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William Boyce

1711 - 1779 Person Name: W. Boyce Composer of "[Our King and Saviour draweth nigh]" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 William Boyce (baptised 1711 – d. 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. See also in: Wikipedia

Edwin George Monk

1819 - 1900 Person Name: E. G. Monk Composer of "[Our King and Saviour draweth nigh]" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

D. Hanforth

Composer of "[Our King and Saviour draweth nigh]" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

George A. Macfarren

1813 - 1887 Person Name: G. A. Macfarren Composer of "[Our King and Saviour draweth nigh]" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 George Alexander Macfarren, Mus. Doc.; b. London, 1813; d. London, 1887 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908 ======================= Born: March 2, 1813, Westminster, England. Died: October 31, 1887, St. Marylebone, England. Buried: Hampstead Cemetery, London, England. Brother of Walter Macfarren, George was a principal of the Royal Academy of Music; professor at Cambridge University; conductor at Covent Garden, London; program note writer for the Philharmonic Society; and editor of Handel and Purcell. He wrote 18 operas, 13 oratorios and cantatas, 9 symphonies, and 162 songs. He went blind in 1860, and was knighted in 1883. Sources: Frost, p. 681 Lightwood, p. 189 Nutter, p. 460 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/macfarren_ga.htm =============================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alexander_Macfarren