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God of mercy and of love

Appears in 9 hymnals Used With Tune: ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR Text Sources: From "The S. S. Gift," circa 1840

ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR

Appears in 675 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Sir Geo. J. Elvey Incipit: 33531 23335 31233 Used With Text: God of mercy and of love

[God of mercy and of love]

Appears in 106 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Rev. J. B. Dykes Incipit: 33315 65567 17676 Used With Text: Gladsome Hymn

RIVIERA

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: E. W. Barber Incipit: 55661 34577 27656 Used With Text: God of mercy and of love

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

God of mercy and of love

Author: Bishop Walsham How Hymnal: Hymns for Elementary Schools #8 (1889) Languages: English Tune Title: [God of mercy and of love]

God of mercy and of love

Author: William Walsham How (1823- ) Hymnal: Little Children's Book #4 (1885) Languages: English Tune Title: EPHRAIM

God of mercy and of love

Hymnal: The Children's Hymn Book #8a (1881) Languages: English Tune Title: RIVIERA

1816 - 1893 Person Name: Sir Geo. J. Elvey Composer of "ST. GEORGE'S, WINDSOR" in The Sunday School Hymnary George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music. Bert Polman

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: Rev. J. B. Dykes Composer of "[God of mercy and of love]" in Sunday School Service Book and Hymnal 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 the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman