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Henry Van Dyke

1852 - 1933 Person Name: Henry van Dyke, 1852-1933 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes Author of "Jubilosos Te Adoramos /Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (Himno de la Alegría)" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.) See biography and works at CCEL

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 - 1827 Person Name: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes Composer of "HYMN TO JOY" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.) A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period. Bert Polman

Cesáreo Gabarain

1936 - 1991 Person Name: Cesáreo Gabaráin, 1936-1991 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes Author of "Demos Gracias al Señor" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.) Cesáreo Gabaráin, a Spanish priest involved in liturgical renewal following Vatican II. Bert Polman

Federico J. Pagura

1923 - 2016 Person Name: Federico J. Pagura, n. 1923 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes Translator of "Jubilosos Te Adoramos /Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (Himno de la Alegría)" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.) Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns. Leland Bryant Ross

Pablo D. Sosa

1933 - 2020 Person Name: Pablo Sosa Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes Author of "Gloria/Glory" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.) Pablo Sosa (b. 1933 - d. 2020) grew up and was educated in Argentina, the U.S. (Westminster Choir College), and Germany. For years he pastored a large Methodist congregation in Buenos Aires, Argentina while composing songs, leading choirs, editing hymnals, producing religious broadcasts, and teaching liturgy and hymnology at a seminary. Meanwhile, life in Argentina pushed him to question his assumptions about what’s best for congregational singing. During Argentina’s “dirty war,” two young women from his church were disappeared, possibly for working among the poor. As Catholic and Protestant churches hesitated whether to speak out, remain silent, or support the government, many people lost faith. Economic meltdown after the war plunged many middle-class Argentinians into poverty. Sosa’s growing social awareness widened his vision for “lifting up hope with a song.” He often describes worship as “the fiesta of the faithful,” where all are welcome and all music is seen as “part of the ‘song of the earth,’ which answers the psalmist’s call ‘Sing joyfully to God, all the earth!’ (Psalm 98:4).” Whether in his home church, Iglesia Evangélica Metodista La Tercera (Third Methodist Church) in Buenos Aires, or at churches or conferences around the world, he urges people, “Put your body into worship!” And he reminds them of the biblical connection between justice and worship. CICW Website Bio (http://www.calvin.edu/worship)

Edward Hodges

1796 - 1867 Person Name: Edward Hodges, 1796-1867 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes Adapter of "HYMN TO JOY" in Flor Y Canto (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/

Carlos Rosas

1939 - 2020 Person Name: Carlos Rosas, n. 1939 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes; La Liturgia de las Horas Vísperas; La Liturgia de las Horas Completas Composer of "[El Señor es mi pastor]" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.)

Joseph Gelineau

1920 - 2008 Person Name: Joseph Gelineau, SJ Topics: Liturgia de las Horas Invitatorio Composer (Gelineau Tone) of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Joseph Gelineau (1920-2008) Gelineau's translation and musical settings of the psalms have achieved nearly universal usage in the Christian church of the Western world. These psalms faithfully recapture the Hebrew poetic structure and images. To accommodate this structure his psalm tones were designed to express the asymmetrical three-line/four-line design of the psalm texts. He collaborated with R. Tournay and R. Schwab and reworked the Jerusalem Bible Psalter. Their joint effort produced the Psautier de la Bible de Jerusalem and recording Psaumes, which won the Gran Prix de L' Academie Charles Cros in 1953. The musical settings followed four years later. Shortly after, the Gregorian Institute of America published Twenty-four Psalms and Canticles, which was the premier issue of his psalms in the United States. Certainly, his text and his settings have provided a feasible and beautiful solution to the singing of the psalms that the 1963 reforms envisioned. Parishes, their cantors, and choirs were well-equipped to sing the psalms when they embarked on the Gelineau psalmody. Gelineau was active in liturgical development from the very time of his ordination in 1951. He taught at the Institut Catholique de Paris and was active in several movements leading toward Vatican II. His influence in the United States as well in Europe (he was one of the founding organizers of Universa Laus, the international church music association) is as far reaching as it is broad. Proof of that is the number of times "My shepherd is the Lord" has been reprinted and reprinted in numerous funeral worship leaflets, collections, and hymnals. His prolific career includes hundreds of compositions ranging from litanies to responsories. His setting of Psalm 106/107, "The Love of the Lord," for assembly, organ, and orchestra premiéred at the 1989 National Association of Pastoral Musicians convention in Long Beach, California. --www.giamusic.com

Gregory Murray

1905 - 1992 Person Name: A. Gregory Murray, OSB Topics: Liturgia de las Horas Invitatorio Composer (Antiphon) of "[Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia]" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Bob Hurd

b. 1950 Person Name: Bob Hurd, n. 1950 Topics: La Liturgia de las Horas Laudes; La Liturgia de las Horas Vísperas; La Liturgia de las Horas Completas Author (English verses) of "Salmo 97: Los Confines de la Tierra/All the Ends of the Earth" in Flor Y Canto (2nd ed.)