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Roger C. Wilson

1912 - 1988 Person Name: Roger Cole Wilson, b.1912 Composer of "SPIRITUS DOMINI" in Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America Roger Cole Wilson was long-associated with Ellen J. Lorenz Publishing, as was his father. Born in Dayton, he studied at the U. of Southern California at Los Angeles. He returned to Dayton, where he was born and raised, to join Lorenz Publishing. Wilson wrote cantatas, operettas, sacred and secular choral music, and especially for organ. He was editor of The Organist from 1940-1950. He also served as editor for The Volunteer Choir. John Richard Hendricks, from obituary and Lorenz Publishing notes (accessed 7/2019) (sent by email to Hymnary)

Howard Chandler Robbins

1876 - 1952 Author of "Put Forth, O God, Thy Spirit's Might" in The Hymnbook

Myles Birket Foster

1851 - 1922 Person Name: Myles B. Foster Composer of "CRUCIS VICTORIA" in Rejoice in the Lord Born: November 29, 1851, London, England. Died: December 18, 1922, London, England. Son of an artist, Foster attended Brighton and Guildford Grammar School and entered the stock exchange. He subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music and played the organ at St. James Church, Marylebone, and St. George’s, Campden Hill. From 1880-92 he was organist at the Foundling Hospital and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and was choirmaster of St. James, Holborn. He composed children’s cantatas and much church music. His works include: Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 (co-editor) Anthems and Anthem Composers (London: Novello and Company, 1901) History of the Philharmonic Society (London: 1913) --www.hymntime.com/tch/