Con gran gozo y candor

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Con gran gozo y candor

Author: W. Chatterton Dix (alt.); Translator: Evelyn Robert-Olivieri (alt.)
Tune: DIX (Kocher)
Published in 2 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Worship the King (Festive Hymns of Prais…

Instrumental
	Flexible Hymn Accompaniments for Handbel…

Handbells
	TWELVE BELLS FOR WORSHIP

Author: W. Chatterton Dix

Most British hymn writers in the nineteenth century were clergymen, but William C. Dix (b. Bristol, England, 1837; d. Cheddar, Somerset, England, 1898) was a notable exception. Trained in the business world, he became the manager of a marine insurance company in Glasgow, Scotland. Dix published various volumes of his hymns, such as Hymns of Love and Joy (1861) and Altar Songs: Verses on the Holy Eucharist (1867). A number of his texts were first published in Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Translator: Evelyn Robert-Olivieri

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First Line:	Con gran gozo y candor
English Title:	As with gladness men of old
Author:	W. Chatterton Dix (alt.)
Translator:	Evelyn Robert-Olivieri (alt.)
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	© Evelyn Robert-Olivieri

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Tune

DIX (Kocher)

An early form of the tune DIX was composed by Conrad Kocher (b. Ditzingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, 1786; d. Stuttgart, Germany, 1872). Trained as a teacher, Kocher moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, to work as a tutor at the age of seventeen. But his love for the music of Haydn and Mozart impelled him t…

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