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Gomer

1773 - 1825 Person Name: Gomer. (1773-1825) Hymnal Number: 19 (Cyf.) of "Great God of wonders! all Thy ways (Duw mawr y rhyfeddodau maith!)" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems See also Joseph Harris (Gomer).

Calixa Lavallée

1842 - 1891 Person Name: C. Lavallee Hymnal Number: IX Composer of "O CANADA!" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Born: December 28, 1842, Verchères, Canada. Died: January 21, 1891, Boston, Massachusetts. Buried: Boston, Massachusetts; reinterred in 1933 in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, Montréal, Canada. Lavallée’s father was originally a wood cutter and blacksmith, but eventually started repairing musical instruments and teaching music in his local community. After moving to St. Hyacinthe, Calixa’s father worked for organ builder Joseph Casavant. Calixa was playing the organ by age 11, and at age 13 gave a piano recital in the Théâtre Royal in Montréal. Calixa later moved to America, where he a won a competition in New Orleans, Louisiana. As accompanist to Spanish violinist Olivera, he toured Brazil and the West Indies, then returned to America and fought in the American civil war, rising to rank of lieutenant on the northern side. He returned to Montréal after the war, but continued to do concert tours and teach. The Congrès National des Canadiens-Français commissioned him to compose "O Canada" for St. Jean-Baptiste Day in 1880. In 1887, he became president of the Music Teachers’ National Association. Lavallée wrote operettas, a symphony, and various occasional pieces and songs. Sources: Jones, pp. 84-85 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ See also in: Wikipedia

W. E. Winks

1842 - 1926 Hymnal Number: 11b Author of "Send Thy Spirit, I beseech Thee" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Winks, William Edward, son of J. F. Winks, Leicester, was born at Leicester, Jan. 28, 1842, and educated at Chilwell College, Nottingham. He entered the Baptist Ministry in 1865, and has been Pastor of Baptist Churches in Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire, and has now (1907) charge of Bethany Chapel, Cardiff. Most of his hymns were written for special services. In 1897 he collected several of these and published them as Christian Hymns and Songs for Church and Sunday School (2nd ed. 1907). From this collection the following have passed into The Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900. 1. Be still, my heart, be still, my mind. Waiting upon God. Written in 1897. 2. In the night our toil is fruitless. Working with Trustfulness. Dated Oct. 39, 1891. 3. Lord, Thy servants forth are going. Departure of Missionaries. Written in 1892. Mr. Winks's prose works include Thoughts on Prayer, Prayer in the Four Gospels, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

David Charles

1803 - 1880 Person Name: David Charles. (1803-1880) Hymnal Number: 56a Author of "O Iesu mawr! rho'th anian bur" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Son of David Charles, 1762-1834.

John Evans

1791 - 1809 Hymnal Number: 32b Composer of "LLANGYNOG" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems John Evans, of Amlwch.

Math. W. Davies

1885 - 1947 Person Name: Math. W. Davies (1885-1947) Hymnal Number: 12b Composer of "GODRE'R COED" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

Evan Morgan

1846 - 1920 Person Name: Evan Morgan (Llew Madog). 1846-1920 Hymnal Number: 74b Composer of "TYDDYN LLWYN" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Evan Morgan's Welsh bardic name was Llew Madog, and his name is given in the 1995 Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems (Reformatted) as "EVAN MORGAN (LLEW MADOG)".

Joseph Anstice

1808 - 1836 Person Name: J. Anstice Hymnal Number: 47b Author of "O Lord, how happy should we be" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Anstice, Joseph , M.A., son of William Anstice of Madeley, Shropshire, born 1808, and educated at Enmore, near Bridgwater, Westminster, and Ch. Church, Oxford, where he gained two English prizes and graduated as a double-first. Subsequently, at the ago of 22, he became Professor of Classical Literature at King's College, London; died at Torquay, Feb. 29, 1836, aged 28. His works include Richard Coeur de Lion, a prize poem, 1828; The Influence of the Roman Conquest upon Literature and the Arts in Rome (Oxford prize Essay); Selections from the Choice Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, translated into English Verse, 1832, &c. His hymns were printed a few months after his death, as:— Hymns by the late Joseph Anstice, M.A., formerly Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and Professor of Classical Literature, King’s College, London, Bridgwater, 1836, and thus introduced:— "As none of the following Hymns had the advantage of being corrected and prepared for the press by their lamented Author, his family have not considered themselves at liberty to bring them before the public; but, having reason to believe that a large circle of surviving friends will be gratified by possessing a memorial of the manner in which some of his leisure hours were employed, and of the subjects which chiefly occupied his thoughts, during the last few months of his life, they have consented to their being printed for private distribution.—-Bridgwater, June, 1836." This work contains 52 hymns on various subjects, together with a poem "To my Hymn Book." The circumstances under which they were written are thus detailed by Mrs. Anstice in a communication to the Rev. Josiah Miller, author of Singers and Songs of the Church:— "The hymns were all dictated to his wife during the last few weeks of his life, and were composed just at the period of the day (the afternoon) when he felt the oppression of his illness—all his brighter morning hours being given to pupils up to the very day of his death."-—S. & S., p. 495. A few of the hymns are of a joyful character, but the circumstances under which they were written account for the prevailing tone of sadness by which they are chiefly characterized. About one half of these hymns were included by Mrs. Yonge in her Child's Christian Year, 1841. Being thus brought before the public, many soon came into common use. Those in most extensive use are: "Father, by Thy love and power;" "In all things like “Thy brethren, Thou;" "Lord of the harvest, once again;" and, "O Lord, how happy should we be." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Morgan Rhys

1716 - 1776 Person Name: Morgan Rhys. (1716-1779) Hymnal Number: 5a Author of "O gariad! O gariad Anfeidrol ei faint " in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Rhys, Morgan, a famous Welsh hymnwriter of the last century. He published several collections of hymns under quaint titles. Golwg o ben Nebo ar wlad yr Addewid (A View of the land of promise from the top of Mr. Nebo). Frwyd Ysbrydal (The Spiritual Warfare). Graddfanan y Credadyn, &c. (The Groanings of the Believer). He died in 1776, and was buried at Llanfynydd Church, in Caermarthenshire. [Rev. W. Glenffrwd Thomas] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ================== Rhys, Morgan, p. 959, i. A short notice of this writer (a schoolmaster in connection with the Calvinistic Methodists), is given in H. Elvet Lewis's Sweet Singers of Wales, 1889, together with a few translations into English of his hymns. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William Griffiths

1777 - 1825 Person Name: Wm. Griffiths. (1777-1825) Hymnal Number: 8a Author (stanza 1) of "Dan dy fendith wrth ymadael" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems GRIFFITHS, WILLIAM (1777-1825), Independent minister and teacher; born at Glandŵr, Pembs., the second son of John Griffiths (1731-1811) (q.v.). He was educated at the school of ‘one Mr. Foyle,’ at his father's school, and at Haverfordwest. He was admitted to the Wrexham Academy, 2 Feb. 1795 , and was an assistant there in his last year. He was ordained as joint minister with his father, 23 May 1803(?). He achieved some degree of prominence as a preacher in English and in Welsh . He was seriously ill in 1809, and again in 1824, and died 5 Jan. 1825. He was very fond of writing and translating hymns, several of which are found in Y Caniedydd Cynulleidfaol Newydd. --wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/