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J. Jefferson Cleveland

1937 - 1986 Adapter of "The Lord's Prayer (West Indian)" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship Judge Jefferson Cleveland (1937-1986) was one of the most important scholars and editors of African-American congregational song of the 20th century. Along with Verogla Nix, he edited what is arguably the most groundbreaking collection of African-American song in the last half of the 20th century, Songs of Zion (1981/1982). Lutheran hymnologist Marilyn Stulken provides a biographical sketch of Cleveland’s life and accomplishments. Born in Georgia, Cleveland graduated from Clark College (Atlanta), Illinois Wesleyan University and received his doctorate in education from Boston University. He served on the faculty of three historically black Christian colleges: Claflin College (South Carolina), Langston University (Oklahoma), and Jarvis Christian College (Texas), before teaching at the University of Massachusetts and Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. Cleveland’s musical arrangements, historical research and scholarship on the performance practice of African-American song have proven invaluable for the advancement of black gospel song, not only among African Americans, but also in Anglo hymnals to the present day. For example, Cleveland’s essay, “A Historical Account of the Hymn in the Black Worship Experience,” in Songs of Zion is a helpful introduction for laypersons and scholars alike. In addition to serving as a hymnody consultant for the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship, he toured the United States and Africa in 1981 and Europe in 1984 as a teacher, lecturer and performer. --www.umportal.org/

Nolan Williams

Person Name: Nolan Williams, Jr., b. 1969 Arranger of "[Our Father, which art in heaven]" in African American Heritage Hymnal

Verolga Nix

1933 - 2014 Adapter of "The Lord's Prayer (West Indian)" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship Verolga Nix (Apr. 6, 1933-Dec. 9, 2014) Born in Cleveland, Verolga moved with her family at an early age to Philadelphia. She studied for two years at New England Conservatory of Music and then earned a music degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1955. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Bennett College in 2000. After retiring from twenty years as a full-time music teacher in Philadelphia public schools she served as minister of music at several churches in Philadelphia, trained and conducted many choirs and served as a seminar leader nationwide. She was a member of Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), National Association of Negro Musicians and the Hymn Society in U.S. and Canada. In 1980 the United Methodist Church asked her to co-edit with J. Jefferson Cleveland the supplemental hymnal Songs of Zion. She published nearly 200 original songs an arrangements. (further details in The Philadelphia Tribune, Dec.19, 2014 obituary). Mary Louise VanDyke

Olive Pattison

Transcriber (melody) of "Our Father, Which Art in Heaven" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

Geoff Weaver

b. 1943 Arranger of "[Our Father who is in heaven]" in In Every Corner Sing

Carlos Colón

b. 1966 Person Name: Carlos Colón, n. 1966 Translator of "Our Father, Which Art in Heaven (Padre nuestro en los cielos)" in Santo, Santo, Santo

Edith W. Ming

Person Name: Edith W. Ming, 1932- Transcriber of "[Our Father which art in heaven]" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal

Carlton R. Young

b. 1926 Arranger of "WEST INDIAN" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship

Oscar López Marroquín

b. 1937 Person Name: Oscar López M. Adapter of "Oh Padre en los cielos" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

1788 - 1879 Person Name: Sarah J. B. Hale, s. 19 Author of "Oh Padre en los cielos" in Celebremos Su Gloria Hale, Sarah Josepha, née Buell, born at Newport, New Hampshire, 1795, and married to David Hale, a lawyer, who died in 1822. Mrs. Hale edited The Ladies' Magazine, Boston, from 1828; and Godey's Ladies’ Book, Philadelphia, from 1837, besides publishing several works. Her hymn, “Our Father in heaven, we hallow Thy name" (The Lord's Prayer), appeared in Mason & Greene's Church Psalmody, 1831, No. 553, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. Mrs. Hale, who was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, died in 1879. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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