Person Results

Frank Garlock

1930 - 2023 Person Name: Frank Garlock, 1930- Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Author of "I Want to Be Faithful" in Rejoice Hymns

Valeria A. Foster

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Arranger of "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN" in African American Heritage Hymnal

634 - 733 Person Name: St. Germanus, c. 634-c. 734 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Author of "A Great and Mighty Wonder" in Lutheran Worship See Germanus I, Patriarch of Constantinople, d. ca. 733

Hugh Porter

Person Name: Hugh Porter, 1897-1960 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Composer of "GO, TELL IT" in Christian Worship

Michael Ward

Person Name: Michael Philip Ward Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Arranger of "NEAR THE CROSS" in One in Faith

William Henry Hewlett

1873 - 1940 Person Name: William Henry Hewlett, 1873 - 1940 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Arranger of "ROYAL OAK" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Born: January 16, 1873, Batheaston, Somerset, England. Died: June 13, 1940, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Hewlett studied music as a child with several teachers in England, with A. S. Vogt at the Toronto College of Music, and Signor D’Auria and A. E. Fisher at the Toronto Conservatory. He received the gold medal upon graduating from the Toronto Conservatory, and won the Conservatory’s Blackstock gold medal for extemporization in 1894. Hewlett served as organist at Carlton Street Methodist Church, Toronto; conductor of the London, Ontario, Vocal Society; accompanist of the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto; organist and choirmaster of Dundas Centre Methodist Church in London; and secretary of the London chapter of the Associated Musicians of Ontario. --www.hymntime.com/tch

A. L. Byers

1869 - 1952 Person Name: Andrew L. Byers, 1869-1952 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Composer of "GLAD THANKSGIVING" in Hymnal of the Church of God Andrew Linnaeus Byers was born on August 26, 1869 in Albany, Illinois. Byers’ mother was song writer Nancy Byers. In 1890 he became involved with Daniel Warner & Barney Warren in evangelistic work; later joined the Gospel Trumpet publishing company as music editor for a year. He left that work because of health problems and worked as an evangelist and pastor in Idaho & Oregon before taking a pastorate in Sacramento, California, in 1934. He died on November 9, 1952 in Sacramento, California. His works include: Birth of a Reformation: The Life and Labors of D. S. Warner, 1922 NN, Hymnary.

Sean E. Ivory

Person Name: Sean Ivory Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Arranger of "NO NIGHT THERE" in Singing the New Testament

John Worst

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Harmonizer of "ROYAL OAK" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) John Worst (b. Grand Rapids, MI, 1940) is a professor of music emeritus at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, where he taught from 1966 to 2001. Previously he taught at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, and the University of Michigan. Educated at Calvin College, Ohio State University, and the University of Michigan (Ph.D.), Worst was an editor of Songs of Rejoicing: Hymns for Worship, Meditation and Praise (1989). Bert Polman