John Wilkes

Short Name: John Wilkes
Full Name: Wilkes, John, d. 1882
Birth Year (est.): 1782
Death Year (est.): 1882

John Wilkes (b. England, date unknown; d. England, 1882) simplified the tune MONKLAND and introduced it to Henry W. Baker (PHH 342), who published it in the English Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861) to his own harvest-theme text, "Praise, O Praise Our God and King." Wilkes named the tune after the village where he was organist and Baker was vicar–Monkland–located near Leominster in Herefordshire, England. Wilkes died around 1882; he should not be confused with the better-known John Bernard Wilkes (1785-1869).
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1998


Tunes by John Wilkes (2)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
LYTE (Wilkes)J. P. Wilkes (Composer)431566 55551 23333
MONKLANDJohn Wilkes (Arranger)4513534 56713 32176
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