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Charles William Everest

1814 - 1877 Person Name: Charles W. Everest, 1814-1877 Topics: Ordinary Time, Twenty-Fourth Sunday B Author of "Take Up Your Cross" in Worship (4th ed.) Everest, Charles William, M.A., born at East Windsor, Connecticut, May 27, 1814, graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, 1838, and took Holy Orders in 1842. He was rector at Hamden, Connecticut, from 1842 to 1873, and also agent for the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. He died at Waterbury, Connecticut, Jan. 11, 1877 (See Poets of Connecticut, 1843). In 1833 he published Visions of Death, and Other Poems; from this work his popular hymn is taken:— Take up thy cross, the Saviour said. Following Jesus. The original text of this hymn differs very materially from that which is usually found in the hymn-books. The most widely known form of the text is that in Hymns Ancient & Modern, where it appeared in 1861. It was copied by the Compilers from another collection, but by whom the alterations were made is unknown. The nearest approach to the original is in Horder's Congregational Hymn Book, 1884. Original text in Biggs's English Hymnology, 1873, p. 24. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Hans Leo Hassler

1564 - 1612 Person Name: Hans Leo Hassler, 1564-1612 Topics: Ordinary Time, Twenty-Fourth Sunday C Composer of "PASSION CHORALE" in Worship (4th ed.) Hans Leo Hassler Germany 1564-1612. Born at Nuremberg, Germany, he came from a family of famous musicians and received early education from his father. He then studied in Venice, Italy, with Andrea Gabrieli, uncle of Giovanni Gabrieli, his friend, with whom he composed a wedding motet. The uncle taught him to play the organ. He learned the polychoral style and took it back to Germany after Andrea Gabrieli's death. He served as organist and composer for Octavian Fugger, the princely art patron of Augsburg (1585-1601). He was a prolific composer but found his influence limited, as he was Protestant in a still heavily Catholic region. In 1602 he became director of town music and organist in the Frauenkirche in Nuremberg until 1608. He married Cordula Claus in 1604. He was finally court musician for the Elector of Saxony in Dresden, Germany, evenually becoming Kapellmeister (1608-1612). A Lutheran, he composed both for Roman Catholic liturgy and for Lutheran churches. He produced two volumns of motets, a famous collection of court songs, and a volume of simpler hymn settings. He published both secular and religious music, managing to compose much for the Catholic church that was also usable in Lutheran settings. He was also a consultant to organ builders. In 1596 he, with 53 other organists, had the opportunity to examine a new instrument with 59 stops at the Schlosskirche, Groningen. He was recognized for his expertise in organ design and often was called on to examine new instruments. He entered the world of mechanical instrument construction, developing a clockwork organ that was later sold to Emperor Rudolf II. He died of tuberculosis in Frankfurt, Germany. John Perry

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750 Person Name: J. S. Bach, 1685-1750 Topics: Ordinary Time, Twenty-Fourth Sunday B Harmonizer of "ERHALT UNS HERR" in Worship (4th ed.) Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisenach into a musical family and in a town steeped in Reformation history, he received early musical training from his father and older brother, and elementary education in the classical school Luther had earlier attended. Throughout his life he made extraordinary efforts to learn from other musicians. At 15 he walked to Lüneburg to work as a chorister and study at the convent school of St. Michael. From there he walked 30 miles to Hamburg to hear Johann Reinken, and 60 miles to Celle to become familiar with French composition and performance traditions. Once he obtained a month's leave from his job to hear Buxtehude, but stayed nearly four months. He arranged compositions from Vivaldi and other Italian masters. His own compositions spanned almost every musical form then known (Opera was the notable exception). In his own time, Bach was highly regarded as organist and teacher, his compositions being circulated as models of contrapuntal technique. Four of his children achieved careers as composers; Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, and Chopin are only a few of the best known of the musicians that confessed a major debt to Bach's work in their own musical development. Mendelssohn began re-introducing Bach's music into the concert repertoire, where it has come to attract admiration and even veneration for its own sake. After 20 years of successful work in several posts, Bach became cantor of the Thomas-schule in Leipzig, and remained there for the remaining 27 years of his life, concentrating on church music for the Lutheran service: over 200 cantatas, four passion settings, a Mass, and hundreds of chorale settings, harmonizations, preludes, and arrangements. He edited the tunes for Schemelli's Musicalisches Gesangbuch, contributing 16 original tunes. His choral harmonizations remain a staple for studies of composition and harmony. Additional melodies from his works have been adapted as hymn tunes. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Bob Hurd

b. 1950 Topics: Twenty-Fourth Ordinary Year C Author of "Psalm 51: Create in Me" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

David Haas

b. 1957 Topics: Ordinary Time Twenty-Fourth Sunday Author of "Psalm 51: Create in Me" in Gather Comprehensive

Bernadette Farrell

b. 1957 Person Name: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 Topics: Conversion; Conversion; Conversion; Obedience; Praise; Lent 3 Year A; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Fourth Ordinary Year B; Fifth Ordinary Year C; Sixth Ordinary Year C; Tenth Ordinary Year A; Fourteenth Ordinary Year B; Sixteenth Ordinary Year C; Eighteenth Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Third Ordinary Year A; Twenty-Seventh Year C; Thirty-First Ordinary Year A; The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14); Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; Rites of the Church Dedication of a Church; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: First Scrutiny (3rd Sunday of Lent) Composer of "[Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord]" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

Rory Cooney

b. 1952 Topics: Ordinary Time Twenty-Fourth Sunday Adapter of "Psalm 116: I Will Walk in the Presence" in Gather Comprehensive

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Topics: Ordinary Time, Twenty-Fourth Sunday B Author of "Let Kings and Prophets Yield Their Name" in Worship (4th ed.) Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink

Christopher Walker

b. 1947 Person Name: Christopher Walker, b. 1947 Topics: Care of the Sick; Care of the Sick; Care of the Sick; Care of the Sick; Confidence; Care of the Sick; Confidence; Care of the Sick; Confidence; Death/Dying; Eternal Life/Heaven; Healing; Hope; Light; Resurrection; Lent 2 Year C; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Third Ordinary Year A; Fourth Ordinary Year C; Eighth Ordinary Year A; Ninth Ordinary Year A; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year B; Twenty-Ninth Ordinary Year C; Thirty-Second Ordinary Year C; The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2); Evening Prayer Morning Psalms, Canticles; Rites of the Church Order of Christian Funerals: Funeral Liturgy; Rites of the Church Rite of Annointing (Care of teh Sick); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Scrutinies (General); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Second Scrutiny (4th Sunday of Lent); The Liturgical Year The Transfiguarion of the Lord (August 6); The Liturgical Year The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2) Author of "The Lord Is My Light" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

Herman G. Stuempfle

1923 - 2007 Person Name: Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 1923-2007 Topics: Ordinary Time, Twenty-Fourth Sunday C Author of "Shepherd, Do You Tramp the Hills" in Worship (4th ed.) Rev. Dr. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., 83, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007, after a long illness. Born April 2, 1923, in Clarion, he was the son of the late Herman G. and Helen (Wolfe) Stuempfle, Sr. Stuempfle lived most of his life in Gettysburg, PA. He served as President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. He attended Hughesville public schools, and was a graduate of Susquehanna University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He received additional advanced degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York and a doctoral degree at Southern California School of Theology at Claremont. He retired in 1989. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was the author of several books and numerous articles and lectures on preaching, history, and theology. He was also among the most honored and respected hymn writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Rev. Dr. Stuempfle was known for his leadership in community and civic projects. Always taking an active stance on social issues, he participated in the creation of day care centers, served on the Gettysburg interchurch social action committee, helped create and support prison ministries and a homeless shelter, and tutored young people in the after school program of Christ Lutheran Church, where he was a long time member. --Excerpts from his obituary published in Evening Sun from Mar. 15 to Mar. 16, 2007