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DIES IRAE (Dykes)

DIES IRAE (Dykes)

Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Published in 18 hymnals


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Audio files: MIDI

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 >

Tune Information

Title: DIES IRAE (Dykes)
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1861)
Meter: 8.8.8
Incipit: 32123 45166 51432
Key: d minor
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Eleven Pieces for the Church Organist: With Registration for All Organs
    Composer/Editor Richard Irven Purvis
    Published By: MCA Music (1957) pp. 41

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1178
Text: Day of Wrath, O Day of Mourning
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #8397
Text: Day Of Wrath
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #644

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1178

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #8397

Include 15 pre-1979 instances
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