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The tide of time is rolling on

Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: New Year's Eve Used With Tune: DUNHOLME

DUNHOLME

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876 Incipit: 15555 45655 11756 Used With Text: The tide of time is rolling on

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The tide of time is rolling on

Hymnal: Church Hymns #105 (1903) Topics: New Year's Eve Languages: English Tune Title: DUNHOLME

The tide of time is rolling on

Hymnal: A Church of England Hymn Book #127 (1880) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Languages: English

1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes, 1823-1876 Composer of "DUNHOLME" in Church Hymns 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