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The New English Hymnal is a hymn book and liturgical source aimed towards the Church of England. First published in 1986, it is a successor to, and published in the same style as, the 1906 English Hymnal. [1] It is published today by SCM Canterbury Press, an imprint of Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd.
Anglican hymnody was revitalised by the Oxford Movement and led to the publication hymnals such as Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). The English Hymnal, edited by Percy Dearmer and Ralph Vaughan Williams, was published in 1906, and became one of the most influential hymn books ever published. It was supplanted in 1986 by the New English Hymnal. [30]
Its popularity began to spread in 1969 when it was included in the "100 Hymns for Today" supplement of Hymns Ancient and Modern, one of the standard Church of England hymnbooks of its day. The Methodist church included it (albeit as second choice) in the 1983 Hymns and Psalms, and it was the main choice in the 1986 New English Hymnal. It has ...
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In the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern it was set to the hymn tune Montgomery, variously attributed to John Stanley or S. Jarvis. [7] Other alternate tunes include Kremser , a 17th-century Dutch melody composed by Adrianus Valerius and arranged by Eduard Kremser; [ 13 ] and a German tune, Was lebet was schwebet .
It is popular in the Anglican tradition, having appeared in the influential Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861) as well as The English Hymnal (1906) and The New English Hymnal (1986). It is considered the author's best known and most widely used hymn, [5] and remains popular in many denominations. It has been described as one of the rare hymns ...
Anglican chant, also known as English chant, [1] [2] is a way to sing unmetrical texts, including psalms and canticles from the Bible, by matching the natural speech-rhythm of the words to the notes of a simple harmonized melody. [3] This distinctive type of chant is a significant element of Anglican church music.
The BBC has, since 1926, broadcast a weekly service of Choral Evensong. It is broadcast (usually live) on BBC Radio 3 on Wednesdays at 15:30 and often repeated on the following Sunday. Between February 2007 and September 2008, the service was broadcast on Sunday only. The service comes live from an English cathedral or collegiate institution.