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Madeleine Forell Marshall

b. 1946 Person Name: Madeleine Forell Marshall, n. 1946 Scripture: Luke 2:7 Translator of "Toda la Tierra (All Earth Is Hopeful" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

L. D. Carrington

Scripture: Luke 2:10-11 Author of "Hear the Good News" in Burning Bush Songs No. 1

S. T. Kimbrough

b. 1936 Person Name: S. T. Kimbrough, Jr. Scripture: Luke 2:14 Translator (English) of "We Sing of Your Glory (Tuya es la gloria)" in More Voices

1859 - 1928 Person Name: L. L. P. Scripture: Luke 2:10-11 Arranger of "[Brother, you may go to glory]" in Burning Bush Songs No. 1 Rv Leander Lycurgus Pickett USA 1859-1928. Born at Burnsville, MS, he became a Methodist evangelist. He held meetings in several states and at Holiness campgrounds. After marrying Ludie, they served pastorates in northeast TX, and Columbia, SC, before moving to Wilmore, KY. Pickett married Pruvy Melviney Dorough in 1878, and they had a son, James, in 1880. After her death in 1887, he married Ludie in 1888. He was a renowned speaker, leader, minister, author, hymnwriter, and patriot, prominent in the Holiness Movement, and helped found Asbury College (now University), at Wilmore, KY, where he also served as the financial agent of the board of trustees for many years. The Picketts boarded m,inistry students attending Asbury, among whom was missionary E Stanley Jones. In 1905 a student prayer meeting at the Pickett home spilled out to the Asbury campus in a revival that spread around the town of Wilmore. Between 1891 and 1926 Pickett published 11 song books, some with others, including John Sweney, William J Kirkpatrick, John Bryant, Martin Knapp, Elisha A Hoffman, Burke Culpepper, William Marks, Benjamin Butts, and Robert McNeill. He died at Middlesboro, KY. John Perry

Philip W. Blycker

1939 - 2023 Person Name: Philip W. Blycker, n. 1939 Scripture: Luke 2:8-20 Arranger of "PASTORES VÉLAN" in Santo, Santo, Santo See also Felipe Blycker-J ========== Philip W. Blycker (b. 1939) is a song writer from Texas who with his wife served as missionaries in Venezuela. They were a major force behind an outpouring of traditional hymn texts written to Latin American music. He joined Camino Global in 1966 and in 1989 became the Music Editor of the Spanish hymnal, Celebremos Su Gloria. He contributed more than a dozen songs to Mil Voces, the Spanish language hymnal of the United Methodist Church. In 2004 they joined the music faculty of the Rio Grande Bible Institute of Edinburg, Texas, on the Mexican border. Sing! A New Creation Philip Blycker, born on March 22, 1939, died on June 11, 2023. A life member of The Hymn Society, Dr. Blycker composed more than 170 Scripture songs in Spanish and about 100 in English. He was also the music editor of the hymnal Celebremos Su Gloria. He taught music for 25 years at the Central American Theological Seminary in Guatemala City, for 15 years at the Puebla Bible Seminary in Puebla, Mexico, and 15 years at the Rio Grande Bible Seminary in Edinburg, Texas. The Hymn Society, The Stanza, July 2023

Grace J. Frances

Scripture: Luke 2:13 Author of "What a Shout was Heard!" in Joyful Lays Pseudonym. See also Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

Hubert P. Main

1839 - 1925 Scripture: Luke 2:13 Composer of "[What a shout was heard in the realms of light]" in Joyful Lays Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ. John Perry

Sydney Joseph Palmer Dunman

1843 - 1913 Person Name: S. J. P. Dunman, 1843-1913 Scripture: Luke 2:8-20 Composer of "ST. WINIFRED" in Singing the Faith Born: 07 Aug 1843, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Died: 30 Mar 1913, Bristol, England organist, minister, composer, editor Dunman entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1864, and was a well known composer of his time. He was on the committee that compiled the Wesleyan Tune Book of 1876, and several of his compositions are in African, Japanese and Italian hymnals. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

David G Wilson

b. 1940 Person Name: David Wilson Scripture: Luke 2 Composer of "FAITHFUL VIGIL" in Complete Mission Praise English organist and composer. Dianne Shapiro

Pennar Davies

1911 - 1996 Person Name: William Thomas Pennar Davies (1911-1996) Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Author, st. 2 of "All Poor Folk and Humble" in Common Praise (1998) b. Wales 1911; Ph. D. Yale 1944; prof. of church history, Wales; author (writes in Welsh