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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

William Burton Walbert

1886 - 1959 Person Name: W. B. Walbert Composer of "[Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep]" in Perfect Hearts Gospel music singer, composer, and editor, long associated with the James D. Vaughan Music Company, father of noted pianist and composer James D. Walbert

J. Hallett Sheppard

1835 - 1879 Person Name: J. H. Shepherd Composer of "REPOSE" in Service and Hymns for Sunday Schools

William F. Biddle

1834 - 1934 Person Name: W. F. Biddle Composer of "LUDINGTON" in Church Hymns and Tunes

S. B. Saxton

Composer of "[Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Rhys Thomas

1867 - 1932 Harmonizer of "RETREAT" in The Book of Praise

Ole Bull

1810 - 1880 Person Name: Ole Bull (1810-1880) Composer of "ASLEEP IN JESUS" in The Hymnal of the Evangelical Mission Covenant Church of America

Faustina Hasse Hodges

1823 - 1895 Composer of "[Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 b. 8-7-1823, nr. Malmesbury; d. 2-4-1895, Philadelphia; organist and composer