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John Farmer

1836 - 1901 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 Composer of "FARMER" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Born: August 16, 1835, Nottingham, England. Died: July 17, 1901, at his home in Oxford, England. Buried: St. Sepulchre’s Cemetery, Jericho, Oxford, England. Eldest child of butcher John Farmer and milliner Mary Blackshaw Farmer, John learned to play the piano, violin, and harp when young. He was apprenticed to his uncle Henry Farmer, an organist, composer, and music teacher with a music and musical instrument business in Nottingham. At age 14, John went to study at the Leipzig Conservatory, then three years later under Andreas Spaeth in Coburg for a year. He returned to England in 1853, and entered his father’s lace business. After his mother’s death in 1856, he went to Zürich, Switzerland, where he taught music. He returned to England again in 1861, and became music master of Harrow School in 1864, staying there until 1885. He then accepted an invitation to become organist at at Balliol College, Oxford, where he founded the Balliol Concerts. During his career, Farmer composed oratorios, cantatas, church music, chamber music and numerous school songs, especially for Harrow School. One of his best known compositions was "Forty Years On," which he wrote at Harrow in 1872. While at Balliol, he composed Warwick School’s first school song, "Here’s a Song For All", in 1892. His other works include: Cinderella The oratorio Christ and His Soldiers The cricketing song "Willow the King" Music: FARMER © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

S. Salvatori

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "SALVATORI" in The Hymnal and Order of Service

John L. Hooker

Person Name: John L. Hooker (b. 1944) Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Composer of "[Alleluia, Alleluia] (Tone 5)" in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Paul D. Weber

b. 1949 Person Name: Paul D. Weber, b. 1949 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God]" in Lutheran Service Book

Jeffrey Blersch

b. 1967 Person Name: Jeffrey N. Blersch, b. 1967 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God]" in Lutheran Service Book

Stephen Somerville

1931 - 2015 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world]" in Catholic Book of Worship III Somerville, Stephen Francis. (London, England, April 1, 1931-- ). Roman Catholic. University of Toronto, B.A., 1952; Laval University (Quebec), L.Th., 1956; graduate study in Rome. Pastorates (in Ontario) at Grimsby, 1957-1960; Niagara Falls, 1960-1963; Ottawa, 1977-1979; Midland, 1979-?. Taught at St. Michael's Choir School, Toronto, 1963-1970. Edited (1970-1977) Living with Christ, a "missalette" issued every six weeks, giving prayer and scripture passages for all Masses to be celebrated, and including appropriate hymns. During this time he chaired the Diocese of Ottawa's liturgical commission, and represented Canada (1968-1975) on ICEL, charged by the Pope with preparing a text for the whole liturgy which the entire English-speaking world might use. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Grace Coutinho

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world]" in Catholic Book of Worship III

Paul Benoît

1893 - 1979 Person Name: Paul Benoit Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world]" in Catholic Book of Worship III

David M. Young

1928 - 1997 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world]" in Catholic Book of Worship III

David Hurd

b. 1950 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7 Composer of "[Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world]" in Catholic Book of Worship III David Hurd (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1950) was a boy soprano at St. Gabriel's Church in Hollis, Long Island, New York. Educated at Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina, he has been professor of church music and organist at General Theological Seminary in New York since 1976. In 1985 he also became director of music for All Saints Episcopal Church, New York. Hurd is an outstanding recitalist and improvisor and a composer of organ, choral, and instrumental music. In 1987 David Hurd was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The following year he received honorary doctorates from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. His I Sing As I Arise Today, the collected hymn tunes of David Hurd, was published in 2010. Bert Polman and Emily Brink

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