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O Praise the Father

Meter: 8.6.8.4 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O praise the Father; praise the Son

ST. CUTHBERT

Appears in 244 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes Incipit: 11123 44351 33454 Used With Text: O praise the Father; praise the Son

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O praise the Father, praise the Son

Hymnal: Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #D6 (1864) Topics: Doxologies Languages: English

O praise the Father; praise the Son

Hymnal: Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #D9 (1864) Topics: Doxologies Languages: English

O praise the Father; praise the Son

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary #633 (1902) Languages: English Tune Title: ST. CUTHBERT

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876 Composer of "ST. CUTHBERT" in The Book of Praise As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman