affiliated with Oliver Ditson (Boston), who also distributed the song. The sheet music is preserved in the Sibley Library, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, New York. As a solo singer, Grannis had a remarkable tenor voice, and it was said that his voice "was of marvelous flexibility, sweet as a flute, and had a range of three octaves." A newspaper in Pultneyville mentioned that Grannis performed at the Union Church in 1864 "to an appreciative audience." He sang at more than five thousand concerts. He organized the Amphion Troupe, a vocal quartet which included "Pixley and Bryant" and Emily Goodenou, who sang solo. The group toured the country giving concerts. In 1864, Grannis was in New Haven, Connecticut, where he composed his music for Your Mission. In the later days of the Civil War, Philip Phillips, who had a wonderfully sweet tenor voice, was invited to sing at a great meeting of the United States Christian Commission in the Senate Chamber at Washington, February, 1865, President Lincoln and Secretary Seward (then president of the commission) were there, and the hall was crowded with leading statesmen, army generals, and friends of the Union. The song selected by Mr. Phillips was Mrs. Gates’ "Your Mission." The hushed audience listened spell-bound as the sweet singer went on, their interest growing to feverish eagerness until the climax was reached in the fifth stanza. In the storm of enthusiasm that followed, President Lincoln handed a hastily scribbled line on a bit of paper to Chairman Seward, "Near the close let us have Your Mission repeated." In 1884, Grannis moved to Los Angeles, California, where several of his admirers presented him a cottage and grounds. It was said of him: "He was the best man we ever knew, going in and out among us like a ray of light, never complaining, always cheerful, always happy, never a cloud on his sunny countenance. His nature was musical, he loved to sing. His songs were inspiring, his mirth contagious. Who that has heard his favorite laughing song, can forget his sunlit face, or fail to recall the effect the song produced? His invitation "please join the chorus" was superfluous. Throughout this broad land his rollicking laughter has been heard and his sweet and musical songs have flowed like soothing and peace giving rivers." --www.hymntime.com/tch/

F. A. Clark

1868 - 1948 Arranger of "[Hark! the voice of Jesus crying]" in A. M. E. C. Hymnal F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)

James Langran

1835 - 1909 Composer of "[Hark! the voice of Jesus crying]" in The Lutheran Hymnary James Langran (b. St. Pancras, London, England, November 10, 1835; d. Tottenham, London, England, June 8, 1909) studied organ as a youth but did not receive his Bachelor of Music degree from Oxford until he was forty-nine years old. He had several organist positions–the longest was at St. Paul's Church, Tottenham, England, from 1870 to 1909. He also taught music at St. Katherine's Training College for Schoolmistresses (1878-1909). Music editor of theNew Mitre Hymnal　(1875), Langran composed around fifty hymn tunes and contributed several of them to early editions of Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Schoendorff

Composer of "[Hark! the voice of Jesus crying]" in Good-Will Songs

P. P. Van Arsdale

Composer of "[Hark! the voice of Jesus calling] (Arsdale)" in Calvary Songs

Stephen P. Starke

b. 1955 Person Name: Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955 Author (sts. 2-4) of "Hark, The Voice of Jesus Calling" in Lutheran Service Book Rev. Stephen P. Starke has always had a heart for hymns. At a young age, Starke played hymns out of The Lutheran Hymnal and read through the hymnal to pass the time before Sunday services. Pastor Starke graduated from Concordia University Chicago with a BA. While completing his MDiv from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, he attempted his first hymn text and was encouraged to write more. Since that time, he has written more than 175 hymns inspired by music and the Scriptures. He has been commissioned to write hymns for special occasions, including the 125th anniversary of Concordia University Wisconsin, as well as his daughter’s wedding. Because of his extensive work as a hymnwriter, Pastor Starke received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Concordia University, Irvine, California, and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. It is through the medium of hymns that Pastor Starke desires to preserve and pass on the truths of the Gospel for generations to come.

Joseph Barnby

1838 - 1896 Person Name: J. Barnby, 1838-96 Composer of "GALILEAN" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary 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

Albert E. Brumley

1905 - 1977 Person Name: A. E. B. Arranger of "Lonesome Valley" in Favorite Songs of the Church. no. 2 Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)