Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH

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ABBOT'S LEIGH

Composer: Cyril Taylor (1941)
Published in 166 hymnals

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	God Is Here!

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	God Loved the World So Much

Composer: Cyril Taylor

Cyril V. Taylor (b. Wigan, Lancashire, England, 1907; d. Petersfield, England, 1992) was a chorister at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1932, he served the church as both pastor and musician. His positions included being a producer in the religious broadcasting department of the BBC (19391953), chaplain of the Royal School of Church Music (1953-1958), vicar of Cerne Abbas in Dorsetshire (1958-1969), and precentor of Salisbury Cathedral (1969-1975). He contributed twenty hymn tunes to the BBC Hymn Book (1951), which he edited, and other tunes to the Methodist Hymns and Psalms (1983). He also edited 100 Hymns for Today (1969)… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	ABBOT'S LEIGH
Composer:	Cyril Taylor (1941)
Place Of Origin:	England
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Incipit:	53111 76655 34565
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	© 1942. Renewal 1970 by Hope Publishing Company

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Lord, You Give the Great Commission

God Is Here

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Cyril V. Taylor (PHH 286) composed ABBOT'S LEIGH in May of 1941 when he was working for the Religious Broadcasting Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC had received complaints about the use of AUSTRIA (tune for the Austrian national hymn) during this time of war, a tune then set to "Glorious Things of You Are Spoken" (506). Thus Taylor originally composed his tune for that text. First printed in a leaflet, ABBOT'S LEIGH was published in Hymns Ancient and Modern Revised (1950), Congregational Praise (1951), and the BBC Hymn Book (1951), of which Taylor was editor. No modern hymnal would want to omit this great twentieth-century tune! ABBOT'S LEIGH is named for a village near Bristol, England, where Taylor composed the tune. (Bristol was wartime headquarters for the BBC).

[BBC moved to St. Poul's, Bedford where the tune was composed; Abbot's Leigh was the name of Taylor's parish (Mick Perrier, Hymnary user)]

This dramatic tune with bold melodic gestures and a bar form shape (AAB) is suitable for unison or harmony singing. Use strong accompaniment with a stately tempo.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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Timeline

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Free Harmonizations of Favorite Hymns Volume 2: General Hymns II
Composer/Editor James M. Guthrie
Published By: Self-published (2017) pp. LL
55 Hymn Harmonizations for Organ: Compiled by Jane Holstein
Composer/Editors Jane Holstein; Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2016) pp. 2
Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 2
Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 2
Twenty Hymn Introductions for Organ
Composer/Editor Robert A. Hobby
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2011) pp. 6
200 Last Verses: Completely Revised to Complement the Keys in Major Hymn Books
Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 1
The Really Big Descant Book - Full Music Edition: 250 Settings to Raise the Roof by the World's Finest Church Music Composers
Composer/Editor Judith Bailey
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2009) pp. 1
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 5: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 503 - 573
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Benjamin M. Culli
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 526
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 5: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 503 - 573
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; Glenn Wonacott
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2008) pp. 526
The Creative Use of the Piano in Worship: The Creative Church Musucian Series - Volume 8
Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (2008) pp. 2
200 New Last Verses
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 1
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 6: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 574 - 639
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Mark Sedio; David M. Lasky
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 579
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Organ Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Benjamin M. Culli
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 668, 688
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 6: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 574 - 639
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Marissa Bauck; David M. Cherwien
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 579
Introductions and Alternate Accompaniments for Piano Volume 7: Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Hymns 640 - 704
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; John Carter
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2007) pp. 668, 688
As Though the Whole Creation Cried: Fifty Hymn Harmonizations for Organ
Composer/Editor Michael A. Burkhardt
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2001) pp. 2
Pull Out the Stops! Volume II: Congregational Song Accompaniments for Organ
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Mark Weiler; Mark Sedio; Aaron David Miller
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2001) pp. 4
Let It Rip! At the Piano 2: Congregational Song Accompaniments Volume 2
Composer/Editors Norma Aamodt-Nelson; Eric Vollen
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2000) pp. 6
Hymnal Supplement 98: Vocal Descant Edition
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1999) pp. 864
The Creative Use of Descants in Worship: The Creative Church Musician Series / Volume 3
Composer/Editor Hal H. Hopson
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1999) pp. 10
Ninety Easy Hymn Accompaniments: For Keyboard
Composer/Editor Margaret Mealy
Published By: GIA Publications, Inc. (1997) pp. 4
Hymn Intonations, Preludes, and Free Harmonizations Volume VIII: Still More Intonations
Composer/Editor Richard Proulx
Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (1996) pp. 2
After the Last Verse: 200 Hymn Improvisations
Composer/Editor Malcolm Archer
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1995) pp. 1
Music Supplement: The United Methodist Hymnal
Composer/Editor Gary Alan Smith
Published By: Abingdon Press (1991) pp. 4
Hymn Descants and Free Harmonizations
Composer/Editor Ronald Arnatt
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1990) pp. 2
Hymn Preludes and Free Accompaniments 17
Composer/Editor John Ferguson
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1989) pp. LL
Free Harmonizations of Hymn Tunes: By Fifty American Composers
Composer/Editor D. DeWitt Wasson
Published By: Hinshaw Music, Inc. (1984) pp. 2
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 19: General: A - Angel's
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Kimberly Kondal Patterson
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 13

Organ Solo

Hymn Prelude Library Volume One Tunes A: Lutheran Service Book
Composer/Editors Kevin J. Hildebrand; Wilbur C. Held
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2012) pp. 8
Praise the One: Ten Organ Impressions for Worship, Volume 3
Composer/Editor Benjamin M. Culli
Published By: Augsburg Fortress (2012) pp. 20
Mixtures: Ten Organ Solos
Composer/Editors Deborah Govenor; Carolyn Hamlin
Published By: Breckenhorst Press, Inc. (2011) pp. 36
100 New Hymn Preludes
Composer/Editor Andrew Fletcher
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 10
God of Grace: Five Hymn Tune Preludes for the Church Year
Composer/Editor Stephen P. Folkemer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2008) pp. 4
God of Grace: Five Hymn Tune Preludes for the Church Year
Composer/Editor Stephen P. Folkemer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2008) pp. 4
God of Grace: Five Hymn Tune Preludes for the Church Year
Composer/Editor Stephen P. Folkemer
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2008) pp. 4
Hymnal Supplement 98 Organ Prelude Edition: Volume 4 Church Triumphant
Composer/Editors David A. Johnson; Kevin J. Hildebrand
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2002) pp. 4
Hymnal Supplement Organ Prelude Edition: Volume 4 Church Triumphant
Composer/Editor David A. Johnson
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (2002) pp. 4
Three New Hymn Settings for Organ
Composer/Editor Robert J. Powell
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1997) pp. 2
Hymn Intonations, Preludes, and Free Harmonizations Volume VIII: Still More Intonations
Composer/Editor Richard Proulx
Published By: Selah Publishing Company, Inc. (1996) pp. 2
2 English Hymn Tune Settings
Composer/Editor Robert A. Hobby
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1995) pp. 3
Canonic Voluntary on "Abbot's Leigh"
Composer/Editors Dennis Janzer; Cyril V. Taylor
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1995) pp. 1
Lift High the Cross: For Organ
Composer/Editor Gordon Young
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1994) pp. 7
Prelude on "Abbot's Leigh"
Composer/Editor David Lasky
Published By: Randall M. Egan, Publisher of Muksic, Ltd. (1993) pp. 1
Two English Voluntaries for Organ
Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1993) pp. 6
Abbot's Leigh (Passacaglia, Fughetta and Finale)
Composer/Editors Austin Cole Lovelace; Cyril V. Taylor
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1985) pp. 2
The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 19: General: A - Angel's
Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Kimberly Kondal Patterson
Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 10

Piano Solo

The Church Pianist Volume 3 Number 3 January 1987: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Lani Smith
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1987) pp. 26

Piano and Organ Duet

Six Hymn Paraphrases: Volume 2
Composer/Editors Hector Olivera; Chris Howard
Published By: Rodgers Instruments LLC (1998) pp. 13

Voices: Organ, Brass, and Voices

Abbot's Leigh: Festive Hymn Settings Arranged FOR Congregation, Brass Quartet, and Organ
Composer/Editor James Biery
Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2005) pp. 3
Brass Accompaniments for The Worshiping Church: A Hymnal
Composer/Editor Donald P. Hustad
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1991) pp. 3

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Composer: Cyril Taylor

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