ST. OSWALD (Dykes 53617)

ST. OSWALD (Dykes 53617)

Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1857)
Published in 214 hymnals


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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: ST. OSWALD (Dykes 53617)
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1857)
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Incipit: 53617 65311 23565
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 171
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 125
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 173
  • 44 Hymn Tunes Freely Harmonized: For Unison Singing
    Composer/Editor Eric Harding Thiman
    Published By: Novello and Company Limited (1969) pp. 18

Organ Solo

  • 150 Hymn Preludes Book 2 Hymn Tune L - W: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor James Patten
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 460
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 161
  • 64 Hymn Preludes for Organ
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1998) pp. 152

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #627
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #723
Text: Christ, Above All Glory Seated
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #2104
Text: Hail! My Ever Blessèd Jesus
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #2643
Text: Hark! Ten Thousand Voices
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #5601
Text: Praise Jehovah, All Ye Nations
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 21 of 21)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #627

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #98

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #138

TextPage Scan

Common Praise (1998) #432

TextPage Scan

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #327b

Text

Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #687b

Page Scan

Complete Mission Praise #338

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #139

TextPage Scan

CPWI Hymnal #428

Hymns and Psalms #655b

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #726a

Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #201

Audio

Small Church Music #285

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #723

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2104

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #2643

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5601

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #14580

TextPage Scan

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #117C

TextAudio

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #41

Tune InfoTextAudio

TTT-Himnaro Cigneta #170b

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