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Dieter Trautwein

1928 - 2002 Hymnal Number: 4 Translator (German) of "Amen siakudumisa" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.)

b. 1943 Hymnal Number: 2 Composer of "[Aleluia, aleluia]" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) Simei Monteiro is a Brazilian poet, composer, translator, author and editor. She was Born in Belém, PA, Brazil in 1943. Her songs and translations appear in several hymn books and collections of sacred songs in Brazil, Latin America, USA, Europe, and Asia. She has a degree in Portuguese, French Language and Literature, and a Degree in Artistic Education. She is interested in worship and the arts, and her book: The Song of Life, explores the relationship between Hymnody and Theology. Until 2010, she was a missionary of The United Methodist Church, serving with the World Council of Churches (WCC), in Geneva, Switzerland, in the position of Worship Consultant. Simei is married to a Methodist pastor and has two adult daughters, two granddaughters, and a grandson. Simei Monteiro

Patrick Prescod

1932 - 2013 Hymnal Number: 60 Author of "The right hand of God" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) Patrick Prescod was born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was a virtuosic pianist. He studied at Trinity College of Music in London, then returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, taught music, led The Kingston Chorale and Cantemus, and worked as the Music Director for the Education Ministry from 1979-1982. He edited the Caribbean hymnal Sing A New Song No. 3. Prescod tried to integrate the familiar cultural features, rhythms, and musical forms into the unfamiliar context of worship. Dianne Shapiro

Peter Janssens

1934 - 1998 Hymnal Number: 10 Composer of "[Brich mit den Hungrigen dein Brot]" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) Dutch-German music educator, musician, composer, music publisher

Lois F. Bello

1920 - 2008 Hymnal Number: 51 Composer of "MATERNIDAD" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.)

Melva W. Costen

b. 1933 Hymnal Number: 48 Arranger of "[You will hear the trumpet sound]" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) Melva W. Costen, a native of South Carolina, retired as Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Worship and Music, choral director, and chair of the church music degree program at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She subsequently became the Visiting Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. She remains active in the Civil Rights Movement and as a teacher and consultant in area of church music, liturgy, and curriculum development. (2006) --www.cokesbury.com/

Natty G. Barranda

b. 1933 Hymnal Number: 51 Author of "O many people of all lands" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.)

Kōn-yong Yi

b. 1947 Person Name: Geonyong Lee Hymnal Number: 16 Author of "O-so-so (Come now, O Prince of Peace)" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) Kōn-yong Yi (Geon-yong Lee) (이건용)

S. C. Molefe

1917 - 1987 Hymnal Number: 4 Composer (attributed to) of "[Amen siakudumisa]" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) Stephen Cuthbert Molefe (1917-1987)-- Since most African languages are tonal, a melodic shape emerges directly from speaking the text. Stephen Molefe was among the first South African musicians that Fr. Dargie worked with in these workshops. Molefe was born of Sotho descent in the Transkei area of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A choirmaster at the Catholic Church, he was not only a skilled musician but also fluent in a variety of South African languages including Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana, Afrikaans and English. Fr. Dargie met Molefe in 1977 at a composition workshop and transcribed a number of his works into staff notation. They include a wide variety of musical styles, “Masithi-Amen” being among the simplest. The 1977 workshop netted 53 new songs, 14 of which were composed by Molefe. The original version was “Sive-sithi Amen, siyakudumisa” (“Hear us we say, Amen, we praise you”). Designed to be sung as the “Amen” at the conclusion of the Great Thanksgiving (the Eucharist liturgy), it was an instant hit, with the whole parish singing it at Holy Week services. “Amen, Siakudumisa” is included very often in Western hymnal collections alongside famous South African freedom songs like “Siyahamba.” In 1978, Molefe was attacked, robbed and struck with a brick to the head. He started to go blind after that, and was unable to work again. Molefe died in 1987. --www.gbod.org/lead-your-church/history-of-hymns/

M. Thomas Thangaraj

b. 1942 Hymnal Number: 8 Author of "God of creation (Benediction)" in Global Praise 1 (Rev. ed.) M. Thomas Thangaraj taught at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Georgia. He retired from that position in 2008. He has a BSc from St. John's College, a BD from Serampore College, a MTh from United Theological College and a ThD from Harvard Divinity School. He has written hymns in Tamil for the use of churches in India.