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Appears in 9 hymnals First Line: On the birthday of the Lord Refrain First Line: Christ is born of maiden fair Used With Tune: [On the birthday of the Lord] Text Sources: Latin

[On the birthday of the Lord]

Appears in 5 hymnals Incipit: 13455 67115 66543 Used With Text: On the Birthday of the Lord

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Friedrich Layriz, 1808-1859 Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 13217 12234 53212 Used With Text: On the Birthday of the Lord (Washburn)

BRETAGNE

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Edward Shippen Barnes Tune Sources: Old Breton Melody Incipit: 12343 25631 23433 Used With Text: On the birthday of the Lord

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Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

On the Birthday of the Lord

Hymnal: Christmas Carols New and Old #13 (1871) Refrain First Line: God is born of maiden fair Tune Title: [On the birthday of the Lord]

On the Birthday of the Lord

Hymnal: Christmas Carols New and Old #13 (1878) Refrain First Line: God is born of maiden fair Languages: English Tune Title: [On the birthday of the Lord]

On the Birthday of the Lord

Author: Rev. Dr. Littledale Hymnal: Hymns and Carols Set to Music #32 (1889) Refrain First Line: Christ is born of maiden fair Languages: English Tune Title: [On the birthday of the Lord]

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People

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Anonymous

Author of "On the Birthday of the Lord (Washburn)" in The Cyber Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John Bacchur Dykes Composer of "[On the birthday of the Lord]" in The Cyber 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