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Ralph Vaughan Williams adapted an English folk tune for Mason's How shall I sing that majesty for the English Hymnal, [4] and in this form Mason's hymn remains in use in Anglican church music, though now usually sung to the modern tune Coe Fen. His published works include: 'Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Clare Wittewronge,' London, 1671.
Coe Fen and Sheep's Green form a natural area that was once important for the commercial activity of Cambridge. [1] There were up to three watermills in the area. The land between the artificially raised banks of the watercourses was liable to flooding and thus only suitable for grazing (cows on Coe Fen, sheep on Sheep's Green, hence the names).
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There are many hymn tunes which might fit a particular hymn: a hymn in Long Metre might be sung to any hymn tune in Long Metre, but the tunes might be as different as those tunes that have been used for centuries with hymns such as Te lucis ante terminum, on one hand, and an arrangement of the calypso tune used with Jamaica Farewell, on the other.
The most important hymn book of Pietism was the Freylinghausen hymnal published in Halle in 1704, which contained about 1,500 songs in two volumes. Pietism was of great importance to hymn writing until the end of the eighteenth century. Musically, in the high and late Baroque many valuable, heartfelt hymn tunes were composed.
This tune was also used as the principal choice for the Methodist Hymns and Psalms book of 1983. In 1930, Dr Thomas Percival (TP) Fielden, director of music at Charterhouse School , sent Bridges' text to a friend, composer Herbert Howells , requesting Howells compose a new setting of the hymn for use at the school.
This hymnal "consisted entirely of versions of Latin hymns, designed for use as Office hymns within the Anglican Church despite the fact that Office hymns had no part in the authorized liturgy. The music was drawn chiefly from plainchant", as was the case with the Veni Emmanuel tune for "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", the combination of which has ...
William Gardiner (15 March 1770, in Leicester – 16 November 1853) was an English composer who is best known for his hymns. He published two collections of his works: Sacred Melodies (1808) and Music and Friends (1838). [1] Gardiner's promotion of Ludwig van Beethoven led to the first performances of Beethoven's music in England in 1794. [2] [3]