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Cecil Frances Alexander (April 1818 – 12 October 1895) [1] was an Anglo-Irish hymnwriter and poet. Amongst other works, she wrote " All Things Bright and Beautiful ", " There is a green hill far away " and the Christmas carol " Once in Royal David's City ".
The words are by Cecil Frances Alexander and were first published in her Hymns for Little Children of 1848. The hymn is commonly sung to the hymn tune All Things Bright And Beautiful, composed by William Henry Monk in 1887. Another popular tune is Royal Oak, adapted from a 17th-century English folk tune, "The 29th of May".
The writer's husband, William Alexander, considered it among the best of those written by his wife, with later assessments agreeing on the matter, one early 20th century noting the fine poetic skill of the poet and proclaiming that "she surpassed all other writers of sacred song in meeting a growing demand for children’s hymns". [3]
Once in Royal David's City is a Christmas carol originally written as a poem by Cecil Frances Alexander. The carol was first published in 1848 in her hymnbook Hymns for Little Children. A year later, the English organist Henry Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music. [1]
19th-century English writers (9 C, 588 P) 19th-century Irish writers (8 C, 141 P) ... Cecil Frances Alexander; Lily L. Allen; George Wilfred Anthony; Sophia Armitt;
Cecil Alexander may refer to: Cecil Alexander (architect) (1918–2013), American architect; Cecil L. Alexander (born 1935), American politician in Arkansas; Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), hymn-writer and poet
Frances Alexander may refer to: Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), Irish poet and hymnodist; Frances Alexander (politician) (1919–2010), American politician; Frances E. Alexander (1908–1958), British geologist
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