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John Downing Farrer

1829 - 1919 Person Name: J. Downing Farrar Composer of "NEW CALABAR" in The Church Hymnary Born: Circa February 1829, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Died: Circa February 1919, Christchurch District, Hampshire, England. Farrer and his wife were living in Lowestoft as of 1881, and Farrer was in Bournemouth in 1901. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Joseph Smith

1800 - 1873 Person Name: Joseph Smith, 1800-1873 Composer of "INNOCENTS " in The Hymnary Sir, - It may interest some of your readers to learn that the hymn tune "Innocents" was composed by my grandfather, Joseph Smith, of Halesowen, near Birmingham (born 1800; died 1873). I well remember hearing my grandfather say that he wrote the tune at the request of a lady friend, to the words "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" to be sung by the children of her school. My grandfather was a thorough musician and an excellent singer, though he never practised professionally. He knew the whole of the Psalms from memory, and it used to be one of my greatest pleasures, when, as a child, I visited my grandparents, to sit up after the usual bedtime hour and listen to him as he sang, in his sweet tenor voice, one Psalm after another, to music he would extemporise, and play upon his cabinet organ, the room being in total darkness. Joseph Smith, Organist and Choirmaster of St. Paul's Church, San Diego, California, March 23, 1901; excerpted from The musical times and singing class circular, Vol 42, 1901 (London: Novello and Company, Ltd.)

H. Poole

Person Name: Henry James Poole, 1843-1897 Composer of "ST. LUCY" in The Book of Praise

Catherine Allison Christie

Composer of "[Lord, this day Thy children meet]" in American Junior Church School Hymnal

G. A. Hardacre

Composer of "HARDACRE" in Gloria Deo

Howard W. Lyman

Composer of "[Lord, this day Thy children meet]" in The Bible School Hymnal

Jonathan Battishill

1738 - 1801 Person Name: Jonathan Battishill Composer of "BATTISHILL" in The Children's Hymnbook Jonathan Battishill born in London, 1738; composer of operas, sacred music and glees. He died at Islington, December 9, 1801. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John Weeks Moore, O. Ditson, Boston, c. 1876