BARTON (Dale)

Composer: Rev. R. F. Dale

Born: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1845, Syd­en­ham, Eng­land. Died: No­vem­ber 14, 1919, Head­ing­ton, Ox­ford, Eng­land. Son of the Dean of Ro­ches­ter, Dale was a Schol­ar of The Queen’s Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA & MusB 1866). Or­dained a dea­con in 1870, and priest in 1871, he was as­sist­ant mas­ter at West­min­ster School (1870-86); Rec­tor of Bletch­ing­don (1885-99) and Hamp­ton Poyle (1892-97), and Per­pet­u­al Cur­ate of Bin­sey (1905-10). His works in­clude: Twenty-Two Orig­in­al Hymn Tunes, by Two Ox­ford Grad­u­ates, 1867 (co-ed­it­or with H. J. Poole) A Mu­sic Prim­er for Schools (co-ed­it­or with John Trout­beck) --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >