Barbara Owen

Barbara J. Owen (January 25, 1933 – October 14, 2024) was an American organist and scholar of the organ, who also worked as a university librarian and in executive positions for the American Guild of Organists and other organizations around the organ.

Life and career Born in Utica, New York, on January 25, 1933,

She was active in many fields around the organ, as builder, restorer, researcher, writer, editor, lecturer, hymn writer and librarian. Owen versified or wrote a number of hymn texts.