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Mary Louise Bringle

b. 1953 Person Name: Mary Louise Bringle, b. 1953 Author of "When Memory Fades" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship

b. 1946 Person Name: George Lockwood, b. 1946 Translator of "When Memory Fades (Cuando se desvanecen las memorias)" in Santo, Santo, Santo 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

María Eugenia Cornou

b. 1969 Person Name: María Eugenia Cornou, b. 1969 Translator of "When Memory Fades (Cuando se desvanecen las memorias)" in Santo, Santo, Santo

Jayne Southwick Cool

b. 1947 Person Name: Jayne Southwick Cool, 1947- Composer of "HEGER" in Community of Christ Sings Jayne Southwick Cool (b. 1947) is a poet and composer/arranger of hymns, works for brass, woodwinds, handbells, organ, piano, and mixed and children’s choirs. She is retired from the position of Director of Music at Bethel Lutheran Church in Middleburg Heights, OH, where she served as organist and choir director for fifteen years and worked in children’s music ministry for over twenty five years. She has taught classroom music and directed bands and choirs in both public and parochial schools. She was a private instructor on French horn for years. She served on the Worship Committee of The Northeastern Ohio Synod of the ELCA for six years (three as chairperson). She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, Berea, OH. Graduate studies include work at Trinity Seminary, Kent State University, The University of Akron, Oberlin College, and Baldwin-Wallace College. Jayne is a contributor to Evangelical Lutheran Worship, and fourteen of her hymn arrangements are found in its companion volumes, "Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ". Her tunes are also included in Community of Christ Sings, At Your Altars: Chants, Refrains, and Short Songs, and her own collection of hymns and tunes, Praise the Lord of Heaven. She set to music sixty-one hymns by poet, Gracia Grindal for A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns New Testament, Series C. Jayne is published by Augsburg Fortress, Choristers Guild, Concordia, G.I.A., Hope, Live Oak House, Selah, and Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. Jayne’s hymns, tunes, and arrangements have been selected as winners in competitions, including those sponsored by Hymn Society in the United States and Canada; The Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, in collaboration with the Fred Bock Institute of Music; Macalester Plymouth United Church and Fairmount Presbyterian Church. As a text writer she won the Diane and Paul Jacobson Prize as part of the Martin Luther Hymn Prize sponsored by LutheranArts. Jayne’s works have been commissioned by a number of churches, schools, and music organizations. Two of her Scripture songs appear on the CD “God Is Watching”, a Faith Stepping Stone resource of The Faith Inkubators Music Guild. Jayne was recognized at a choral celebration of women hymn authors and composers who have influenced church history by the Elizabethtown (KY) Area Sacred Community Choir. Jayne is a member of Choristers Guild and has contributed several articles to its journal, “The Chorister”. She has been a guest conductor/clinician at children’s choir festivals in OH, PA, and VA. A life member of The Hymn Society, she has served as a conference presenter, and has also been a clinician for conferences of The Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, and The Ohio District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Jayne lives with her husband Marty (a trumpet player) in North Royalton, Ohio, and has two married children and five grandchildren. She can be contacted at jaynesouthwickcool@gmail.com Jayne Southwick Cool

Jean Sibelius

1865 - 1957 Person Name: Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957 Composer of "FINLANDIA" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Johann Julius Christian [Jean] Sibelius DM Finland 1865-1957. Born at Hameenlinna, Finland, the son of a Swedish-speaking medical doctor, he lost his father to typhoid in 1868, leaving the family in substantial debt. His mother, again pregnant, had to sell their property and move in with her widowed mother. His aunt Julia gave him piano lessons when he was seven on the family upright piano, wrapping him on the knuckles when he played a wrong note. He learned to improvise as he played. His uncle, Pehr Ferdinand Sibelius, was interested in music, especially the violin, and gave Jean a violin when he was 10. As his musical advisor his uncle encouraged him to play and compose music. He played music with sister on piano, brother on cello, and himself on violin. He attended a Finnish-speaking prep school in 1874 and continued his education at the Hameenlinna Normal Lyceum thereafter. Jean also showed a strong interest in nature, frequently walking around the countryside when the family moved to the Loviisa coast for the summer months. In 1881 he took violin lessons from the local bandmaster, and developed a strong interest in violin. He became an accomplished player, and thought of becoming a virtuoso, but realizing he began study too late in life for that, instead opted to compose. He often played music in quartets with neighboring families, adding to his chamber music experience. He took the French form of his name, Jean. He studied law at the Imperial Alexander University in Finland, but showed far more interest in music. He then studied music at the Helsinki Music Institute (now Sibelius Academy) from 1885-1889. The school’s founder, Martin Wegelius, did much to support education development in Finland and gave Sibelius his first lessons in composition. Another teacher,,Ferruccio Busoni, a pianist-composer, helped him as well and became a life-long friend. Other friends, pianist Adolf Paul, and conductor-to-be, Armas Jarnefelt, also helped him. In 1892 he married Armas ‘s sister, Aino Jarnefelt, daughter of General Alexander Jarnefelt, governor of Vaasa. They had six daughters, Eva, Ruth, Kirsti, Katarina, Margareta, and Heidi. He continued his musical studies in Berlin (1889-1890) with Albert Becker, and in Vienna (1890-1891) with Robert Fuchs and Karl Goldmark. In Berlin he had opportunity to attend concerts and operas. In Vienna he turned to orchestral composition and had much success, although he had gallstone surgery during that period. He also traveled to the UK, France, Germany, and the USA during this time in his life, composing, conducting, and socializing. In 1892 he took on teaching assignments at the Music Institute and at Kajanus’s conducting school, but this left him with little time for composing. Sibelius’ works were more and more appreciated in Helsinki concert halls as he composed and conducted symphonies in the mid-1890s. In 1898 he was awarded a substantial grant, initially for 10 years, and later extended for life, allowing him to concentrate on composition. Much of his music became popular in Finland and in Germany. In 1899 he began work on his first symphony. It went well, but other patriotic music hehad composed did even better, since Russia was trying to restrict the powers of the Grand Duchy of Finland. In 1900 Sibelius went on an international tour with Kajanus and his orchestra, presenting his recent works. In 1901 he wrote his second symphony, which received rave reviews. He continued to compose as he became popular and well-known. In 1903 he had a new home built near Lake Tuusula north of Helsinki, calleed Ainola (after his wife). He gave concerts in and around Finland, spending more and more time away from home, to the chagrin of his wife. After a time he returned home and composed from there. He spent much time wining and dining in Helsinki, and it had a disastrous effect on his wife, who finally entered a sanitorium. He resolved again to give up drinking and concentrate on composing his 3rd symphony. He met Gustav Mahler in Helsinki and they became friends. He performed his 3rd symphony in St Petersburg, Russia. In 1907 he underwent a serious operation for suspected throat cancer, and spent time in the hospital in 1908. His smoking and drinking had now become life-threatening. He cancelled concerts for Rome, Warsaw, and Berlin, but kept one in London. His health deteriorated further, And his brush with death inspired him to compose his 4th symphony. In 1909 his successful throat operation resulted in renewed happiness for him and his wife, Aino. He continued conducting concerts, and met Claude Debussy, who further encouraged his musical efforts. He began working on his 4th symphony in 1910, but had to write other music to compensate for dwindling funds. He finished his 4th symphony in Berlin and conducted concerts in Sweden in 1911. In 1912 he completed short orchestral works. Over the next several years he continued producing a variety of pieces of music, well-received, especially in America. He was given an honorary DM degree from Yale University and also another from the University of Helsinki about the same time. WW1 interrupted his music royalties in 1915, and he was forced to compose smaller works for publication to make ends meet. He completed his 5th symphony at age 50, but he was dissatisfied with it and reworked it three times In 1917 he starting drinking again, triggering arguments with his wife. The Russian Revolution in 1917 caused an improvement in their personal relationship, and he wrote his ‘Jager March’ to celebrate Finnish independence from Russia. The next year the Finnish Civil War began, putting a damper on his march. In 1919, after the war, he completed his 6th symphony. In 1920 George Eastman , of Eastman Kodak, asked him to teach for a year in New York, but he declined. He did enjoy a trip conducting several concerts in England in 1921. He premiered his 6th symphony in 1923. In 1924 he completed his 7th symphony. The next year he composed a number of small pieces. He began drinking again. He did write a few more major works, but for the last thirty years of his life he avoided publicly talking about his music. He tried to write an 8th symphony, but was unsatisfied with it and burned the scores. In fact, he burned a laundry basket full of music he had written, to the chagrin of his wife. But, afterward, he became calmer and gradually had a lighter mood. In 1935 he was awarded the Goethe-Metal, with a certificate signed by Adolf Hitler. A Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 was repelled, but Finland gave up territory to Russia as a result. In 1941 Sibelius and his wife returned to their Finland home, Ainola, after a long absence. He did not compose much the last few years, and died at Ainola. His wife outlived him by 12 years. John Perry

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