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Henry Wilson

1828 - 1878 Composer of "[Ring on, ye joyous Christmas-Bells!]" in Carols Old and Carols New Wilson, Henry; b. Dec. 2, 1828, Greenfield, Mass., d. Jan. 8, 1878, Hartford, Conn.; American composer and organist LOC Name Authority Files
Henry Wilson

Arthur Henry Brown

1830 - 1926 Composer of "[Ring on, ye joyous Christmas bells!]" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: Ju­ly 24, 1830, Brent­wood, Es­sex, Eng­land. Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 15, 1926, Brent­wood, Es­sex, Eng­land. Almost com­plete­ly self taught, Brown be­gan play­ing the or­gan at the age 10. He was or­gan­ist of the Brent­wood Par­ish Church, Es­sex (1842-53); St. Ed­ward’s, Rom­ford (1853-58); Brent­wood Par­ish Church (1858-88); St. Pe­ter’s Church, South Weald (from 1889); and Sir An­tho­ny Browne’s School (to 1926). A mem­ber of the Lon­don Gre­gor­i­an As­so­ci­a­tion, he helped as­sem­ble the Ser­vice Book for the an­nu­al fes­tiv­al in St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral. He sup­port­ed the Ox­ford Move­ment, and pi­o­neered the res­tor­a­tion of plain­chant and Gre­gor­i­an mu­sic in Ang­li­can wor­ship. Brown ed­it­ed var­i­ous pub­li­ca­tions, in­clud­ing the Al­tar Hym­nal. His other works in­clude set­tings of the Can­ti­cles and the Ho­ly Com­mun­ion Ser­vice, a Child­ren’s Fes­tiv­al Serv­ice, an­thems, songs, part songs, and over 800 hymn tunes and car­ols. Music: Alleluia! Sing the Tri­umph Arthur Dale Ab­bey Fields of Gold Are Glow­ing Gerran Holy Church Holy Rood If An­gels Sang Our Sav­ior’s Birth Lammas O, Sing We a Car­ol Purleigh Redemptor Mun­di Ring On, Ye Joy­ous Christ­mas Bells Saffron Wal­den St. An­a­tol­i­us St. Aus­tell St. John Dam­as­cene St. Ma­byn St. So­phro­ni­us Story of the Cross Sweet Child Di­vine --www.hymntime.com/tch
Arthur Henry Brown

Hermon Griswold Batterson

1827 - 1903 Author of "Ring On, Ye Joyous Christmas Bells!" in The Cyber Hymnal Hermon G. Batterson was born on May 28, 1827 in Marble Dale, Connecticut. He was ordained an Anglican deacon in 1861 by Bishop Gregg of Texas, after which he became a missionary at Seguin. A year later he had charge of St. Mark’s, San Antonio, Texas. In 1862, he became Rector of Grace Church, Wabasha, Minnesota, and while there was advanced to the priesthood by Bishop Whipple in 1866. In 1869 he became Rector of St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He remained at St. Clement’s until 1872, and then, after several years spent outside of parish work, he accepted the rectorship of the Church of the Annunciation, Philadelphia, in 1880. He stayed there until 1888, and in 1891 became Rector of the Church of the Redeemer, New York, his last parochial charge. Dr. Batterson has been especially distinguished in literary work and was the author of two volumes of verses, as well as the compiler of two volumes of hymns with tunes. He was also an occasional contributor to the church periodicals. He died on March 9, 1903 in New York City. Batterson’s works include: A Manual of Plainsong The Missionary Tune Book: Adapted to the Book of Common Prayer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Frank E. Remont, 1868) Christmas Carols and Other Verses (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott, 1877) Sketch-Book of the American Episcopate, 1878, 1884 Vesper Bells and Other Verses (New York: James Pott & Company, 1896) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch) The Pathway of Faith (New York: James Pott & Company: 1897) N.N., Hymnary editor. Sources: Project Canterbury, anglicanhistory.org/bios/batterson.html and www.hymntime.com/tch
Hermon Griswold Batterson

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