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Healey Willan

1880 - 1968 Person Name: Healey Willan, 1880-1968 Meter: 7.7.7 Arranger of "KYRIE (MERBECKE)" in The Book of Praise Healey Willan (b. Balham, London, England, October 12, 1880; d. Toronto, Ontario, February 16, 1968), theory teacher, composer and organist, was born into an Anglo-Catholic family in England and served several churches in the London area, becoming known especially for his adaptations of Gregorian chant to be able to be sung in English translation. In 1913 he moved to Canada where he led the theory department and was organist at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He also was organist at St. Paul’s, Canada’s largest Anglican church, and after 1921 at the smaller Church of St. Mary Magdalene. By invitation, he composed an anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a singular honor for one not residing in England. Emily Brink

David Frederick Ruddell Wilson

1871 - 1957 Person Name: D. F. R. Wilson, 1871-1957 Meter: 7.7.7 Adapter of "TYHOLLAND" in Hymnbook for Christian Worship

Frances Freer

1801 - 1901 Meter: 7.7.7 Author of "Present With The Two Or Three" in The Cyber Hymnal Freer, Frances, a member of the Catholic and Apostolic Church, b. March 16, 1801, and d. in June 1901, is the author of "Present with the two or three" (Christ with His People), in C. A. Church Hymns for the Use of the Churches, 1871, and other collections. [Rev.John Browlie] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

M. B. F.

Meter: 7.7.7 Composer of "MELFORD" in The Hymnal

Frank L. Sealy

1858 - 1938 Meter: 7.7.7 Composer of "ULLESWATER" Organist, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York

Edward Johnson Bellerby

1858 - 1940 Meter: 7.7.7 Composer of "SELBY (Bellerby)" Bellerby, Edward Johnson, MUS.DOC, was born at Pickering, Yorkshire, March 28,1858, but resided during most of his early years at Selby. Trained at York Minster by Dr. Monk, he became organist at Margate Parish Church in 1881; and of Holy Trinity, Margate, in 1884. Although mainly devoted to music, Dr. Bellerby is deeply interested in Foreign Missions, and especially in connection with the C.M.S. His hymn, Shine on me, 0 Lord Jesus [Missions], was written circ. 1894, and first published in the C. M. S. Gleaner, Feb., 1896, p. 31, with a Scripture reference to each line; and later in the Church Mission Hymn Book 1899; and Hymns of Consecration and Faith, 1902. Dr. Bellerby has written several additional hymns yet to be published. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

J. Sebastian B. Hodges

1830 - 1915 Meter: 7.7.7 Composer of "[Lord, in this Thy mercy's day] (Hodges)" Born: 1830, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Died: May 1, 1915, Baltimore, Maryland. Buried: Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Son of composer Edward Hodges, John emigrated to America in 1845, and attended Columbia University and the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Ordained an Episcopal minister in 1854, he served at the Grace/Second Episcopal Church, Newark, New Jersey (1860-70), and was Rector of St. Paul’s, Baltimore, Maryland, for 35 years. His works include: The Book of Common Praise, 1869 The revised edition of Hymn Tunes, 1903 --www.hymntime.com/tch

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Meter: 7.7.7 Composer of "PANIS VIVUS" As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman