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James Foster

1807 - 1885 Person Name: J. Foster Scripture: Psalm 8 Composer of "[O Lord, our Sovereign]" in Moravian Book of Worship

Rosalie Bonighton

1946 - 2011 Scripture: Psalm 8 Composer (Response) of "[Above the heav'ns your majesty is praised]" in Hymns for a Pilgrim People

Laurence Bévenot

1901 - 1990 Person Name: Laurence Bevenot Scripture: Psalm 8 Composer (Psalm tone) of "[Above the heav'ns your majesty is praised]" in Hymns for a Pilgrim People

James Pierpont

1822 - 1893 Scripture: Psalm 8 Composer of "JINGLE BELLS" in Celebremos Su Gloria

1932 - 2013 Person Name: P. E. P. Scripture: Psalm 8:1 Arranger of "[O praise the Lord within the Assembly!]" in Global Praise 3 Patrick Prescod was born in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was a virtuosic pianist. He studied at Trinity College of Music in London, then returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, taught music, led The Kingston Chorale and Cantemus, and worked as the Music Director for the Education Ministry from 1979-1982. He edited the Caribbean hymnal Sing A New Song No. 3. Prescod tried to integrate the familiar cultural features, rhythms, and musical forms into the unfamiliar context of worship. Dianne Shapiro

Dale A. Witte

Scripture: Psalm 8 Composer (tone) of "[O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is your name in all the earth]" in Christian Worship

Richard Proulx

1937 - 2010 Scripture: Psalm 8 Harmonizer of "SALMO 8" in El Himnario Presbiteriano Richard Proulx (b. St. Paul, MN, April 3, 1937; d. Chicago, IL, February 18, 2010). A composer, conductor, and teacher, Proulx was director of music at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois (1980-1997); before that he was organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Seattle, Washington. He contributed his expertise to the Roman Catholic Worship III (1986), The Episcopal Hymnal 1982, The United Methodist Hymnal (1989), and the ecumenical A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools (1992). He was educated at the University of Minnesota, MacPhail College of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, and the Royal School of Church Music in England. He composed more than 250 works. Bert Polman

Genevieve Glen

Scripture: Psalm 8 Author of "Blessed Are You" in Scripture Song Database

Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Scripture: Psalm 8 Author of "Lord, how majestic is your name" in Scripture Song Database Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)