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O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word

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Author: Ruth Duck

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Text Information

First Line: O radiant Christ, incarnate Word
Title: O Radiant Christ, Incarnate Word
Author: Ruth Duck (1991)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Publication Date: 1996
Copyright: © 1992 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

Tune

WAREHAM (Knapp)

William Knapp (b. Wareham, Dorsetshire, England, 1698; d. Poole, Dorsetshire, 1768) composed WAREHAM, so named for his birthplace. A glover by trade, Knapp served as the parish clerk at St. James's Church in Poole (1729-1768) and was organist in both Wareham and Poole. Known in his time as the "coun…

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CANONBURY

Derived from the fourth piano piece in Robert A. Schumann's Nachtstücke, Opus 23 (1839), CANONBURY first appeared as a hymn tune in J. Ireland Tucker's Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). The tune, whose title refers to a street and square in Islington, London, England, is often matched to Haver…

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OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

New Wine In Old Wineskins #50

The New Century Hymnal #168

Voices United #84

Worship (4th ed.) #589

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