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Elise Shoemaker Eslinger

b. 1942 Person Name: Elise Eslinger Hymnal Number: 137 Tr. al ing. (estrofa 1) of "Pues Si Vivimos" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.)

b. 1936 Hymnal Number: 25 Tr. al ing. of "Los Magos Que Llegaron a Belén" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) Carolyn Jennings (born August 16, 1936) is a Professor Emerita of Music at St. Olaf College where she taught for many years and also served in administrative roles, including Chair of the Music Department and Associate Dean for the Fine Arts. Carolyn Jennings is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music magna cum laude and the University of Michigan where she received her Master of Music degree as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She also served as a church musician for over thirty years, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, Minnesota. Over many years she has served on arts advisory panels, as a workshop presenter, and in leadership roles in several professional organizations. She has been active in promoting the use of inclusive language in texts for singing, and has worked to heighten awareness of how language shapes as well as expresses thought. Her compositions and arrangements include works for voices, orchestra, and piano. She particularly enjoys composing for voices. Among her many commissioned works are a children's musical, a choral song cycle, a composition for the Minnesota Aids Quilt Songbook, and many compositions for church, school and community choirs. She has received major grants from the Composers Commissioning Program through the Minnesota Composers Forum. Choral compositions and arrangements by Carolyn Jennings are widely sung by church, community, college and school choirs. Her publications include over a hundred choral compositions and arrangements, a number of text translations, contributions to several hymnals, and articles for professional journals. She has been active in the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Teachers National Association, the Minnesota Composers Forum, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, and as a guest conductor and workshop leader. --apimusic.org/composers

Edward Hodges

1796 - 1867 Person Name: Edward Hodges, 1796-1867 Hymnal Number: 144 Adapter of "HYMN TO JOY" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) Born: July 20, 1796, Bristol, England. Died: September 1, 1867, Clifton, Bristol, England. Buried: Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Stanton Drew (about eight miles south of Bristol). Hodges’ musical gift showed itself at an early age; by 1819, he was playing the organ at St. James’ Church in Bristol, and at St. Nicholas’, 1821-1838. He also had an interesting mechanical bent, and spurred several technical improvements in organ design. He composed a number of services and anthem pieces, and Cambridge University awarded him a doctorate in music in 1825. Hodges eventually emigrated, accepting a post at the cathedral in Toronto, Canada, in 1838. The next year, he became music director at Trinity Parish in New York City. He became the organist at Trinity Church when it opened in 1846 (the church had its organ built to his specifications). He retired for health reasons in 1859, and returned to his native England in 1863. Hodges’ works include: An Apology for Church Music and Musical Festivals, in Answer…to the Standard and the Record (London: 1834) Essays on the Objects of Musical Study (Bristol, England: 1838) An Essay on the Cultivation of Church Music (New York: 1841) Contributions to the Quarterly Musical Magazine & Musical World Trinity Collection of Church Music (Boston, Massachusetts: 1864) (editor) Music-- BRISTOL GLOUCESTER HABAKKUK HYMN TO JOY --www.hymntime.com/

M. R. Newbolt

1874 - 1956 Person Name: Michael R. Newbolt, 1874-1956 Hymnal Number: 129 Author of "Alzad la Cruz" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) Michael R. Newbolt (b. Dymock, Gloucestershire, England, 1874; d. Bierton, Buckinghamshire, England, 1956) was educated at St. John's College, Oxford, and ordained as priest in the Church of England in 1900. He ministered at several churches during the early part of his career and then became principal of the Missionary College in Dorchester (1910-1916). From 1916 to 1927 he served St. Michael and All Angels Church in Brighton and from 1927 to 1946 was canon of Chester Cathedral. Newbolt wrote several theological works, including a commentary on the Book of Revelation. Bert Polman

George Lockwood

b. 1946 Hymnal Number: 137 Tr. al ing. (estrofas 2-4) of "Pues Si Vivimos" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) Rev. George Lockwood was born in 1946 and has been a missionary to Costa Rica. He has pastored Spanish-speaking congregations in both Arizona and California and served on the editorial committee for the Methodist hymnal supplement Celebremos II. In addition, Lockwood has traveled throughout Central and South America interviewing church musicians and gathering new hymns from both Spanish and Portuguese cultures which he then presents at conferences and workshops. The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Gerhard M. Cartford

1923 - 2016 Person Name: Gerhard Cartford Hymnal Number: 164 Tr. al esp. e ing. of "Cantad al Señor" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) Gerhard Cartford was born in 1923. He helped to edit the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and wrote the liturgical chant service for the hymnal. He also translated some hymns for Libro de Litugia y Cántico and also helped edit this hymnal. He was head of the Music Department at Texas Lutheran University for 13 years Lynette (Mann) Parkhurst, former student

Steven C. Warner

b. 1954 Hymnal Number: 63 Author of "Atiéndeme, Hija" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.)

Pierre, de Corbeil

1122 - 1222 Person Name: Pierre de Corbeil, c. 1190-1222 Hymnal Number: 133 Composer of "ORIENTIS PARTIBUS" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.)

Jose Antonio Olivar

b. 1939 Person Name: J. A. Olivar Hymnal Number: 180 Author of "Gracias" in Cantos del Pueblo de Dios = Songs of the People of God (2nd ed.) José Antonio Olivar is also a writer and journalist Efe Agency and a very dear person in Lastres. The son of a seafaring family, Olivier went through difficult times during his childhood. He lost his parents and four brothers and faced the harsh post-war period as an orphan. Hosted by his grandmother, he studied at the Seminary of Covadonga and Oviedo and he built a career of great prestige and recognition throughout the country. He has won several national awards for poetry and has worked as a journalist in popular newspapers and national agencies. In his journalistic work out the last time as deputy director of the magazine "Hello!". Olivar printed in this genre of magazines and friendly style compatible with both newsworthy. He has traveled around the world, interviewing and making friends with the most diverse personalities from all fields of social life, art and politics. It also cites his role as music composer with known letters to both religious and secular songs. The prize "Honor Manín 2012" will be presented by the choir sailor on the eve of the big day the festival of San Roque de Llastres, on August 18th, at eight o'clock. --https://www.lne.es/oriente/2012/06/24/jose-antonio-olivar-subdirector-revista-20866231.html