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In the United States "Rock of Ages" is usually sung to the hymn tune Toplady by Thomas Hastings as revised by Lowell Mason. In the United Kingdom the hymn tune Redhead 76 is most common. This tune is also called Petra, after Peter being referred to as the Rock by Christ, by Richard Redhead. Both tunes circulate in the churches of both countries.
Rock of ages, cleft for me n. 697 in The Church Hymn book 1872 (1776) Surely Christ thy griefs hath borne n. 443 in The Church Hymn book 1872 (1759) What, though my frail eye-lids refuse n. 29 in The Church Hymn book 1872 (1774) When langour and disease invade n. 1032 in The Church Hymn book 1872 (1778)
Hastings compiled the hymn book Spiritual Songs with Lowell Mason in 1831, which included his most well-known hymn "Rock of Ages." He then moved to New York City, where he served as a choir master for 40 years, from 1832 to 1872. Hastings was a prolific composer, writing some 1000 hymn tunes over his career, and what Mason calls the "simple ...
"He Leadeth Me" Joseph H. Gilmore, William B. Bradbury: 2:52: 2. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" Charles Crozat Converse, Horatius Bonar, Joseph Scriven: 3:06: 3. "Rock of Ages Cleft for Me" Thomas Hastings, Augustus Toplady: 3:00: 4. "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" Edward Perronet, Oliver Holden: 2:52
Rock of Ages (The Band album), 1972; Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection, a 2005 album by Def Leppard Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection, a 2005 DVD by Def Leppard; Rock of Ages... Hymns and Faith, a 2005 album by Amy Grant; Rock of Ages (Original Broadway Cast Recording), a 2009 album; Rock of Ages: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, a 2012 ...
Sixteen Sing Men - Rock of Ages Cleft For Even Me - Zondervan ZLP-0614 - 1963; Dick Anthony - Keyboard Musings - Zondervan ZLP-0622 - 1963; Dick Anthony - Light Out of Darkness - Hosanna L-201; Dick Anthony - Sacred Symphony of London - Zondervan ZLP-0617 - 1963 [40] Talley, Joe and Marion - Handfuls of Music - Word WST-8128 - 1963
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Rock of Ages, Burrington Combe. There is a legend that Augustus Montague Toplady (1740–78), who was the curate at Blagdon, [14] was inspired to write the hymn Rock of Ages while sheltering under a rock in the combe during a thunderstorm in the late 18th century. [15] The rock was subsequently named after the hymn.