Tune: DURHAM (Ravenscroft)

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DURHAM (Ravenscroft)

Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft
Published in 20 hymnals

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Composer: Thomas Ravenscroft

Thomas Ravenscroft United Kingdom 1592-1635. Born at Sussex, England, he allegedly sang in the choir at St Paul’s Cathedral. He attended music lectures at Gresham College. He was educated at Cambridge College, graduating in 1607. From 1618-1622 he was music master at Christ’s Hospital. Many of his works were aimed at pleasing a middle class lay public. He collected folk music: “Pammelia” (1609), “Deuteromelia” [includes the song “Three blind mice”](1609), “Melismata” (1611). He also published a metrical Psalter (the whole book of Psalms) in 1621. He composed 11 anthems, three motets, and four fantasies. He also wrote two treatises on music theory: “A briefe discourse of the true (but neglected) use of charact�… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	DURHAM (Ravenscroft)
Composer:	Thomas Ravenscroft
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Incipit:	15365 31243 56655
Key:	E Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

On Opening a Place of Social Prayer

By what means shall a young man learn

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair

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Organ Solo

The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 55 Number 3 January February 2021: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Carson Cooman; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2021) pp. 12
The Sacred Organ Library Volume 10
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2021) pp. 64
36 Short Preludes and Postludes on Well-known Hymn Tunes Set II
Composer/Editor Healey Willan
Published By: C. F. Peters Corporation (1960) pp. 10