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A. L. Peace
1844 - 1912 Composer of "GUILD" in The Church Hymnary Albert Lister Peace DMus United Kingdom 1844-1912. Born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of a warehouseman and woolstapler, he was extremely gifted as a musician, largely self-taught, playing the organ at Holmfirth Parish Church near Huddersfield at age nine. He married Margaret Martin Steel Gilchrist, and they had three children: Lister, Archibald, and Margaret. In 1865 he was appointed organist of Trinity Congregational Church in Glasgow, Scotland. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1875. He became organist at Glasgow Cathedral in 1879. In 1897 he succeeded William Best as organist at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. In later years he was in much demand to play the organ in recitals. He did so at Canterbury Cathedral (1886), Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent (1888), and Newcastle Cathedral (1891). He composed orchestrations, sonatas, cantatas, and concert and church service anthems. He was an arranger, author, and editor. He died at Blundelsands, Liverpool, England.
John Perry
A. L. Peace
Charles Macpherson
1870 - 1927 Person Name: Charles MacPherson Composer of "STONYPATH" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: May 10, 1870, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Died: May 28, 1927, Westminster, England.
MacPherson became a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral in 1879. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and later served as choir master at St. Clement’s Eastcheap; organist for Sir Robert Menzies at Weem, Aberfeldy, Perthshire (1887); Madam de Falba’s chapel at Luton Hoo Park, Bedfordshire (1889); assistant organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral (1895), and organist there (1916). His works include:
The New Cathedral Psalter Chant Book, village church edition
Sources;
Frost, p. 681
West, p. 74
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macpherson_c.htm
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Charles Macpherson
Christian Gottlob Neefe
1748 - 1798 Person Name: Christian Gottlob Neefe, 1748 - 98 Composer of "MEIRINGEN" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America
Christian Gottlob Neefe
A. H. Charteris
1835 - 1908 Person Name: Archibald Hamilton Charteris, 1835 - 1908 Author of "Believing fathers oft have told" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America Charteris, Archibald Hamilton, D.D., s. of John Charteris, schoolmaster, b. at Wamphray, Dumfriesshire, Dec. 13, 1835, and educated at Wamphray and Edinburgh University, B.A. 1852, D.D. 1888; LL.D. 1898; Minister successively of New Abbey, and The Park Parish, Glasgow; Moderator of the Church of Scotland 1892. Dr. Charteris was Prof. of Biblical Criticism in Edinburgh University 1868-1898. His published works include Life of Prof. James Robertson, 1863, The New Testament Scriptures, 1882, &c. His hymns include:—
Believing fathers oft have told. [Christian Brotherhood.] Written in a steamer on Lake Como, on a day's excursion in 1889. It was designed for the use of the Young Men's Guild of the Church of Scotland, of which he was the founder, and is regularly used at the chief meetings of the Guild. It was given in The Church Hymnary, 1898, No. 259, in 5 stanzas of 10 lines. Its use amongst Young Men's Guilds and Associations is extensive.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
A. H. Charteris
