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Reginald Francis Dale

Short Name: Reginald Francis Dale
Full Name: Dale, Reginald Francis, 1845-1919
Birth Year: 1845
Death Year: 1919

Born: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1845, Syd­en­ham, Eng­land.
Died: No­vem­ber 14, 1919, Head­ing­ton, Ox­ford, Eng­land.

Son of the Dean of Ro­ches­ter, Dale was a Schol­ar of The Queen’s Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA & MusB 1866). Or­dained a dea­con in 1870, and priest in 1871, he was as­sist­ant mas­ter at West­min­ster School (1870-86); Rec­tor of Bletch­ing­don (1885-99) and Hamp­ton Poyle (1892-97), and Per­pet­u­al Cur­ate of Bin­sey (1905-10). His works in­clude:

Twenty-Two Orig­in­al Hymn Tunes, by Two Ox­ford Grad­u­ates, 1867 (co-ed­it­or with H. J. Poole)
A Mu­sic Prim­er for Schools (co-ed­it­or with John Trout­beck)

--www.hymntime.com/tch


Tunes by Reginald Francis Dale (9)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
BARTON (Dale)Rev. R. F. Dale (Composer)715653 26657 12351
GREGR. F. Dale, Mus. Bac. (Composer)155321 76656 43255
MACEDON (Dale)R. F. Dale (Composer)135321 23464 32176
SILVER BELLSR. F. Dale, Mus. Bac. (Composer)135431 23211 76564
ST. CATHERINE (Dale)Rev. R. F. Dale (Composer)1913355 75645 3223
ST. PETROXReginald Francis Dale (Composer)533251 76554 36111
[When the morning breaketh]R. F. Dale (Composer)212345 21761 31234
WILT THOU NOT VISIT ME?R. F. Dale, Mus. Bac. (Composer)133221 11217 16234
[Your voices raise in songs of praise]Rev. Reginald F. Dale (Composer)217551 75512 34543
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