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Charles F. Gounod

1818 - 1893 Person Name: C. Gounod Composer of "REDEMPTION" in Church Hymns and Tunes Charles F. Gounod (b. Paris, France, 1818; d. St. Cloud, France, 1893) was taught initially by his pianist mother. Later he studied at the Paris Conservatory, won the "Grand Prix de Rome" in 1839, and continued his musical training in Vienna, Berlin, and Leipzig. Though probably most famous for his opera Faust (1859) and other instrumental music (including his Meditation sur le Prelude de Bach, to which someone added the Ave Maria text for soprano solo), Gounod also composed church music-four Masses, three Requiems, and a Magnificat. His smaller works for church use were published as Chants Sacres. When he lived in England (1870-1875), Gounod became familiar with British cathedral music and served as conductor of what later became the Royal Choral Society. Bert Polman

Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot

1771 - 1842 Person Name: Pierre-Marie-Francois de Sales Baillot (1771-1842) Composer of "OLIPHANT" in Hymns of the Ages Pierre Marie François De Sales, born at Passy, France, Oct. 1, 1771, died in Paris, Sept. 15 1842. Instrumental composer, critic, and last great representative of the classical school of violin playing in Paris. Professor of the violin at the Conservatoire. His first master on the violin was an Italian named Polidori, but his real musical education began in 1780 under Sainte-Marie in Paris, and was continued in 1783 under Pollani, in Rome, where he was sent by M. de Boucheport; his playing was influenced also by Viotti, whom he heard in his tenth year. Baillot firs appeared in public in 1791, Viotti procuring him a place in the Théâtre Feydeau, which he soon resigned for an appointment in the Ministère des Finances using his musical talent merely as a recreation, In 1795, after studying compositions of Corelli, Tartini, Geminiani, Locatelli, Bach, and Handel he determined to become a professional musician, and made a successful debut in a concrto by Viotti, which secured his reputation and gained him a professorship of the violin in the newly opened Conservatoire, which he held till his death. He studied also harmony under Catel, and counterpoint with Reicha and Cherubini. Member of Napoleon's private band in 1802. He made a professional tour with the violoncello player Lamare in Russian in 1805-08, but the war brought him home; he gave concerts in the South of France, and started chamber music concerts in Paris in 1815, which gained him great reputation as a quartet player. In 1815-16 he made a second professional tour in Holland, Belgium, and England, becoming a member of the English Philharmonic Society, at one of whose concerts he played on Feb 25, 1816. Director of the band at the Paris Opéra in 1821-31; director of the Concerts spirtuels given at the Opéra, 1822, 1823, 1824; of the Royal Band from 1825; his last tour was made through Switzerland and part of Italy in 1833. Baillot's quartet playing is highly praised by Mednelssohn and Hiller. He had celebrated pupils. He assisted Rode and Kreutzer in compiling a work for the violoncello, and the Méthode de Violon, adopted by the Conservatoire (1803); with the exception of the Art du Violon, which is considered by Fétis the best elementary work of the kind (1834), his works are almost forgotten. His music is difficult. Among his published compositions are: 15 trios for two violins and bass; 6 duets for two violins; 12 études for violins; 9 concertos; Symphonie concertante for two violins, with orchestral accompaniment; 30 airs variés; 3 string quartets; Sonata for pianoforte and violin; 24 préludes in all keys, and several smaller compositions for the violin. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888) https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofmusi01cham/mode/2up

H. P. Danks

1834 - 1903 Composer of "[Lead us, heav'nly Father, lead us]" in The Gospel Hymnal

Evangeline Booth

1865 - 1950 Person Name: E. Booth Composer of "MOSELY" in The Message in Song General Evangeline Cory Booth, OF, (December 25, 1865 – July 17, 1950) was the 4th General of the Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939. She was its first female General. See also in: Wikipedia

Johann Georg Frech

1790 - 1864 Person Name: J. G. Frech, 1790-1864 Composer of "SÜSS UND RUHIG" in The Evangelical Hymnal Johann Georg Frech (* January 17 1790 in Kaltental, † August 23 1864 in Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German music director, composer and organist. Naughty was the son of a watchmaker and organ builder. He visited here until his 13th Age of the school, then high school in Stuttgart and took lessons in music. In 1806 he was teaching assistant in Degerloch while still in Stuttgart, studied music. In 1811 he went as a teaching assistant after Esslingen and in 1812 a music teacher at the newly established Esslinger teacher seminar. In 1820 he received the office of a municipal director of music and organist at the main church in Esslingen, where he remained until his retirement in 1860. His successor was Christian Fink. Naughty took a significant role in the Württemberg church singing together with Konrad Kocher and Friedrich Silcherstraße one. Together with the aforementioned He created "The Württemberg Choral Book" of 1828 and was co-editor of "Württemberg Choral Book" of 1844. Frech has composed six symphonies, many choral works, including 22 chorales for Württembergischen chorale books, 67 cantatas, an opera, the oratorio "Abraham on Moriah" and some organ works. In the district of Stuttgart Kaltental a street was named after naughty. --de.wikipedia.org/wiki/

John Dowland

1563 - 1626 Person Name: J. Dowland Composer of "[Lead us, heav'nly Father, lead us]" in Select Songs for the Singing Service John Dowland, (born 1562/63, Westminster, London, England—died January 21, 1626, London), English composer, virtuoso lutenist, and skilled singer, one of the most famous musicians of his time. Nothing is known of Dowland’s childhood, but in 1580 he went to Paris as a “servant” to Sir Henry Cobham, the ambassador to the French court. In 1588 he received a bachelor of music degree from the University of Oxford. His conversion to Roman Catholicism, he believed, caused his rejection for a post as a court lutenist in 1594, and after that disappointment he left England to travel on the Continent. He visited the duke of Brunswick at Wolfenbüttel and the landgrave of Hesse at Kassel and was received with esteem at both courts. His travels also took him to Nürnberg, Genoa, Florence, and Venice, and by 1597 he had returned to England. In 1598 Dowland became lutenist to Christian IV of Denmark, but he was dismissed for unsatisfactory conduct in 1606. Between 1609 and 1612 he entered the service of Theophilus, Lord Howard de Walden, and in 1612 he was appointed one of the “musicians for the lutes” to James I. Although a respecter of tradition, Dowland worked during a time of musical transition and absorbed many of the new ideas he had encountered on the Continent. His 88 lute songs (printed 1597–1612) particularly reflect those influences. The early songs are presented with an alternative version for four voices. Possessing enchanting melodies, they show simple strophic settings, often in dance forms, with an almost complete absence of chromaticism. Later, in such through-composed songs as "In Darkness Let Me Dwell" (1610), "From Silent Night" (1612), and "Lasso vita mia" (1612), he introduced the Italian declamatory style, chromaticism, and dissonance; no alternative four-voice versions are given. Dowland composed about 90 works for solo lute; many are dance forms, often with highly elaborate divisions to the repeats. His famous Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares Figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans (1604), became one of the most widely known compositions of the time. In his chromatic fantasies, the finest of which are "Forlorne Hope Fancye" and "Farewell," he developed this form to a height of intensity unequaled by any other writer for the Renaissance lute. His compositions also include several psalm harmonizations and sacred songs printed in contemporary music books. --www.britannica.com/

L. C. Everett

1818 - 1867 Composer of "FATHER LEAD US" in Kind Words L. C. Everett's largest and most popular collection was The Wesleyan Hymn and Tune Book (1859), published by the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The denominational dedication page in that collection says it was "prepared by Mr. L.C. Everett, of Virginia, a gentleman well-known through the South and Southwest, as an author and teacher of sacred vocal music." In his own introductory remarks, Everett's instincts as an educator are clear. He advised churches to offer a weekly congregational singing class "for the purpose of meeting together frequently, say one evening each week, to practice the tunes under the direction of a suitably qualified chorister or leader, and ... that the entire congregation be invited to attend the rehearsals of the class and join in learning the tunes." For Everett, musical worship was not just the duty of a choir, it was the duty of everyone. Leonard’s brothers were Asa Brooks Everett (1828-1875), N.E. Everett, & Benjamin Holden Everett. Leonard and Asa developed a successful music education system called "The Everett System," and together with R.M. McIntosh they formed the L.C. Everett Company, which employed approximately fifty music teachers throughout the American south and middle Atlantic. —Chris Fenner see also J.H. Hall, Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers (New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914), pp. 96-100.