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Patrick Prescod

1932 - 2013 Person Name: Patrick Prescod, 1932- Hymnal Number: 56 Author of "The Right Hand of God" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal 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

Alexander S. Cooper

1835 - 1900 Person Name: Alexander S. Cooper, b. 1835 Hymnal Number: 640 Composer of "[Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts]" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal

Alfred R. Gaul

1837 - 1913 Person Name: A. R. Gaul, 1837-1913 Hymnal Number: 642 Composer of "[Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Hosts]" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal

William Medlen Hutchings

1827 - 1876 Person Name: William M. Hutchings, 1827-1876 Hymnal Number: 543 Author of "When Mothers of Salem" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Hutchings, William Medlen, son of William Hutchings, was born at Devonport, Aug. 28, 1827, and died May 21,1876. Mr. Hutchings was engaged for some time as a printer and publisher in London. His well-known hymn, "When mothers of Salem their children brought to Jesus" (Children brought to Christ), was written for the anniversary service of St. Paul's Chapel Sunday School, Wigan, in 1850, and was published in a revised form in the Juvenile Missionary Magazine of June 1850. A full account of the original and the revised texts is given in a note in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church and Home, 1873. Another hymn by Mr. Hutchings, "We have heard the wondrous story" (The Life of Jesus), appeared in the Sunday School Union Voice of Praise, 1886. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Adolphe Adam

1803 - 1856 Person Name: Adolphe-Charles Adam, 1803-1856 Hymnal Number: 121 Author of "O Holy Night" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Adolph Charles Adam, born at Paris, 1803; entered the conservatory, 1817; composed several operas; went to London 1832, but soon returned to Paris, where he died, May 2, 1856, aged 53. His remans wer followed to the grave by three thousand persons; and at his death he left some music and his memoirs for publication. He was a very active composer; and among his operas are "Richard Coeur de Lion," "Le Postillon de Lonjumeau," "La Chalet," and many other popular operas. A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

Jonathan C. Woodman

1813 - 1894 Person Name: Johnathon C. Woodman, 1813-1894 Hymnal Number: 540 Composer of "STATE STREET" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal

J. Faure

1830 - 1914 Person Name: J. Baptiste Faure, 1830-1914 Hymnal Number: 131 Composer of "THE PALMS" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Born: January 15, 1830, Moulins, Allier, France. Died: November 9, 1914, Paris, France.

Fred H. Byshe

Hymnal Number: 297 Composer of "A CLEAN HEART" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal

Richard Watson Gilder

1844 - 1909 Person Name: Richard W. Gilder, 1844-1909 Hymnal Number: 618 Author of "Through Love to Light" in African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal Gilder, Richard Watson, LL.D., was born at Bordentown, N.J., Feb. 8, 1844, and educated at a Seminary at Flushing, L.I. He was associate-editor of Scribner's Monthly (now The Century) from its commencement in 1870 to 1881, when, on the death of J. G. Holland, he became editor-in-chief. His poetical works are somewhat numerous, and include The New Day, 1875; Lyrics, 1885; Two Worlds, 1801; Poems and Inscriptions, 1901; and In the Heights, 1905. His hymns in common use are:— 1. In myriad forms, by myriad names. [ Divine Incomprehensibility.] This, in In Excelsis, N.Y., 1897, is composed of the last two stanzas of a hymn sung at the presentation of the Egyptian Obelisk to the City of New York, Feb. 22, 1881. The hymn is in his Lyrics, 1885, p. 5. 2. To Thee, Eternal Soul, be praise! [God speaking through His Saints.] Written for the Methodist Hymnal, N.Y., 190 [Rev. L. F. Benson, D.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) ======================= Gilder, Richard Watson, L.L.D. (February 8, 1844--November 18, 1909). Dr. Guilder's schooling began at his father's school for girls at Belle Vue, Bordentown, New Jersey, where he was the only boy enrolled. Details of his further education are vague, but the future editor began his journalistic work at the age of twelve or thirteen by publishing a paper of his own. He read law for a time before becoming a reporter on Newark, New Jersey, papers. In 1863, he joined a volunteer company of the Union Army, the First Philadelphia Artillery, but saw little actual combat service. Later he acted as paymaster for a railway company. He was a pioneer in magazine illustration beginning with his early association with Scribner's. Always a leader in plans for civic betterment, he was quite active through his late years; though in failing health he delivered a public lecture only two weeks before his death, which occurred at the home of a friend in New York City. His real contribution to American literature was as editor of an excellent literary magazine rather than through his own writing. He was the recipient of many honorary degrees from various educational institutions. Sources: Dictionary of American Biography; Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography; National Cyclopedia of American Biography; Who Was Who I. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives