Ahle, Johann R. – 1625-1673; German, an organist at St. Blasius Church.
Hymn Tune:
– LIEBSTER JESU – Blessed Jesus, at Thy Word
Ahnfelt, Oscar – 1813-1882; Swedish, Lutheran, singer and composer.
Hymn Tune:
– BLOTT EN DAG – Day by Day and with Each Passing Moment
Albert, Heinrich – 1604-1651; German, Lutheran organist.
Hymn Tune:
– GODESBERG – One There Is Above All Others
Ancient Plainsong – 13th century; This tune was adapted by Thomas Helmore in1856.
Hymn Tune:
– VENI EMMANUEL – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
– Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
Arne, Thomas A. – 1710-1778; English, a leading British theater composer, composed “Rule, Britannia!”, and “A-Hunting We Will Go”.
Hymn Tune:
– ARLINGTON – Am I a Soldier of the Cross
Atkinson, Fredrick C. – 1841-1896; English, Anglican, chorister and organist.
Hymn Tune:
– MORECAMBE – Here, O My Lord, I See Thee
Baker, Frederick G. – 1839-1919; English, Anglican, Baker served St. Saviour’s Church, at Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight for nearly 30 years.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. SAVIOUR – Hark, the Glad Sound
Baker, Henry – 1835-1910; English, graduated with a Bachelor of Music, also worked as a civil engineer.
Hymn Tune:
– QUEBEC – Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
Barham-Gould, A. Cyril – 1891-1953; English, Anglican minister.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. LEONARDS – May the Mind of Christ My Savior
Barnby, Sir Joseph – 1838-1896; English, Anglican, an organist and choirmaster at the age of 12, an accomplished and popular choral director.
Hymn Tune:
– LAUDES DOMINI – When Morning Gilds the Skies
Baxter, Richard – 1615-1691; English, Anglican, chaplain to Charles II, writer of numerous prose and poetical works, best known work is his “Saint’s Everlasting Rest”.
Hymn Tune:
– DARWALL’S 148th – Ye Holy Angels Bright
Bliss, Phillip P. – 1838-1976; American hymn-writer, singer at evangelistic meetings with D. L. Moody. At the age of thirty-eight, Bliss and his wife were tragically killed in a train wreck en route to an evangelistic meeting.
Hymn Tune:
– MAN OF SORROWS – Man of Sorrows! What a Name
Bohemian Brethren’s Kirchengesänge – Berlin, 1556. An early German and Slovak Psalter.
Hymn Tune:
– MIT FREUDEN ZART – All Praise to God
Bourgeois, Louis – 1510-1561; French, cantor and chorister master at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais in Geneva. Louis Bourgeois, 1510-1561; French. Bourgeois moved to Geneva in 1541, where he served as music director under John Calvin. He is best known for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter.
Hymn Tune:
– THE OLD HUNDRETH – All People That on Earth Do Dwell
– Doxology
Bradbury, William Batchelder – 1816-1868; American, Baptist. Bradbury was raised on a farm but his family moved to Boston when he was about 15. He took music lessons under Lowell Mason, and became a church organist and childrens choir conductor. Bradbury is the composer of the popular tune to Jesus Loves Me.
Hymn Tunes:
– HE LEADETH ME – He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought
– SOLID ROCK – My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
– KIRKWOOD – Soldiers of Christ Arise
– SWEET HOUR – Sweet Hour of Prayer
Brown, Arthur H. – 1830-1926; English, Anglican. Self taught, Brown began playing organ at the age of 10. He was an advocate of restoring Gregorian chant to Anglican worship. He wrote over 800 hymns tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– HOLY ROOD – Not All the Blood of Beasts
Calkin, J. Baptiste – 1827-1905; English, Anglican. Mostly taught by his father, Calkin was an organist, composer, and music teacher.
Hymn Tune:
– WALTHAM – Stand Up My Soul, Shake Off Thy Fears
Campbell, John – 1807-1860; Scottish, merchant and amateur musician and organist.
Hymn Tune:
– ORLINGTON – The Lord’s My Shepherd
Converse, C. C. – 1832-1918; American attourney, composer of hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– WHAT A FRIEND – What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Cottman, Arthur – 1842-1879; English
Hymn Tune:
– DALEHURST – Approach, My Soul, the Mercy-Seat
Croft, William – 1678-1727; English, Anglican. Croft was a composer and organist. He was the organist of Westminster Abbey, and composed funeral and coronation works for many of the English nobility of his day. Croft died at the early age of 48.
Hymn Tunes:
– ST. ANNE – God Moves in a Mysterious Way
– Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
– ST. MATTHEW – How Vast the Benefits Divine
Crüger, Johann – 1598-1662; German, a Lutheran cantor at St. Nicholas. Church.
Hymn Tunes:
– HERZLIEBSTER JESU – Ah Holy Jesus
– NUN DANKET – Now Thank We All Our God
– HERZLIEBSTER JESU – O Dearest Jesus
– SCHMÜCKE DICH – Soul, Adorn Thyself with Gladness
Darmstadt Gesangbuch – 1698
Hymn Tune:
– ALL SAINTS OLD – Let Us Love, and Sing, and Wonder
Darwall, John – 1732-1789; English, Anglican, vicar of St. Matthew’s Parish Church in Walsall, a poet and amateur musician.
Hymn Tunes:
– DARWALL’S 148th – Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ
– Ye Holy Angels Bright
Doane, William H. – 1932-1915; American, Baptist. Doane was a manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, and amateur hymn-writer. He was also editor of multiple hymn books, and authored more than two thousand hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– MORE LOVE TO THEE – More Love to Thee, O Christ
Dykes, John B. – 1823-1876; English, Anglican, became organist of St. John’s in Hull at the age of ten, and served in similar positions throughout his life, producing some 300 hymn tunes.
Hymn Tunes:
– ST. AGNES – Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
– Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
– MELITA – Eternal Father, Strong to Save
– NICAEA – Holy, Holy, Holy
– VOX DILECTI – I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
– ALFORD – Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand
Eberling, Johann G. – 1637-1676; German, Lutheran, cantor of St. Nicholas Church in Berlin.
Hymn Tune:
– WARUM SOLLT’ MICH DENN GRAMEN – All My Heart This Night Rejoices
Edson, Louis – 1748-1820; American, blacksmith and farmer turned singing teacher.
Hymn Tune:
– LENOX – Arise, My Soul Arise
Elvey, Sir George J. – 1816-1893; organist and boys’ choir master at St. George Chapel, Windsor his entire career.
Hymn Tunes:
– ST. GEORGE’S WINDSOR – Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
– DIADEMATA – Crown Him with Many Crowns
– Make Me a Captive, Lord
Excell, Edwin O. – 1851-1921; American, Methodist Episcopal; bricklayer turned publisher, composer, song leader, and singer of church music.
Hymn Tunes:
– EXCELL – I Saw One Hanging on a Tree
Fischer, William G. – 1835-1912; American, Philadelphia, a popular director of music at revival meetings, and composer of some 200 hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY – I Love to Tell the Story
Gardiner, William – 1770-1853; English, hosiery manufacturer as well as composing, editing, and writing about music. He was an acquaintance of Haydn and Beethoven. His Sacred Melodies contained mostly melodies drawn from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Hymn Tune:
– GERMANY – Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
Gastorius, Severus – 1646-1682; German, a cantor in Jena, Germany.
Hymn Tune:
– WASS GOTT TUT – Whate’er My God Ordains Is Right
Geystliche Gesangbüchlein – 1524; published by Peter Schöffer at Worms, and compiled by Johann Walter 1496-1570; German, Lutheran. It contains Luther’s hymn compositions from 1523 and 1524.
Hymn Tunes:
– HERZLICH TUT MICH – O Day of Rest and Gladness
– NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND – Savior of the Nations, Come
Geistliche Lieder – Leipzig, 1539, a collection of Luther’s hymns.
Hymn Tunes: See under Luther, Martin.
Geistliche Volkslieder – Paderborn, 1850
Hymn Tunes:
– O MEIN JESU, ICH MUSS STERBEN – Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted
Geneva Psalter – 1551, a collection of 126 hymn tunes, composed at the request of John Calvin, between 1539 and 1562, to be sung with French lyrics.
Hymn Tunes:
– TOULON – I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art
– ST. MICHAEL – O Bless the Lord, My Soul
German melody – c. 1300’s
Hymn Tunes:
– IN DULCI JUBILO – Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Giardini, Felice de – 1716-1796; Italian violinist, composer, and conductor.
Hymn Tunes:
– TRINITY – Come, Thou Almighty King
Gibbons, Orlando – 1583-1625; English composer and organist.
Hymn Tunes:
– CANTERBURY – Depth of Mercy
Gläser, Carl G. – 1784-1829; German. Composer, author, and music instructor.
Hymn Tunes:
– AZMON – I’m Not Ashamed to Own My Lord
– AZMON – O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Gordon, Adoniram J. – 1836-1895; American, Baptist minister. Gordon-Conwell Seminary is named after Gordon, and he was a close friend of D. L. Moody.
Hymn Tune:
– CARITAS – My Jesus, I Love Thee
Goss, Sir John – 1800-1880; English, Anglican. Professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music, chorister, and organist, serving as organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London. Goss was also a hymnody reformer in his day, publishing/editing several hymnals.
Hymn Tunes:
– BEVAN – Jesus, My Great High Priest
– PRAISE MY SOUL (LAUDA ANIMA) – Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
– Who Is on the Lord’s Side
Gottschalk, Louis M. – 1829-1869, was an American performing concert pianist.
Hymn Tune:
– MERCY – Gracious Spirit, Dove Divine
Gregorian Chant – date unknown
Hymn Tune:
– HAMBURG – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Gruber, Franz – 1787-1863; Austrian, Roman Catholic.Gruber worked as a weaver until age 18. He later became a school teacher, and served in the church as caretaker, organist, choir director, and singer.
Hymn Tune:
– STILLE NACHT – Silent Night, Holy Night
Handel, George Frederic – 1685-1759; German musician and composer. Handel is known primarily for his Italian operas and oratorios, but he did specifically write three hymn tunes. A number of editors did take themes from some of Handels oratorios in their hymn tunes.
Hymn Tunes:
– BRADFORD – O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire
– CHRISTMAS – While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Harrison, Ralph – 1748-1810; English nonconformist minister and hymn tune composer.
Hymn Tunes:
– WARRINGTON – Give to Our God Immortal Praise
– WARRINGTON – Jesus, Where’er Thy People Meet
Hassler, Hans Leo – 1564-1612; German, Lutheran. Hassler was born into a musical family, and received extensive training. He was an organist, composer, and court musician for the Elector of Saxony. Hans Leo Hassler died of tuberculosis at the age of 48.
Hymn Tune:
– PASSION CHORALE – O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Hastings, Thomas – 1784-1872; American, choir teacher, hymn writer, composer.
Hymn Tunes:
– RETREAT – From Every Stormy Wind That Blows
– ORTONVILLE – Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned
– TOPLADY – Rock of Ages
Havergal, Frances R. – 1836-1879; Anglican, daughter of Rev. W. H. Havergal.
Hymn Tune:
– ARMAGEDDON – Who Is on the Lord’s Side
Haydn, J. Michael – 1737-1806; Austrian, classical composer. Younger brother of Franz Josef Haydn. Both boys began their musical careers as choir boys in Vienna.
Hymn Tune:
– LYONS – O Worship the King
Haydn, Franz Josef – 1732-1809; Austrian, composer of classical music and a few hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– AUSTRIAN HYMN – Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Hintze, Jakob – 1622-1702) German. Court musician to the Elector of Brandenburg, and hymnal editor.
Hymn Tune:
– ALLE MENSCHEN MÜSSEN STERBEN (SALZBERG) – At the Lamb’s High Feast We Sing
Holden, Oliver – 1765-1844; American, trained as a carpenter, turned teacher. Holden published a number of tune books and hymnals.
Hymn Tune:
– CORONATION – All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
Hudson, Ralph E. – 1842-1901; American, publisher, hymnal compiler. Hudson was an ardent proponent of the Temperance movement.
Hymn Tune:
– SATISFIED – All My Life Long
Hughes, John – 1873-1932; Welch, Baptist. Hughes worked for the Great Western Railway. He was deacon and precentor in his local church.
Hymn Tune:
– CWM RHONDDA – Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
Hullah, John – 1812-1884; English, composer, and music teacher.
Hymn Tune:
– BENTLEY – Sometimes a Light Surprises
Hundert Arien -Dresden, 1694.
Hymn Tune:
– STRAF MICH NICHT – Rise, My Soul, to Watch and Pray
Irvine, Jessie Seymour – 1836-1887; Scottish, Church of Scotland. Irvine, the daughter of a parish minister, was an organist, and is known for this one hymn tune.
Hymn Tune:
– CRIMOND – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want
Jackson, Robert – 1840-1914; English, Anglican, organist at St. Peter’s Church in Oldham till his death.
Hymn Tune:
– TRENTHAM – Breathe on Me, Breath of God
Jewish Melody – date unknown
Hymn Tune:
– LEONI – The God of Abraham Praise
Jones, William – 1726-1800; English, Anglican. Jones became Vicar of Bethersden, Kent in 1764, perpetual Curate of Nayland, Suffolk in 1777, and Rector of Hollingbourne, Kent in 1798.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. STEPHEN – Behold the Amazing Gift of Love
Jude, William H. – 1851-1922; English, an organist, composer, and editor.
Hymn Tune:
– GALILEE – Jesus Calls Us; O’er the Tumult
Katholisches Gesangbuch – Vienna, c. 1774
Hymn Tune:
– HURSLEY – Sun of My Soul
Kirkpatrick, William J. – 1838-1921; American, Methodist. Kirkpatrick was a carpenter and furniture business man until 1878, when he turned to a music profession. He was a music director and compiler of gospel songs.
Hymn Tune:
– JESUS SAVES – We Have Heard the Joyful Sound
Kocher, Conrad – 1786-1872; German, Lutheran. Kocher was organist and choir director in Stuttgart and popularized four-part harmony in that region. William H. Monk created the tune DIX by adapting one of Kocher’s chorale melodies.
Hymn Tune:
– DIX – As with Gladness Men of Old
Lloyd, William – 1786-1852; Welsh musician and music teacher.
Hymn Tune:
– MEIRIONYDD – I Need Thee, Precious Jesus
Lowry, Robert – 1826-1899; American, Baptist minister. In latter years, Lowery left the preaching ministry and took up hymn writing full time.
Hymn Tune:
– ALL THE WAY – All the Way My Saviour Leads Me
Luther, Martin – 1483-1546; German, Augustinian monk. The main influence that began the Protestant reformation. Luther was also a great poet and musician.
Hymn Tunes:
– EIN’ FESTE BURG – A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
– ALLEIN GOTT IN DER HÖH’ – From Depths of Woe I Raise to Thee
– VOM HIMMEL HOCH – From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
– LUTHER’S HYMN – Great God, What Do I See and Hear
Lyra Davidica – London, 1708; A collection of German and Latin hymns translated into English.
Hymn Tune:
– EASTER HYMN – Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
– Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Maker, Frederick C. – 1844-1927; English, Congregational, organist, choirmaster, writer of a number of hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. CHRISTOPHER – Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Malan, Henri A. César – 1787-1864; French, evangelical minister, wrote over 1000 hymn lyrics and tunes. Malan has an impressive biography at Hymnary.org. He did so much more than just write hymn lyrics and tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– HENDON – Take My Life and Let It Be
Martin, George William – 1825-1881; English, Anglican, organist, and choir master
Hymn Tune:
– LEOMINSTER – Not What My Hands Have Done
Mason, Lowell – 1792-1872; American, Presbyterian. Composer and arranger. A bank clerk at age 20, Lowell Mason went on to be known as the father of American church music.
Hymn Tunes:
– RIPLEY – Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah
– ANTIOCH – Joy to the World
– RIPLEY – Lord, with Glowing Heart I’d Praise Thee
– OLIVET – My Faith Looks Up to Thee
Meineke, Charles – 1782-1850; German, pianist and organist. Meineke moved to America around 1900, where he eventually became organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore for some time.
Hymn Tune:
– GLORIA PATRI (MEINEKE) – Gloria Patri
Mendelssohn, Felix – 1809-1847; German, Lutheran, Composer, Conductor.
Hymn Tune:
– MENDELSSOHN – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Messiter, Arthur H. – 1834-1916; English, Episcopal, emigrated to the U.S. and was an organist at St. James the Less in Philadelphia.
Hymn Tune:
– MARION – Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart
Méthode du Plain Chant – 1808, by Francois de La Feillée, 17th century, a French composer and music theorist at the Catholic Poitiers Cathedral in Poitiers, France.
Hymn Tune:
– O QUANTA QUALIA – Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power
Monk, William H. – 1823-1889; English, holding various musical positions throughout his life. Monk was the music editor for “Hymns Ancient and Modern”.
Hymn Tunes:
– EVENTIDE (MONK) – Abide with Me
– DIX – As with Gladness Men of Old
– CORONAE – Look, Ye Saints the Sight Is Glorious
Morris, Lelia N. – 1862-1929; American, Methodist Episcopal, writer of 1000 texts and many tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– MORRIS – Nearer, Still Nearer
Mountain, James – 1843-1933; English pastor at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. He published two hymnals: “Hymns of Conseration and Faith”, and “Sacred Songs for Missions, Prayer, and Praise Meetings”.
Hymn Tunes:
– RESTING – Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting
– WYE VALLEY (LIKE A RIVER) – Like a River Glorious
– Loved with Everlasting Love
Musikalisches Handbuch – Hamburg, 1690. Published by Georg Rebenlein
Hymn Tune:
– WINCHESTER NEW – O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright
–The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord
– This Day at Thy Creating Word
Nägeli, Hans G. – 1773-1836) German, music educator and composer.
Nägeli published a work on theories of music education that made a strong impact on Lowell Mason, who also arranged a number of Nägeli’s tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– DENNIS – Behold the Throne of Grace
– Blest Be the Tie That Binds
– Once More Before We Part
Neander, Joachim – 1650-1680; German, Reformed Calvinist) church, hymn writer and lay pastor. Neander died at age 30.
Hymn Tune:
– WÜNDERBARER – God Himself Is with Us
– Wondrous King, All-Glorious
Newmark, Georg – 1621-1681; German, Lutheran, writer of thirty-four hymns.
Hymn Tune:
– NEUMARK – By Grace I Am am Heir of Heaven
– If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
Old Irish hymn melody – date unknown
Hymn Tune:
– ST. COLUMBIA – How Sweet and Awful Is the Place
Old Netherlands melody – date unknown
Hymn Tune:
– KREMSER – We Gather Together to Ask the Lords Blessing
Olivers, Thomas – 1725-1799; English, converted under the preaching of Whitfield, and served twenty-five years with Wesleys evangelism.
Hymn Tune:
– HELMSLEY – Lo! He Comes with Clouds
Parry, Joseph – 1841-1903; Welsh, professor of music at the University College of South Wales in Cardiff, and composed around 400 hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– ABERYSTWYTH – Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Peace, Albert L. – 1844-1912; English, Anglican. A largely self-taught organist, Peace began his professional organist career at the age of nine.
Hymn Tunes:
– ST. MARGARET – O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Pettman, Edgar C. – 1865-1943; English, Anglican. Pettman was an organist at a number of London churches.
Hymn Tune:
– GABRIEL’S MESSAGE (arranger)- The Angel Gabriel
Plainchant – c. 1100
Hymn Tune:
– CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN – Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
Plainsong – 13th century
Hymn Tunes:
– DIVINUM MYSTERIUM – Of the Father’s Love Begotten
Prichard, Rowland Hugh – 1811-1887; Welsh, a textile worker and amateur musician.
Hymn Tune:
– HYFRYDOL – Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus – Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners – Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Psamodia Evangelica – 1789; a two-volume publication containing a complete set of psalm and hymn tunes, compiled and published by Thomas Williams c1700-c1800) of Clerkenwell Green, London in about 1789.
Hymn Tune:
– TRURO – Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns
Psalmodia Sacra – Gotha, 1715; edited by A. C. Ludwig and C. F. Witt, Psalmodia Sacra was a collection of over 100 German tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– STUTTGART – God My King, Thy Might Confessing
Purcell, Henry – 1659-1695; English, Anglican, organist at Westminster Abbey at age 20, only lived to 35, composed a vast amount of music for the court and the church.
Hymn Tune:
– COLCHESTER (Purcll) – Oh, ‘Twas a Joyful Sound to Hear
Ravenscroft’s Psalmes – 1621; Thomas Ravenscroft, 1592-1635; English. He was a composer, author, hymnal compiler and editor, and a collector of folk music, including “Three Blind Mice”.
Hymn Tune:
– DUNDEE – God Moves in a Mysterious Way – DUNDEE
Redhead, Richard – 1820-1901; English, Anglican, organist at Margaret Chapel, London, later at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Paddington.
Hymn Tune:
– AJALON (REDHEAD NO 76) – God Be Merciful to Me
– When This Passing World Is Done
Redner, Lewis H. – 1831-1908; American, Episcopal. Redner was a real estate agent, and was organist and Sunday school superintendent of the church where Phillip Brooks was rector in Philadelphia.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. LOUIS – O Little Town of Bethlehem
Reinagle, Alexander R. – 1799-1877; British of Austrian descent, Anglican, well known organist, theater musician, and compiler of hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. PETER – How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
– When All Thy Mercies, O My God
Rimbault, Edward F. – 1816-1876; English. Rimbault was an organist, music historian and composer.
Hymn Tune:
– HAPPY DAY – O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice
Roberts, John – 1822-1877; Welch, Calvinist Methodist; clerk, school teacher, newspaper editor, pastor. Roberts was the compiler and harmonizer of fifty-five old Welch tunes in Caniadau y Cyssegr. He also translated many “Moody” and “Sankey” hymns into Welch, and translated from Welch I Need Thee Every Hour and I Am Coming, Lord.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. DENIO (JOANNA) – Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Rousseau, Jean J. – 1712-1778). Hymnary.org lists this tune’s date as 1752. Rousseau is anothr “croocked stick” that God has chosen to use to give us this fine hymn tune.
Hymn Tunes:
– GREENVILLE – All My Sins Have Been Forgiven
Runyan, William M. – 1870-1957; American, Methodist minister. Later Runyan became an editor for Hope Publishing Company at the Moody Bible Institute.
Hymn Tune:
– FAITHFULNESS – Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Sankey, Ira D. – 1840-1908, American Methodist composer and vocal soloist.
Hymn Tunes:
– THE NINETY AND NINE – There Were Ninety and Nine
Schlesischen Volkslieder – Leipzig, 1842 the Schlesischen Volkslieder is a collection of some 200 folk-songs from the Silesia region of Germany, compiled by Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1798-1874.
Hymn Tune:
– SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU – Fairest Lord Jesus
Schulz, Johann A. P. – 1747-1800; German organist, conductor and composer.
Hymn Tune:
– WIRPFLÜGEN – We Plow the Fields, and Scatter
Scottish Psalter – 1615; a collection of the Psalms of David, published by Andro Hart, died 1621; a printer/publisher/bookseller in Edinburg.
Hymn Tunes:
– DUNDEE – Let Children Hear the Mighty Deeds
– Hast Thou Not Known, Hast Thou Not Heard
Sears, Edmund H. – 1810-1876; American, Unitarian minister. It was a bit startling when I first discovered the Unitarian background of Sears. God CAN draw straight lines with crooked sticks.
Hymn Tune:
– CAROL – It Came upon a Midnight Clear
Sheppard, Franklin L. – 1852-1930; American, Presbyterian elder and music director. Sheppard served on the committee responsible for preparing the Presbyterian Hymnal of 1911.
Hymn Tune:
– TERRA BEATA – This Is My Father’s World
Sherwin, William F. – 1826-1888; American, Baptist, vocal music teacher and hymn tune writer.
Hymn Tune:
– BREAD OF LIVE – Break Thou the Bread of Life
Sibelius, Jean – 1865-1957; Finnish; classical composer and conductor.
Hymn Tune:
– FINLANDIA – Be Still, My Soul
Smart, Henry – 1813-1879; English, lawyer turned organist and music teacher.
Hymn Tunes:
– REGENT SQUARE – Angels, from the Realms of Glory
– Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
– LANCASHIRE – Lead on, O King Eternal
Southgate, Thomas B. – 1814-1868; English, Anglican, organist for several churches.
Hymn Tune:
– BROOKFIELD – O Love of God
Spratt, Ann B. – 1829-19??; little is known about this composer.
Hymn Tune:
– KEDRON – No, Not Despairingly
Stebbins, George C. – 1846-1945; American, Baptist, music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago and elsewhere.
Hymn Tune:
– FRIEND – I’ve Found a Friend
Steggall, Charles – 1826-1905; English professor of organ and harmony, hymnodist and composer.
Hymn Tune:
– MORWELLHAM – Father, I Know That All My Life
Stralsund Gesangbuch – 1665; arranged in Pietatis Melica, 1668
Hymn Tune:
– LOBE DEN HERREN – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Sullivan, Sir Arthur S. – 1842-1900; Irish/Italian, best known for his collaboration with William S. Gilbert in the production of popular operettas.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. GERTRUDE – Christ Shall Have Dominion
– Onward, Christian Soldiers
Teschner, Melchior – 1584-1635; German, Lutheran, cantor at Fraustadt, then becoming pastor of a church in Oberpritschen.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. THEODULPH – All Glory Laud and Honor
– O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee
Towner, Daniel B. – 1850-1919; American, head of the music department at Moody Bible Institute, and authored more than 2000 songs.
Hymn Tunes:
– MOODY – Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord
Traditional American Melody – dates unknown
Hymn Tunes:
– AMAZING GRACE – Amazing Grace
– ARISE – Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy – ARISE
– FOUNDATION – How Firm a Foundation
– CLEANSING FOUNTAIN – There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
– PISGAH – When I Can Read My Title Clear
Traditional English Melody – date unknown
Hymn Tunes:
– FORREST GREEN – I Sing the Almighty Power of God
Traditional German Melody – date unknown.
Hymn Tunes:
– ES IST EIN’ ROS’ ENTSPRUNGEN – Behold, a Branch is Growing
Traditional Welsh Melody – dates unknown
Hymn Tunes:
– LLANFYLLIN – I Want a Principle Within
– ASH GROVE – The Master Has Come, and He Calls Us
Urhan, Chrétien – 1790-1845; French, violinist, organist, composer; arranged by Edward F. Rimbault 1816-1876; English, organist, editor of music collections, and arranger of music compositions.
Hymn Tunes:
– RUTHERFORD – The Sands of Time Are Sinking
Vaughan Williams, Ralph – 1872-1958; Classical Composer. Williams was a very influential musical influence in the first half of the 20th century.
Hymn Tune:
CAPEL (arranger) – There Is a Land of Pure Delight
Venua, M. A. – 1788-1872; Italian, born in France, and studied composition in London.
Hymn Tunes:
– PARK STREET – Before Jehovah’s Awful Throne
Wade, John Francis – 1711-1786; English, Roman Catholic, Musician. Wade fled to France after the Jacobite Rebellion was put down. There he taught music in an English speaking college, and copied and sold music to wealthy families. The collection of his works was published as “Cantus Diversi” in 1751.
Hymn Tune:
– ADESTE FIDELIS – O Come, All Ye Faithful
Walch, James – 1837-1901; English, Anglican, musical instrument dealer.
Hymn Tune:
– TIDINGS (TUNBRIDGE) – O Come My Soul
Walter, Johann – 1496-1570; German, Lutheran, editor/compiler of the Geisteliches Gesangbüchlein, 1524, a hymnbook containing Luther’s hymns from 1523-1524.
Hymn Tunes:
– HERZLICH TUT MICH – O Day of Rest and Gladness
– NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND – Savior of the Nations, Come
Webb. George J. – 1803-1887; English-American composer.
Hymn Tune:
– WEBB – Sand Up, Stand Up for Jesus
Wesley, Samuel S. – 1810-1876; English, Anglican. Wesley was a composer, organist, and the grandson of Charles Wesley.
Hymn Tune:
– AURELIA – I Lay My Sins on Jesus
– The Church’s One Foundation
Williams, Aaron – 1731-1776; Welsh, music teacher, composer, hymn commpiler, music engraver, clerk at Scottish Church, London Wall.
Hymn Tune:
– ST. THOMAS – Come, We That Love the Lord
– I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
Williams, Thomas John – 1869-1944; Welch, Baptist. Williams was an insurance business owner, but held a degree in music and was church organist. He wrote quite a few hymn tunes.
Hymn Tune:
– EBENEZER – O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Willis, Richard S. – 1819-1900; American. Willis was a composer and music critic. While in Germany to study music, Willis became friends with Felix Mendelssohn.
Hymn Tune:
– CAROL – It Came up the Midnight Clear
Wilson, Hugh – 1766-1824; Scottish, member of the Secession Church. A man of various talents, Wilson was a shoemaker, part-time teacher in his village school, and manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher. He is known for only two psalm tunes because he instructed that all of his manuscripts be destroyed at his death.
Hymn Tune:
– AVON – Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
Woodman, Jonathan C. – 1813-1894
Hymn Tune:
– STATE STREET – Behold the Throne of Grace
Württemberg Gesangbuch – 1784, was the chapel hymnal for the Duke of Würtemberg.
Hymn Tune:
– ELLACOMBE – O Lord, by Thee Delivered
Wyeth, John – 1770-1858; American, printer and newspaper publisher. Wyeth is best known for his “Repository of Sacred Music II, 1813.” His father fought at Bunker Hill, and a brother participated in the Boston Tea Party.
Hymn Tunes:
– NETTLETON – Come, Thou Fount
– CONSOLATION (MORNING SONG) – Once More, My Soul, the Rising Day
Zundel, John – 1815-1882; German, Lutheran, organist in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hymn Tunes:
– LEBANON – I Was a Wandering Sheep
– BEECHER – Love Divine, All Loves Excelling