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St Columba was a traditional Irish folk melody that was put to words by Charles Coffin. It was then translated into English by John Chandler, with the chorus 'All glory to the Father be'. In the eighteenth century the hymn Sol praeceps rapitur was translated by the prolific Edward Caswall in seven verses. The music was set by Victorian H. S ...
The King of Love My Shepherd Is is an 1868 hymn with lyrics written by Henry Williams Baker, based on the Welsh version of Psalm 23 and the work of Edmund Prys. [1] [2] [3] It is most often sung to one of four different melodies: "Dominus Regit Me", composed by John Bacchus Dykes, a friend and contemporary of Henry Williams Baker.
Edward Caswall. Edward Caswall, CO, (15 July 1814 – 2 January 1878) was a clergyman and hymn writer who converted to Catholicism and became an Oratorian priest. His more notable hymns include: "Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise"; "Come, Holy Ghost"; and "Ye Sons and Daughters of the Lord".
The hymn was published earliest in 1858 as part of The Masque of Mary and Other Poems by Caswall. [3] In 1871, John Goss wrote the tune "Humility" specifically for the carol. Later in the year, Bramley and Stainer selected "See, amid the winter's snow" to be published nationwide in their "Christmas Carols Old and New" hymn book.
Edward the Confessor [a] [b] (c. 1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut ...
The hymn "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" was published anonymously in several hymn collections before first being attributed to Edward Mote in a collection of approximately 100 of his hymns published in 1837 under the title Hymns of Praise, A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, Combining All the Excellencies of our Spiritual Poets, with Many ...
14 April 1912 – according to passenger Archibald Gracie IV, it was the last hymn sung at a church service presided over by Captain Edward John Smith on the morning before the RMS Titanic sank. [3] The hymn is included in "the Traditional Music" of the National Service of Remembrance, whose programme of music was finalised in 1930. [4]
A. C. Benson, lyricist Edward Elgar, composer. The music to which the words of the refrain 'Land of Hope and Glory, &c' [a] below are set is the 'trio' theme from Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. [1] The words were fitted to the melody on the suggestion of King Edward VII who