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John Bacchus Dykes
1823 - 1876 Person Name: J. B. Dykes, 1823-76 Composer of "MELITA" in The New English Hymnal 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.
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John Bacchus Dykes
Laurence Housman
1865 - 1959 Person Name: Laurence Housman, 1865-1959 Author of "Lord God of Hosts, within whose hand" in The New English Hymnal Housman, Lawrence, author and artist, was born July 18, 1867, at Bromsgrove, Worcs. His devotional poetry is principally in his Spikenard, 1898, and Bethlehem, 1902. To the English Hymnal, 1906, he contributed eight translations (142, 188, 191, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234); also three original hymns, with a fourth previously published, viz.:—
1. Lord God of Hosts, within Whose hand. St. George.
2. The Maker of the sun and moon. Christmas. From Bethlehem, 1902, p. 75.
3. The Saint who first found grace to pen. St. Mark.
4. When Christ was born in Bethlehem. Holy Innocents. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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Born: July 18, 1865, Bromsgrove, Hereford, England.
Died: February 20, 1959, Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
Buried: St. Mary’s, Bathwick, Smallcombe, near Bath.
Housman studied art at the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He had great success as an illustrator, but when his eyesight began to fail, he turned to writing books and plays. He wrote 80 books during his lifetime. He often seemed to fall afoul of the censors, though, for religious and political reasons. A committed socialist and pacifist, in 1907, he helped found the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. He was also an honorary associate of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League. His works include:
Jump-to-Glory Jane, by Meredith
Goblin Market, by Christiantina Rossetti, 1893
The End of Elfintown, by Jane Barlow, 1894
Spikenard, 1898
The Sensitive Plant, 1898
Bethlehem, 1902
The Blue Moon, 1904
Angels and Ministers, 1921
Little Plays of St. Francis, 1922
Victoria Regina, 1937
The Unexpected Years, 1937 (autobiography)
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Laurence Housman
Henry Lawes
1596 - 1662 Person Name: Henry Lawes, 1596-1662 Composer (melody) of "FALKLAND" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: January 5, 1596, Dinton, Wiltshire, England.
Died: October 21, 1662, London, England.
Buried: In the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, London, England.
Lawes, tutor to the daughters of the Earl of Bridgewater, is best known as a composer. He became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1626, and a member of the "King’s Musick" in 1631. He wrote over 400 vocal pieces, as well as anthems and instrumental compositions. His works include:
Choice Psalmes Put into Musick for Three Voices, 1648
Ayres and Dialogues (London: 1653)
Sources:
Frost, p. 680
Hughes, pp. 467-68
Nutter, p. 460
Stulken, p. 292
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Henry Lawes
Sir Arthur Somervell
1863 - 1937 Person Name: Arthur Somervell Composer of "DARTMOUTH" in The Church and School Hymnal b. June 5, 1863, Windermere, d. May 2, 1937, London; English composer and educationist
Sir Arthur Somervell
