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John Arlott

1914 - 1991 Hymnal Number: 300 Author of "God, Whose Farm Is All Creation" in Voices United Arlott, (Leslie Thomas) John. (Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, February 25, 1914- ). Son of William John and Nellie (Jenvey) Arlott. Queen Mary's School, Basingstoke. Civil servant, police detective, newspaper columnist and sports writer. Poet and anthologist. His hymns were published in the BBC Hymn Book of 1951. --Anastasia Van Burkalow, DNAH Archives

Benjamin Milgrove

1731 - 1810 Hymnal Number: 487 Composer of "HARTS" in Voices United

Alberto Taulé

1932 - 2007 Hymnal Number: 5 Author of "All Earth Is Waiting" in Voices United Alberto Taulé (b. Barcelona, Spain, 1932; d. March 24, 2007), a Roman Catholic priest and musician from the culturally distinctive and semi-autonomous Catalunya region of northeastern Spain. Sing! A New Creation

Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Hymnal Number: 538 Author of "For the Gift of Creation" in Voices United

Anders Frostenson

1906 - 2006 Hymnal Number: 643 Author of "Faith, While Trees Are Still in Blossom" in Voices United

Elizabeth Lee Smith

1817 - 1898 Hymnal Number: 393 Translator of "I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art" in Voices United Smith, Elizabeth Lee, née Allen, daughter of Dr. W. Allen, President of Dartmouth University, was born in 1817, and married in 1843 to Dr. H. B. Smith, who became Professor in Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1850, and died in 1877. Mrs. Smith's hymns, including translations of "Je Te salue", “O Jesus Christus", are in Schaff's Christ in Song, 1869 and 1870. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) According to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, Elizabeth Lee Smith passed away in 1898. "Elizabeth Lee Smith." The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 19 Apr. 2018. http://www.hymnology.co.uk/e/elizabeth-lee-smith.

Diana McLeod

Hymnal Number: 79 Composer (descant) of "FESTAL SONG" in Voices United

Michael Burkhardt

b. 1957 Hymnal Number: 10 Adapter of "Prepare the Way of the Lord" in Voices United

Walter Ehret

1918 - 2009 Hymnal Number: 89 Arranger of "ISLA DEL ENCANTO" in Voices United EHRET--Walter, passed away on November 16th, 2009 at the age of 91, after a long, happy, and productive life. He left a great legacy as a teacher who touched many students' lives. He was the beloved husband and best friend of Beverly, his wife of 62 years, adored father of David Ehret and Christine Marver, and daughter-in-law Pamela Ehret, and the proud grandfather of Jeffrey, Julia, and Sarah Marver. Mr. Ehret was born in New York City in 1918 to Adele Tonies and her husband who tragically died in the flu epidemic of that year. He was later adopted by a kind stepfather, Charles Ehret. Walter Ehret was a graduate of the Julliard School of Music and Teachers College, Columbia University. He has served as an adjunct faculty member of Hofstra University, Manhattanville College, and Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition, he taught instrumental and choral music in several New Jersey and New York school systems for over 40 years. In 1984 he retired as District Coordinator of Music for the Scarsdale, NY Public Schools. Choral groups under his direction have performed with distinction at contests and at other award-winning occasions. They have performed in Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden, as well as on radio and television. His organizations have been invited to sing at New Jersey and New York State School Music Association conventions, divisional meetings of the Music Educators National Conference, and the first American Choral Directors Association National Conference. He was a past president of the Music Educators Associations for Bergen, Nassau, and Westchester Counties. He was a former Vice President of Choirs for the New York State School Music Association, a former State Chairman of Junior High School Music of the New York State School Music Association, and a past member of several MENC committees. He was a founding member and first New York State president of the American Choral Directors Association. He is well known as a clinician, conductor, and choral literature specialist, and has functioned in these various capacities at over 300 workshops in some 30 states. He is one of the nation's most prolific and respected choral editors and arrangers, and has over 2000 publications in print. In addition, he is co-author of Growing with Music, a basic music series for grades K-8, co-author of Functional Lessons in Singing, a class voice textbook, author of The Choral Conductor's Handbook, and co-author of The International Book of Christmas Carols. --www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/