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Omer Westendorf

1916 - 1997 Person Name: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1997 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Author of "Saint Joseph Was a Just Man" in One in Faith Omer Westendorf, one of the earliest lyricists for Roman Catholic liturgical music in English, died on October 22, 1997, at the age of eighty-one. Born on February 24, 1916, Omer got his start in music publishing after World War II, when he brought home for his parish choir in Cincinnati some of the Mass settings he had discovered in Holland. Interest in the new music being published in Europe led to his creation of the World Library of Sacred Music, initially a music-importing firm that brought much of this new European repertoire to U.S. parishes. Operating out of a garage in those early years, Omer often joked about the surprised expressions of visitors who stopped by and found a wide range of sheet music in various states of “storage” (read disarray). Later, as World Library Publications, the company began publishing some of its own music, including new works with English texts by some of those same Dutch composers, for example, Jan Vermulst. In 1955 World Library published the first edition of The Peoples Hymnal, which would become the People's Mass Book in 1964, one of the first hymnals to reflect the liturgical reforms proposed by Vatican II. Omer also introduced the music of Lucien Deiss to Catholic parishes through the two volumes of Biblical Hymns and Psalms. Using his own name and several pen names, Omer composed numerous compositions for liturgical use, though his best-known works may be the texts for the hymns “Where Charity and Love Prevail,” “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing,” and especially “Gift of Finest Wheat.” As he lay dying, his family and friends gathered around his bed to sing his text “Shepherd of Souls, in Love, Come, Feed Us.” NPM honored Omer as its Pastoral Musician of the Year in 1985. --liturgicalleaders.blogspot.com/2008 =========================== Pseudonyms: Paul Francis Mark Evans J. Clifford Evers --Letter from Tom Smith, Executive Director of The Hymn Society, to Leonard Ellinwood, 6 February 1980. DNAH Archives.

Lucy A. Bennett

1850 - 1927 Person Name: Lucy Ann Bennett, 1850-1927 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Author of "O teach me what it meaneth" in Complete Mission Praise Lucy A. Bennett was born on January 8, 1850 in Green Farm, Falfield, Gloucestershire, England. She was a staunch Methodist and a poet. She began to write poems, hymns and prose at an early age. As a young woman, she attended Keswick Conventions where she met and corresponded with prominent Christian leaders, including Christina Rosseti and C. H. Spurgeon. She was active at Mount Pleasant Chapel where she arranged for ministers, led a Bible Class for women, and visited and helped the poor and needy. She helped to found All Nations College, Upper Norwood and Mount Hermon College, Streatham Common. She died on March 10, 1927 Dianne Shapiro, from Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879: an annotated biobiliography by Catherine W. Reilly (London: Mansell Publishing Ltd., 2000, and "A tribute to the life and work of Brian Torode" (btsarnia.org) accessed 9/20/2020

Margaret V. Old

1932 - 2001 Person Name: Margaret V. Old, 1932-2001 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Author of "Talk to God and share with Him" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Angel E. Fuster

Person Name: Ángel E. Fúster Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Translator of "Tesoro incomparable" in Culto Cristiano Angél E. Fuster, poet, published a volume of hymns in France about 1870. Dianne Shapiro from Himnario para uso de las Iglesias Evangélicas by Juan B. Cabrera, Seville, 1871 (preface) and “Suenen Dulces Himnos”: Orígenes de los himarios evangelicos en España" by Josué Aguiar Rogríguez (doctoral thesis for Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 2015)

Claude Goudimel

1514 - 1572 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Harmonizer of "GENEVAN 130" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) The music of Claude Goudimel (b. Besançon, France, c. 1505; d. Lyons, France, 1572) was first published in Paris, and by 1551 he was composing harmonizations for some Genevan psalm tunes-initially for use by both Roman Catholics and Protestants. He became a Calvinist in 1557 while living in the Huguenot community in Metz. When the complete Genevan Psalter with its unison melodies was published in 1562, Goudimel began to compose various polyphonic settings of all the Genevan tunes. He actually composed three complete harmonizations of the Genevan Psalter, usually with the tune in the tenor part: simple hymn-style settings (1564), slightly more complicated harmonizations (1565), and quite elaborate, motet-like settings (1565-1566). The various Goudimel settings became popular throughout Calvinist Europe, both for domestic singing and later for use as organ harmonizations in church. Goudimel was one of the victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots, which occurred throughout France. Bert Polman

Edward Husband

1843 - 1908 Person Name: Edward Husband, 1843-1908 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Composer of "ST. EDITH" in Ambassador Hymnal Husband, Edward was educated at St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. Taking Holy Orders in 1866, he was successively Curate of Atherstone and Folkestone; and in 1878 Vicar of St. Michael and All Angels, Folkestone. In 1874 Mr. Husband published The Mission Hymnal, in which appeared his hymns as follows:— 1. Alas! poor world, I loved thee long. Rest in Jesus. 2. And dost Thou ask me, dearest Lord. Christ's Invitation, " Follow Me." 3. I must have Jesus only. Jesus only desired 4. Sweet Blood, dear ransom of our souls. The Blood of Jesus. These hymns are very simple, earnest, and impassioned: and bear a great resemblance to Facer's compositions. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William L. Wallace

1933 - 2024 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Author of "Wake Up, Wake Up, It's Morning" in Singing the Sacred

Hans Adolf Brorson

1694 - 1764 Person Name: Hans Adolf Brorson , 1694-1764 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Author of "My heart remains in wonder" in Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark

Oswald Allen

1816 - 1878 Person Name: Oswald Allen 1810-78 Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Author of "Today your mercy calls us" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship Allen, Oswald, son of John Allen, banker, of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland, and great-nephew of James Allen (q.v.); born at Kirkby Lonsdale, 1816, and educated in that town. After residing for a time in Glasgow, he returned to Kirkby Lonsdale, and joined the staff of the local bank; died October 2, 1878. In 1861 (Preface, Oct. 1861), he published Hymns of the Christian Life, Lond., Nisbet. It contains 148 hymns, a few of which are in common use. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)