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O Christ, Our Savior, Who Must Reign

Author: Bland Tucker Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals

Appears in 150 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) Tune Sources: Traditional English Melody Incipit: 12321 23432 5534 Used With Text: O Christ, our Saviour, who must reign

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O Christ, Our Savior, Who Must Reign

Author: Francis Bland Tucker Hymnal: Rejoice in the Lord #490 (1985) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Jesus Christ Grace Scripture: Luke 2:14 Languages: English Tune Title: NOEL

O Christ, our Saviour, who must reign

Author: F. Bland Tucker (b. 1895) Hymnal: More Hymns and Spiritual Songs #43 (1971) Topics: General Languages: English Tune Title: NOEL

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Bland Tucker

1895 - 1984 Person Name: Francis Bland Tucker Author of "O Christ, Our Savior, Who Must Reign" in Rejoice in the Lord Francis Bland Tucker (born Norfolk, Virginia, January 6, 1895). The son of a bishop and brother of a Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, he was educated at the University of Virginia, B.A., 1914, and at Virginia Theological Seminary, B.D., 1920; D.D., 1944. He was ordained deacon in 1918, priest in 1920, after having served as a private in Evacuation Hospital No.15 of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. His first charge was as a rector of Grammer Parish, Brunswick County, in southern Virginia. From 1925 to 1945, he was rector of historic St. John's Church, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Then until retirement in 1967 he was rector of John Wesley's parish in Georgia, old Christ Church, Savannah. In "Reflections of a Hymn Writer" (The Hymn 30.2, April 1979, pp.115–116), he speaks of never having a thought of writing a hymn until he was named a member of the Joint Commission on the Revision of the Hymnal in 1937 which prepared the Hymnal 1940

Arthur Sullivan

1842 - 1900 Person Name: Arthur S. Sullivan Composer of "NOEL" in Rejoice in the Lord Arthur Seymour Sullivan (b Lambeth, London. England. 1842; d. Westminster, London, 1900) was born of an Italian mother and an Irish father who was an army bandmaster and a professor of music. Sullivan entered the Chapel Royal as a chorister in 1854. He was elected as the first Mendelssohn scholar in 1856, when he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He also studied at the Leipzig Conservatory (1858-1861) and in 1866 was appointed professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. Early in his career Sullivan composed oratorios and music for some Shakespeare plays. However, he is best known for writing the music for lyrics by William S. Gilbert, which produced popular operettas such as H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), The Pirates of Penzance (1879), The Mikado (1884), and Yeomen of the Guard (1888). These operettas satirized the court and everyday life in Victorian times. Although he composed some anthems, in the area of church music Sullivan is best remembered for his hymn tunes, written between 1867 and 1874 and published in The Hymnary (1872) and Church Hymns (1874), both of which he edited. He contributed hymns to A Hymnal Chiefly from The Book of Praise (1867) and to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (1867). A complete collection of his hymns and arrangements was published posthumously as Hymn Tunes by Arthur Sullivan (1902). Sullivan steadfastly refused to grant permission to those who wished to make hymn tunes from the popular melodies in his operettas. Bert Polman