Search Results

Texts

Text authorities

God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand

Author: Daniel C. Roberts, 184-1907 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 419 hymnals Topics: Church; Fathers; Guidance; Heritage; Memorial Occasions; Nation; Pilgrim / Pilgrimage Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise. 2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past; In this free land by Thee our lot is cast; Be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, Thy word our law, Thy paths our chosen way. 3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense; Thy true religion in our hearts increase; Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 4 Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way; Lead us from night to never-ending day; Fill all our lives with love and grace divine, And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine. Amen. Scripture: Psalm 22:4 Used With Tune: NATIONAL HYMN

Great God of nations, now to thee

Author: Alfred A. Woodhull, 1810-1836 Appears in 175 hymnals Topics: Freedom; God Our Shield; The Nations; Praise; Giving Thanks; Truth; Special Subjects and Occasions Thanksgiving Day Scripture: Acts 17:26-27 Used With Tune: MENDON

My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty

Author: Rev. Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 Appears in 1,945 hymnals Topics: National Occasions Used With Tune: AMERICA

View 120 more texts

Tunes

Tune authorities

DORT

Appears in 131 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 Topics: National Occasions Incipit: 13156 55752 32176 Used With Text: God bless our native land, Firm may she

CWN RHONDDA

Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.4.7.7 Appears in 306 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Hughes, 1873-1932; Malcolm Archer, 1952- Topics: National Occasions Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 56511 71232 31643 Used With Text: God of grace and God of glory

ST. GEORGE'S, WINDOR

Appears in 647 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir George J. Elvey, 1816-1893 Topics: National Occasions Incipit: 33531 23335 31233 Used With Text: Swell the anthem, raise the song

View 100 more tunes

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

[Lord, every nation on earth will adore you]

Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #72C(alt) (2012) Topics: Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions First Line: Lord, every nation on earth will adore you Scripture: Psalm 72 Languages: English Tune Title: [Lord, every nation on earth will adore you]

O Praise the Lord Our God

Author: Konstantin Zhigulin Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #117F (2012) Topics: Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions First Line: O praise the Lord our God you nations Languages: English Tune Title: [O praise the Lord our God you nations]

Lord of life and Lord of nations

Author: Anthony Kelly, 1938- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #734 (1997) Meter: 8.7.7.8.8.8 Topics: National Occasions Scripture: Ezekiel 11:19 Languages: English Tune Title: GOD OF PEACE

View 157 more instances

People

Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

1872 - 1958 Topics: Occasional Services Civic / National Occasions Adaptor and harmonizer. of "LASST UNS ERFREUEN" in Psalms for All Seasons Through his composing, conducting, collecting, editing, and teaching, Ralph Vaughan Williams (b. Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England, October 12, 1872; d. Westminster, London, England, August 26, 1958) became the chief figure in the realm of English music and church music in the first half of the twentieth century. His education included instruction at the Royal College of Music in London and Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as additional studies in Berlin and Paris. During World War I he served in the army medical corps in France. Vaughan Williams taught music at the Royal College of Music (1920-1940), conducted the Bach Choir in London (1920-1927), and directed the Leith Hill Music Festival in Dorking (1905-1953). A major influence in his life was the English folk song. A knowledgeable collector of folk songs, he was also a member of the Folksong Society and a supporter of the English Folk Dance Society. Vaughan Williams wrote various articles and books, including National Music (1935), and composed numerous arrangements of folk songs; many of his compositions show the impact of folk rhythms and melodic modes. His original compositions cover nearly all musical genres, from orchestral symphonies and concertos to choral works, from songs to operas, and from chamber music to music for films. Vaughan Williams's church music includes anthems; choral-orchestral works, such as Magnificat (1932), Dona Nobis Pacem (1936), and Hodie (1953); and hymn tune settings for organ. But most important to the history of hymnody, he was music editor of the most influential British hymnal at the beginning of the twentieth century, The English Hymnal (1906), and coeditor (with Martin Shaw) of Songs of Praise (1925, 1931) and the Oxford Book of Carols (1928). Bert Polman

Joseph Haydn

1732 - 1809 Person Name: F. J. Haydn, 1732-1809 Topics: National Occasions Composer of "MANOAH" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809) Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his musical career as a choirboy in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, spent some years in that city making a precarious living as a music teacher and composer, and then served as music director for the Esterhazy family from 1761 to 1790. Haydn became a most productive and widely respected composer of symphonies, chamber music, and piano sonatas. In his retirement years he took two extended tours to England, which resulted in his "London" symphonies and (because of G. F. Handel's influence) in oratorios. Haydn's church music includes six great Masses and a few original hymn tunes. Hymnal editors have also arranged hymn tunes from various themes in Haydn's music. Bert Polman

H. W. Baker

1821 - 1877 Person Name: Rev. Sir Henry William Baker, 1821-1877 Topics: National Occasions Author of "O God of love, O King of peace" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"— Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, But yet in love He sought me, And on His Shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me." This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life. Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

User Links