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Henry Purcell

1659 - 1695 Person Name: Henry Purcell, 1659-1695 Composer of "[Have mercy on me, O God]" in The New Century Hymnal Henry Purcell (b. Westminster, London, England, 1659; d. Westminster, 1695), was perhaps the greatest English composer who ever lived, though he only lived to the age of thirty-six. Purcell's first piece was published at age eight when he was also a chorister in the Chapel Royal. When his voice changed in 1673, he was appointed assistant to John Hingston, who built chamber organs and maintained the king's instruments. In 1674 Purcell began tuning the Westminster Abbey organ and was paid to copy organ music. Given the position of composer for the violins in 1677, he also became organist at Westminster Abbey in 1679 (at age twenty) and succeeded Hingston as maintainer of the king's instruments (1683). Purcell composed music for the theater (Dido and Aeneas, c. 1689) and for keyboards, provided music for royal coronations and other ceremonies, and wrote a substantial body of church music, including eighteen full anthems and fifty-six verse anthems. Bert Polman

Michel Guimont

b. 1950 Composer (verses) of "[Have mercy, have mercy, Lord]" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Mark Haas

b. 1985 Composer of "[Have mercy on me, O God]" in Christian Worship

W. Clifford Petty

b. 1967 Composer (refrain) of "[Have mercy, have mercy, Lord]" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism W. Clifford Petty is a 1986 graduate of Eufaula High School. He received his Bachelors and Master degrees from Alabama State University. In 2022 he received an honorary Doctorate from Graham Theological Seminary. He spent ten years teaching at the historic Saint Jude High School in Montgomery, Alabama and twenty years at Resurrection Catholic School. For the last 31 years, he has served as Pastoral Musician and Composer in Residence at Resurrection Catholic Church. He also spent a combination of 25 years as Minister of Music at Brown Memorial and Capitol City Church of God in Christ where he also served as Montgomery District Music Supervisor. He is a published composer with World Library Publications and GIA Music. Petty has works published in 7 hymnals. In February of 2023, Petty debuted his musical talents at Carnegie Hall. He has recorded four solo CDs on the World Library Publications label and several other recordings with other solo artists and choirs. He's a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity and the Knights of Peter Claver. He's the proud father of LaKeyla and the grandfather of Landon and Journee. W. Clifford Petty