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Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster

1838 - 1912 Person Name: Margaret Sangster Hymnal Number: 690 Author of "The ships glide in at the harbour's mouth" in The Book of Common Praise

John Dowland

1563 - 1626 Hymnal Number: T1 Arranger of "OLD 100TH" in The Book of Common Praise 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/

Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff

1814 - 1897 Person Name: E. L. Shirreff Hymnal Number: 342 Author of "Gracious Saviour, who didst honour" in The Book of Common Praise

Charles John Dickinson

1822 - 1883 Person Name: Rev. C. J. Dickinson Hymnal Number: 30b Composer of "AGAPÉ" in The Book of Common Praise Dickinson issued a collection of his own tunes in 1861, and contributed five tunes to The Irish Hymnal. The 1881 census lists him as Vicar of Bodmin, Cornwall. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

T. Worsley Staniforth

1845 - 1909 Hymnal Number: 91b Composer of "JERUSALEM" in The Book of Common Praise

A. Goldwin

Person Name: A. Goldwin, d. 1719 Hymnal Number: C51 Composer of "[O be joyful in the Lord all ye lands]" in The Book of Common Praise

Henry Killick Morley

b. 1855 Person Name: H. K. Morley Hymnal Number: 111b Composer of "NEWCASTLE" in The Book of Common Praise

Joseph T. Cooper

1819 - 1879 Person Name: J. T. Cooper Hymnal Number: 236c Harmonizer of "DOLOMITE CHANT" in The Book of Common Praise Mr. J. T. Cooper, associate of the Philharmonic Society, musical editor of the first issue of Bishope Bickersteth’s Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book and also editor of the Church Tune Book), died a few years ago whilst organist of Christ Church, Newgate Street. He was an accomplished musician, a brilliant organist and pianist, an accurate and ripe scholar, and a keen antiquary. from The Organist and Choirmaster, Volume 4 (1896)

Henvy Virtue Tebbs

1797 - 1876 Person Name: H. V. Tebbs Hymnal Number: 8b Author of "Come to me, Lord, when first I wake" in The Book of Common Praise Tebbs, Henry Virtue, was born in Chelsea in 1797. He was a Proctor in Doctors' Commons, and joined in establishing the first Sunday School in Chelsea. Most of his later years were spent on the Continent, mostly at Pegli, near Genoa, and where, mainly through his exertions, a Church for the English congregation was erected and where he died Nov. 27, 1876. (Record, Dec. 23,1876.) His hymn "Come to me, Lord, when first I wake" (Morning) was written for his wife's birthday, March 16, 1851, and circulated in MS. for some years. In 1866 it was printed in the N. Y. Hours at Home, and then in the Hymnal Companion and other collections. It has been translated into 17 languages, and has also been embossed for the blind. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

F. G. Plummer

1858 - 1929 Person Name: Canon F. G. Plummer, 1858-1929 Hymnal Number: C164 Composer of "[Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts]" in The Book of Common Praise