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Hymns


1933 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies

1925 Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music

1908 Ira D Sankey, U.S. evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67

1852 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg

1840 Ira D Sankey, U.S. evangelist/composer/singer, Gospel hymns

1825 Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches, dies at 81

1822 Theodor Aufrecht, German indologist, Rigveda's Hymns

1803 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56

1801 Novalis, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night', dies from tuberculosis in the Germany, at age 28

1800 William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68

1772 Novalis, born in Oberwiederstedt, Germany, philosopher of early German Romanticism, author, wrote 'Pollen, Faith and Love', 'Hymns to the Night'

1744 Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches

1743 Anna L. Barbauld, writer of hymns

1577 Pope Gregory XIII asks renewal of ecclesiastical hymns


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