[ click here for a list of Obituary transcriptions ]
(A number of Obituaries have been included for individuals who do not figure in the main Biographical section of this Enchiridion. Many of these are of Congregational ministers for whom an obituary was printed in the Annual Year Book of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. If a name being sought does not appear in the main A-Z Index, try the Obituaries list.)
For this Biographical Section of the Enchiridion, the editor acknowledges the careful and detailed contributions of Dr Bernard Massey, who was for many years the Editor of the Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The individual dates and places of birth and death given herein, together with most of the biographical notes on Composers, are directly dependent on the work which he carried out for the United Reformed Church in the preparation of the hymn-book Rejoice and Sing (1991) and its Companion (1999).~~~~~~~ The following abbreviations are used:
- DNB Dictionary of National Biography, editions to 1960 (publ. 1971)
- DWB Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- DAB Dictionary of American Biography
- GDM Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- OCM The Oxford Companion to Music (to 10th edition 1970)
- OCEL The Oxford Companion to English Literature
- OCLW The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales , 1986
- Julian Dictionary of Hymnology, 2nd edition 1907
The term "Xref" at the end of each article heads a list of the hymn texts or tunes in Rejoice & Sing, under which a reference to the subject of the article appears in the Companion to Rejoice & Sing. Usually these texts or tunes are the work of the author or composer concerned; but there are some exceptions, e.g. where the subject is editor, compiler or arranger rather than originator.
(For names of authors, translators and composers, select the first letter)
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(Psalms, Hymns & Virtual Songs:edited by David Goodall; last amended 10/1/04)