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Edward C. Bairstow

1874 - 1946 Harmonizer of "IN BABILONE" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement

1864 - 1955 Translator of "Hom-animoj! Kial ŝafe" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta Born May 7, 1864, en London; died 1955. British Esperantist, editor of ''Kristana Revuo''; a professional librarian. Her original and translated work appears in Himnaro Esperanta, Adoru Kantante, Holanda Pioniro and Kristana Revuo, and two separate publications: Dio, la Homaro kaj la Milito, 1916 (essay by G. Campbell Morgan, co-translated with W. Hamilton Webber, 69 p.) Nova Pandoro, 1925 (one-act play, partly original, partly based on an English skit by Jessie Band, 14 p.) --from the article in the Esperanto Wikipedia Adoru Kantante describes her as "a tireless worker for Esperanto in the service of God". Among her hymnic contributions are the original "Vi estas, Jesuo, por ĉiu la Vojo" (a parody of Zamenhof's poem "La Vojo"), as well as translations of "God, the Omnipotent", "Jesus bids us shine", "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place", and "Souls of men, why will ye scatter".

William Pierson Merrill

1867 - 1954 Author of "Not alone for mighty empire" in The Beacon Song and Service book

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Composer of "IN BABILONE" in Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman

James Chepponis

b. 1956 Person Name: James J. Chepponis, b. 1956C Author of "Called to Labor in God's Vineyard" in Worship (4th ed.)

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw Jr., b. 1944 Author of "As We Gather at Your Table" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink

C. A. Roberts

Arranger of "IN BABILONE" in Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

Curtis Beach

1914 - 1993 Author of "O How Glorious, Full of Wonder" in The New Century Hymnal Beach, Curtis. (Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 9, 1914--February 23, 1993, Bangor, Maine). Comes from several generations of ministers. He was educated at Harvard (B.A. 1935), Boston University School of Theology (S.T.B. 1941), and the University of Southern California (Ph.D. 1957). Minister of the Neighborhood Church, Pasedena (1943-1959), and the Smithfield United Church in Pittsburgh from 1959-1975. Minister of First Congregational Church of Blue Hill, Maine, 1975-1980. --Carlton R. Young, DNAH Archives

Winfred Douglas

1867 - 1944 Person Name: Charles Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944 Harmonizer of "IN BABILONE" in The Hymnal 1982 Charles Winfred Douglas (b. Oswego, NY, 1867; d. Santa Rosa, CA, 1944), an influential leader in Episcopalian liturgical and musical life. Educated at Syracuse University and St. Andrews Divinity School, Syracuse, New York, he moved to Colorado for his health. There he studied at St. Matthew's Hall, Denver, and founded the Mission of the Transfiguration in Evergreen (1897). Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1899, he also studied in France, Germany and England, where he spent time with the Benedictines of Solesmes on the Island of Wight from 1903 to 1906. For much of his life, Douglas served as director of music at the Community of St. Mary in Peekskill, New York, and had associations with cathedrals in Denver, Colorado, and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He promoted chanting and plainsong in the Episcopal Church through workshops and publications such as The American Psalter (1929), the Plainsong Psalter (1932), and the Monastic Diurnal (1932). His writings include program notes for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, various hymn preludes; organ, as well as the book, Church Music in History and Practice (1937). He was editor of both the Hymnal 1916 and its significant successor, Hymnal 1940, of the Episcopal Church. Douglas's other achievements include a thorough knowledge of the life and culture of Hopi and Navajo natives, among whom he lived for a number of years. Bert Polman

Joy F. Patterson

b. 1931 Person Name: Joy F. Patterson, 1931- Author of "Christ, You Call Us All to Service" in Worship and Rejoice Joy F. Patterson (b. 1931), of Wassau, Wisconsin, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church who has written many texts and tunes; twenty-nine are collected in Come, You People of the Promise (Hope Publishing, Co., 1994); another collection, Teach Our Eyes New Ways of Seeing, was published in 2005 (Selah). Patterson has enjoyed a varied career as a French professor, homemaker, and claim representative for the Social Security Administration. Sing! A New Creation