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Charles Constantine Pise

1802 - 1866 Hymnal Number: d37 Author of "First floweret [flower] of the desert wild" in Manual of Catholic Melodies Pise, Charles Constantine, was born in 1802 at Annapolis, Md., graduated at Georgetown, D.C., and was ordained in 1825. He was for some time attached to St. Patrick's Church, Washington, and while there, was, by the influence of Henry Clay, appointed chaplain to the U.S. Senate, the only time the post has ever been held by a Roman Catholic. In 1849 he became Rector of the Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Brooklyn, N.Y., and died at Brooklyn, May 26, 1866. Two hymns by him are in the Appendix to the N.Y. edition of E. Caswall's Lyra Catholica (1851, pp. 422, 427), and are repeated in Hymns for the Year 1867, viz.:— 1. First flow'ret of the desert wild. S. Rose of Lima. 2. Let the deep organ swell the lay. S. Cecilia. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Frederick Charles Husenbeth

1796 - 1872 Hymnal Number: d15 Author of "Break forth, O Zion [Sion], thy sweet Savior sing" in Manual of Catholic Melodies Husenbeth, F. C., D.D. His family originally belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. His father lived at Mannheim until the outbreak of the French Revolution, when he removed to Bristol, and established himself in business as a wine merchant. He married Miss James, a Cornish lady. F. C. Husenbeth was born at Bristol, May 30, 1796, and was educated at Sedgley Park School and Oscott College. Ordained in Feb., 1820. He became Priest of the Cossey Roman Catholic Mission, and retained his position for 52 years. He died Oct. 31, 1872. He published several works, including Missal for the Laity, 1840; an edition of the Roman Breviary, Norwich, 1830; and Vespers Book for the Use of the Laity, Lond. 1841. Notes and Queries, Ser. iv., vol. x., pp. 365, 388, 441. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================ Husenbeth, Frederic Charles, p. 1572, ii. His hymn “Stars of glory, shine more brightly” [Christmas], written 1862, is in O. Shipley's Lyra Messianica, 1864, p. 102, and Annus Sanctus, 1884, pt. ii., pp. iv, 27. Also in Hymns for the Year 1867, A. E. Tozer s Cath. Hymns, 1898, and Catholic Church Hymnal, 1905, St. Dominics's Hymn Book, 1901, &c. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

William K. Blount

Hymnal Number: d182 Author of "Ye dear bought Christians, come and sing" in Manual of Catholic Melodies

Silvio Antoniano

1540 - 1603 Hymnal Number: d39 Author of "Fortem, virili pectore" in Manual of Catholic Melodies Cardinal Silvio Antoniano, was born at Rome in 1540. Through the influence and patronage of Pope Pius IV. he became Professor of the Belles Lettres in the Collegio Romano, and subsequently rose to be the head of the college, and a cardinal. He died in 1603. [Rev. W. A. Shoults, B.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 382 (1907)

Escollar

Hymnal Number: d135 Author of "Te Joseph celebrent agmina coelitum" in Manual of Catholic Melodies

Francois Fenelon

Hymnal Number: d20 Author of "Christians, who, of Jesus' sorrows" in Manual of Catholic Melodies

J. Hughes

Hymnal Number: d32 Author of "Gloria tibi, Domine" in Manual of Catholic Melodies

Paulinus of Aquileia

Hymnal Number: d173 Author of "Whatever thou on earth shalt tie" in Manual of Catholic Melodies

J. G. Seidenbush

1641 - 1729 Hymnal Number: d87 Author of "Praise to the Lord, who all things made" in Manual of Catholic Melodies Seidenbusch, Johann Georg, was born at Munich, April 5, 1641, ordained Priest in 1666; founded the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Aufhausen, and d. Dec. 10, 1729. He edited the Aufhausen Gesang-Buch, 1687, in which is given:— Kommt her, ihr Creaturen all [Holy Communion], p. 62, which Bäumker, iii., No. 57, thinks is most likely to be his. It is in many later books, including H. Bone's Cantate, ed. 1879, No. 277. Translated as "Come all ye creatures of the Lord," by G. R. Woodward, in his Songs of Syon, 1904. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)