Tune: ST. CUTHBERT (Dykes)

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ST. CUTHBERT (Dykes)

Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Published in 259 hymnals

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Composer: John Bacchus Dykes

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… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	ST. CUTHBERT (Dykes)
Composer:	John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Meter:	8.6.8.4
Incipit:	11123 44351 33454
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Our blest Redeemer

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Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 230
Last Verse Extravaganza for Organ: 200 Fabulous Arrangements
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 144
The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 117
Finishing Touch: One Hundred Last Verse Arrangements of Well-Known Hymn Tunes - New and Enlarged Edition
Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 48
More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 162
The Descant Hymn-Tune Book Book II: A Collection of Well-Known Tunes
Composer/Editor Geoffrey Shaw
Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1995) pp. 24
Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 5: For Pianoforte or Organ
Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 1

Organ Solo

Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor June Nixon
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 147
Fifteen Hymn Tune Improvisations - The Church Year and General Use: For Organ with Pipe and Hammond Registration
Composer/Editor R. Donald Curry
Published By: Pallma Music Company (1962) pp. 18