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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 ...
Augustus Toplady. Augustus Montague Toplady. Augustus Montague Toplady / ˈtɒpləˌdiː / (4 November 1740 – 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages". Three of his other hymns – "A Debtor to Mercy Alone ...
e. " Ma'oz Tzur " (Hebrew: מָעוֹז צוּר, romanized: Māʾōz Ṣūr) is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The hymn is named for its Hebrew incipit, which means "Strong Rock (of my Salvation)" and is a name or epithet for God in Judaism.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee! Foul, ... Toplady published 21 hymns between 1770--1776, but did not publish his best, Rock of Ages;
Bing Crosby chronology. Country Style. (1951) Beloved Hymns Sung by Bing Crosby. (1951) Bing and Connee. (w/ Connie Boswell) (1952) Beloved Hymns is a studio album by Bing Crosby released in 1951 featuring eight hymns recorded with the Ken Darby Choir and organ accompaniment on May 6, 1949.
Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song) "Action! Not Words" (UK) " Rock of Ages " is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album Pyromania. When issued as a single in the United States, the song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the Cash Box Top 100. It also hit #1 on the Top Tracks Rock chart. [6]
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.
Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me, text by Augustus Montague Toplady; King also found the following six hymns in 49 of the 52 hymnals: Abide with Me, Fast Falls the Eventide, text by Henry Francis Lyte; Awake my Soul and With the Sun, [6] text by Thomas Ken; Jerusalem the Golden, [7] text by Bernard of Cluny, English translation by John Mason Neale