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Rafael Jimenez

Topics: Biblical Names and Places Emmaus Author of "El Peregrino de Emaús (The Emmaus Road)" in Singing the New Testament

Anne Krentz Organ, b. 1960

Person Name: Anne Krentz Organ Topics: Biblical Names and Places Israel Composer of "[Our help is in the name of the Lord]" in Psalms for All Seasons

Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob Harmonizer of "FOUNDATION" in Psalms for All Seasons Martin Tel is the C. F. Seabrook Director of Music at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He conducts the seminary choirs, teaches courses in church music, and administers the music for the daily seminary worship services. He served as senior editor of Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship (2012). His love for music began in a dairy barn in rural Washington State, where he heard his father belt out psalms and hymns while milking the cows. Martin earned degrees in church music and theology from Dordt College, the University of Notre Dame, Calvin Theological Seminary, and the University of Kansas. He has served as minister of music in Christian Reformed, Reformed Church in America, and Presbyterian congregations. With his wife, Sharilyn, he is raising three children in Princeton, New Jersey. Lift Up Your Hearts

Zacharius Ursinus

1534 - 1583 Topics: Biblical Names & Places Satan; Biblical Names & Places Satan Author of "My Only Comfort" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) German theologian

Guillermo Cuéllar

b. 1955 Person Name: Guillermo Cuellar Topics: Biblical Names and Places Jacob Composer of "VOS SOS EL DESTAZADO" in Psalms for All Seasons In the mid-1980s, composer Guillermo Cuéllar composed the folk mass La Misa Popular Salvadoreña as a result of a commission from Archbishop Oscar Romero. Romero was assassinated while celebrating mass in El Salvador. Cuéllar himself was forced into exile for ten years due to threats on his life. Sing! A New Creation

James Wood

1921 - 2003 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Emmaus Harmonizer of "BEACH SPRING" in Lift Up Your Hearts James Wood was born April 14, 1921, in Rochester, Minn. He was a teacher of music and a concert singer, a choral conductor and composer In later life, he published a book of poems titled, "Songs Without Melodies." Dianne Shapiro

Peter Janson

b. 1967 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Peter Composer of "ST. JOHN'S QUADRA" in Singing the New Testament PJ (Peter) Janson (b. Aalst-Waalre, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands, 1967 composed ST. JOHN'S QUADRA in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1982 as a setting for "Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens Adore Him" (148). The tune was the winner in a hymn-writing contest held by the Royal Canadian College of Organists in 1983. First published in the 1987 Psalter Hymnal, the tune is named for St. John's Anglican Church on Quadra Street, Victoria, British Columbia, where it was first performed. PJ Janson came to Canada as a child and received his PhD from the University of Victoria. He has served as organist at St John the Divine Anglican Church, St Aidan's, and St Matthias (Victoria), All Saints Church Mudeford (Christchurch, UK), and as assistant organist at St James' Anglican Church (Vancouver, BC). Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987 and PJ Janson

Konstantin Zhigulin

Topics: Biblical Names and Places Melchizedek; Biblical Names and Places Zion Composer of "[The LORD said to my Lord]" in Psalms for All Seasons

Daniel B. Merrick

1926 - 2004 Person Name: Daniel B. Merrick, 1926-2004 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Philip Author of "The Spirit Called on Philip" in Singing the New Testament Merrick Daniel B. (Bloomington, Illinois, April 29, 1926--November 11, 2004). Married Dagmar Gustafson in 1952 while a student at Phillips Theological Seminary (A.B., 1948; B.D., 1954); three children. Served churches in Sandoval, Ill.; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Panama Canal Zone; Peoria, Illinois; and Havana, Ill. Won his first hymn writing contest in the mid-1950s. The hymn "O God whose Love Compels Us" was a winning entry for a theme hymn for the American Baptist convention in 1967. Edited the Chalice Hymnal for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). --DNAH Archives

Kristyn Getty

Topics: Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Moses Author of "My Soul Will Sing" in Psalms for All Seasons Kristyn Getty (b. May 22, 1980) is a world-renowned modern hymn writer. Kristyn studied English Literature at Queen’s University of Belfast. She writes and performs with her husband, Keith Getty, and they regularly tour the United States and the United Kingdom. Laura de Jong