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He was the eldest son of William Ewart Gladstone, the celebrated Prime Minister. He was a notable classical scholar and an accomplished musician, but made politics his career, representing Chester 1865-68, Whitby 1868-80 and East Worcestershire 1880-85 as Member of Parliament. He was a Lord of the Treasury 1869-74, and High Sheriff of Flintshire 1888-89.
He wrote chants, anthems, organ voluntaries and ten hymn tunes.
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A biographical sketch is given in Part I of the Introduction to The Poems of Sidney Godolphin, ed. William Dighton, with a Preface by John Drinkwater; Clarendon Press, 1931; further information and evaluation is contained in John Drinkwater's Preface.
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He was a chorister of St Paul's Cathedral; then organist of New College Oxford 1682-92; of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford 1692-1718; and University Professor of Music throughout these tenures (1682-1718). He was succeeded at Christ Church and as University Professor by his son (also named Richard). He is buried in the south aisle of Christ Church Cathedral.
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He was the son of the organist of Fareham Parish Church, and a chorister of the Chapel Royal 1811-16. Later he studied music with Thomas Attwood. He was organist of Stockwell Chapel (later St Andrew's) 1821-24, and St Luke's Chelsea 1825-37; he then succeeded Attwood as organist of St Paul's Cathedral 1838-72, and was knighted on his retirement. He was Professor of Harmony at the Royal Academy of Music 1827-74, and a composer to the Chapel Royal 1856-72.
In early life he studied opera-singing, but left that to devote himself to church music. He wrote many chants, hymn tunes, anthems and service music, and has been described as second only to S.S.Wesley among nineteenth-century English church-music composers; it is said that he never began to compose without first saying a prayer, and many of his compositions are prefaced by the letters `I.N.D.A.' (`In nomine Dei, Amen').
He edited Parochial Psalmody 1826; a collection of 257 Chants, Ancient and Modern 1841; co-edited with James Turle a two-volume collection of cathedral music (1846); and was music editor of William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book 1854/56
There is a memorial to him in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral.
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After studying music at the University of Toronto and in the USA, Germany and London, he became music director at Rothesay Collegiate School, New Brunswich, Canada 1975-78; then Director of Music at All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia and concurrently Professor of Church Music at the Atlantic School of Theology 1978-85. Since 1988 he has been consultant for congregational worship in the United Church of Canada and organist at Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto.
He has made a special study of the hymn-tunes of Methodism; and as `Co-ordinator of Liturgical Resources' he was a member of the Hymn and Worship Resource Committee of the United Church of Canada during the compilation of its 1996 hymn-book Voices United.
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He was a tobacconist in Aberdeen from 1853-78, and latterly lived in London. As a keen amateur musician he was a member of the choir of Footdee Parish Church Aberdeen, made band arrangements, and composed several psalm- and hymn tunes. Debate still continues as to whether he composed or only harmonized the tune Crimond.
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He was the son of a Bank Manager, was educated at Derby School and St John's College Cambridge, and was a chorister at King's College Cambridge 1888-93. He was assistant music master at Uppingham School 1900-10; and Director of Music at Gresham's School, Norfolk 1911-36.
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In John Rippon's Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (c.1791)the tune Tiverton (the name of Rippon's birthplace) is ascribed simply to `Grigg', with no Christian name or initials. Conjecture has often identified him with a hymn-writer, Joseph Grigg, who died at Walthamstow, Essex, in 1768. But a more likely candidate is Jacob Grigg who, like Rippon, was at Bristol Baptist College, then became a pioneer missionary to Sierra Leone 1795-96, and finally went to America to be pastor of a black Baptist church in Virginia.
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She is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor of Norwegian descent, and returned to Oslo, Norway for one year after graduating from Augsburg College, USA, and then attended the University of Arkansas. From 1968-84 she taught English and poetry at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; and since 1984 has been associate professor of pastoral theology and ministry- communications at Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St Paul, Minnesota.
She was a member of the Lutheran Church committee for the preparation of the 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, to which she contributed a number of translations of German, Latin and Norwegian hymns.
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He was the third son of a poor linen weaver, who showed promise as a musician, but his parents objected to his being trained. However, he took lessons secretly from the local organist and schoolteacher. When the organist was taken ill, the twelve-year-old Franz deputized to such effect that his father relented and allowed him to study the organ further.
He was schoolteacher at Arnsdorf 1807-29, and organist 1816-29 at St Nicholas's Church in nearby Oberndorf where Joseph Mohr was the assistant priest. In 1829 he became headmaster at Berndorf, and in 1833 until his death organist and choirmaster at Hallein and founder of the Hallein Choral Society.
He composed a number of religious works, but is now remembered only for his simple carol tune.
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An obituary notice appeared in the Year Book of the Congregational Union of England & Wales, 1892.
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For a transcription of Henry Gunn's address to the Congregational Union of England and Wales, at its Autumn Assembly on 26th September 1860, entitled "Congregational Psalmody", click here >>>
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Ieuan Gwyllt Gelltydd Melindwr (John of the Wild Woods near the Mill Tower) was the pseudonym adopted by John Roberts. After being in turn a druggist's clerk, schoolmaster, solicitor's clerk and journalist in Liverpool and Aberdare, he became a Calvinistic Methodist minister, serving in Merthyr Tydfil 1859-65 and Capel Coch, nr Llanberis, 1865-69. Retiring from the regular ministry he then went to live at Llanfaglan, near Caernarfon.
He collected hundreds of the world's best hymn-tunes, including many German chorales; and his epoch-making Llyfr Tonau Cynulleidfaol (Book of Congregational Tunes) 1859 was adopted as the official hymnal by Welsh Calvinistic Methodists. As a trenchant journalist and judge at Eisteddfodau he worked tirelessly for better standards in worship, and he established the influential and immensely popular Cymanfau Ganu (hymn-singing festivals).
Among several music magazines he edited the monthly Y Cerddor Cymraeg (The Welsh Musician) from 1861-73. Latterly, enthused by the evangelistic work of Moody and Sankey, he translated into Welsh many of their songs, publishing them serially as *Swn y Jiwbili (The Sound of Jubilee) - though he perhaps found it difficult to reconcile their musical style with his favourite classical forms. He has been by far the most significant influence on Welsh hymn-singing.
[ * Swn requires circumflex accent over `w' ]
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