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Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Hymnal Number: 117 Composer of "[Mein Jesu, wie du willst]" in Lobe den Herrn! Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

1821 - 1875 Person Name: J. E. Gould Hymnal Number: 150 Composer of "[Jesu, Heiland, führe du]" in Lobe den Herrn! John Edgar Gould USA 1821-1875. Born in Bangor, ME, he became a musician. He managed music stores in New York City and Philadelphia, PA., the latter with composer partner, William Fischer. He married Josephine Louisa Barrows, and they had seven children: Blanche, Marie, Ida, John, Josephine, Josephine, and Augusta. He compiled eight religious songbooks from 1846 thru 1869. He died while traveling in Algiers, Africa, and was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

Theodore Kübler

1832 - 1905 Person Name: Th. Kübler Hymnal Number: 104 Translator of "Friede mit Gott" in Lobe den Herrn!

H. W. Greatorex

1813 - 1858 Person Name: H. W. Grätorex Hymnal Number: 236 Composer of "[Ehre sei unsrem Vater und seinem Sohne]" in Lobe den Herrn! Henry Wellington Greatorex United Kingdom 1813-1858. Born at Burton upon Trent, England, he received a thorough musical education from his father, Thomas Greatorex, who was for many years organist of Westminster Abbey, and conductor of the London concerts of ancient music. Henry became a composer, author, compiler, editor, and arranger of music. He emigrated to the U.S. In 1839. In 1849 he married artist Eliza Pratt, and they had four children: Elizabeth, Kathleen, Thomas, and Francis Henry. Prior to settling in New York City as a music teacher and organist at Calvary Church, he played at churches in Hartford, CT, including Center Church and St Johns Episcopal Church in West Hartford, CT. He frequently sang in oratorios and concerts. For some years he was also organist and conductor of the choir at St. Paul's Chapel. In 1853 he was an organist at St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. He did much to advance the standard of sacred music in the U.S. In days when country singing school teachers imposed more rudimentary melodies on hymn books. He published a collection of “Psalm & hymn tunes, chants, anthems & sentences” (Boston 1851). He died of yellow fever in Charleston, SC. John Perry

Charles C. Luther

1847 - 1924 Person Name: C. C. Luther Hymnal Number: 165 Author of "Mit leeren Händen" in Lobe den Herrn!

George Coles

1792 - 1858 Hymnal Number: 233 Composer of "[Ehr' sei dem Vater und dem Sohn]" in Lobe den Herrn! Rv George Coles United Kingdom 1792-1858. Born at Stewkley, England, he was converted at age 13 under John Wesley's ministry. He began preaching at age 22 and emigrated to America in 1818. He was a Methodist supply preacher on the Long Island circuit in NY and CT. The following year he became a member of the NY Conference and served several of the larger churches for several years. He married Belinda Wilson in 1820, and they had five children. They lived in several towns in NY during their lives. He served as editor of the “Christian Advocate and Journal” for 12 years, and the “Sunday School Advocate” for several years thereafter. He was a musician of some ability, and a good singer. He loved talking with children and often drew them around him. He authored “A concordance of the Holy Scriptures”, “Heroinces of Methodism”, and fiour other books. He died and is buried in Somers, NY. He kept journals, covering 50 years of activities. John Perry

Charlotte G. Homer

1856 - 1932 Hymnal Number: 125 Author of "Ich trau auf Gott" in Lobe den Herrn! Pseudonym. See also Gabriel, Chas. Hutchinson, 1856-1932

Stephen Collins Foster

1826 - 1864 Person Name: Stephen C. Foster Hymnal Number: 234 Composer of "[Ernste, feierliche Stunde]" in Lobe den Herrn!

F. L. Nagler

Hymnal Number: 176 Translator of "Vorwärts, Christi Streiter" in Lobe den Herrn!

Joseph Philbrick Webster

1819 - 1875 Person Name: Jos. P. Webster Hymnal Number: 215 Composer of "[Unser wartet ein Land reinster Freud']" in Lobe den Herrn! Webster composed and performed popular music. He studied with Lowell Mason and was active musically in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and directed a quartet company called the Euterpeans. In 1851, he moved to Madison, Indiana, followed by Chicago, Illinois (1855); Racine, Wisconsin (1856); and finally Elkhorn, Wisconsin (1859). Webster wrote over a thousand ballads and many hymns. His most famous secular song was his 1857 Lorena (words by Henry D. L. Webster). In its day, it was said to have been second in popularity only to Stephen Foster’s Suwanee River, and was sung by thousands of soldiers on both sides of the American civil war. An instrumental version appears in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, when Scarlett O’Hara is manning the stall at the charity dance in her mourning outfit. The tune also made an appearance in two John Ford films: The Searchers, 1956, arranged by Max Steiner, and The Horse Soldiers, 1959, arranged by David Buttolph. (http://www.hymntime.com/tch)