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Robert Archibald Smith

1780 - 1829 Person Name: Robert A. Smith Harmonizer of "MARTYRDOM" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 Although largely self-taught, Robert A. Smith (b. Reading, Berkshire, England, 1780; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1829) was an excellent musician. By the age of ten he played the violin, cello, and flute, and was a church chorister. From 1802 to 1817 he taught music in Paisley and was precentor at the Abbey; from 1823 until his death he was precentor and choirmaster in St. George's Church, Edinburgh. He enlarged the repertoire of tunes for psalm singing in Scotland, raised the precentor skills to a fine art, and greatly improved the singing of the church choirs he directed. Smith published his church music in Sacred Harmony (1820, 1825) and compiled a six-volume collection of Scottish songs, The Scottish Minstrel (1820-1824). Bert Polman

Walter Bond Gilbert

1829 - 1910 Composer of "" in Hymnal Walter Bond Gilbert DMus United Kingdom 1829-1910. Born at Exeter, Devon, England, he studied music under Alfred Angel, Samuel Wesley and Henry Bishop. He attended New College, Oxford and the University of Toronto, Canada. He was organist in Devon at Topsham in 1847, Bideford in 1849, Kent at Tonbridge in 1854, Old Colliegiate Church, Maidstone in 1859, Lee in 1866, Boston, Lincolnshirein 1868, and Trinity Chapel in New York City in 1869-1897. He taught music at Tonbridge School, helped found the College of Organists, edited the America Episcopal Hymnal, and wrote a number of monographs, including “Antiquities of Maidstone”. He continued to write church music, producing services, oratorios (including “The Restoration of Israel and St. John, 1857), organ works, and anthems. He died at Headington, Oxford, England. John Perry

Frederick A. J. Hervey

1846 - 1910 Person Name: Rev. F. A. J. Hervey Composer of "PUTNEY HILL" in Church Hymnal Born: May 18, 1846, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Died: August 8, 1910, Norwich, England. Buried: St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, England. Son of Alfred, Lord Hervey, Frederick was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1868, MA 1872). He was ordained a deacon in 1869, and priest in 1870. He served as Rector of Upton-Pyne, Devon (1876); Sandringham (1878-1907); Canon of Norwich (1897); and Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII (1901). --www.hymntime.com/tch/

W. S. Hoyte

1844 - 1917 Person Name: William Stevenson Hoyte, 1844-1917 Composer of "ST EDMUND (HOYTE)" in CPWI Hymnal Born: September 22, 1844, Sidmouth, England. Died: July 2, 1917. Buried: Sidmouth, England. Hoyte studied under John Goss and George Cooper. He played the organ at various locations, finally at All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1868-1907). He was also a professor of organ at the Royal College of Music (1888), and at the Royal Academy of Music (1893), and professor of the pianoforte at the Guildhall School. He was a member of the Philharmonic Society, and received his DMus degree from the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1904. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Anonymous

Author of "Lord! when we bend before thy throne" in A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

Christopher Tye

1497 - 1572 Composer of "WINDSOR" in The Hymnal Tye, Christopher, MUS. D., born at Westminster in the reign of Henry VIII. He was celebrated as a musician, and was granted the degree of MUS. D. at Cambridge in 1545. He was musical tutor to King Edward VI., and organist of the Chapel Royal under Queen Elizabeth. Besides composing numerous anthems, he rendered the first fourteen chapters of the Acts of the Apostles into metre, which were set to music by him and sung in Edward 6th's Chapel, and published in 1553. He died circa 1580. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Rachel Wilhelm

b. 1977 Composer of "HAVE MERCY" in Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship Rachel is a singer-songwriter in Nashville, TN. She was born in Toledo, OH (1977) and raised in southern California. She writes laments, songs from Scripture, and church music. She holds a master's degree in worship studies (2025) from Institute for Worship Studies, Jacksonville, FL. Her discography includes A Kindling Glance (2016), Songs of Lament (2017), Requiem (2021), Mystery Canticles (2022) and Jeremiah (2023). She is the vice president of arts organization United Adoration (UA) where she encourages grassroots songwriting in the local church around the world. Her first inclusion in a hymnal was Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship (2024), which contains three of her tunes. https://rachelwilhelm1.bandcamp.com/ —R.W.