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VOX DILECTI

Composer: John Bacchus Dykes

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… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: VOX DILECTI
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1868)
Place Of Origin: England
Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6
Incipit: 55112 33221 1177
Key: G Major or modal/g minor
Copyright: Public Domain

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Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor Rodney Bambrick
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 143
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 191
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 193
  • 55 Hymn Intonations
    Composer/Editor Harald Rohlig
    Published By: Abingdon Press (1962) pp. 42
  • Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 10: For Pianoforte or Organ
    Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 12

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trombone Counter-melody

  • 61 Trombone Hymns & Counter-Melodies Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1996) pp. 52

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations: Trumpet Descant

  • 61 Trumpet Hymns & Descants Volume 3
    Composer/Editor Douglas Smith
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1995) pp. 52

Organ Solo

  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Andrew Wright
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 290
  • The Sacred Organ Folio No. 47
    Composer/Editor Rex Koury
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1993) pp. 68
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 27 Number 6 July 1993: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors James Mansfield; Rex Koury
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1993) pp. 68
  • Precious Memories: Best Loved Gospel Songs Arranged for all Organs
    Composer/Editor Harold H. DeCou
    Published By: Fred Bock Music Company (1983) pp. 17
  • Thine Is the Glory: 12 Hymn Settings Arranged for Organ
    Composer/Editor Albin C. Whitworth
    Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (1983) pp. 16
  • Easy Hymn Settings: For All Organs including Spinets
    Composer/Editor John F. Wilson
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1966) pp. 30
  • Organ Reflections on Fifteen Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor George Lynn
    Published By: Broadman Press (1964) pp. 15

Piano Solo

  • Words of the Master: Hymns of the Christian Life for Piano
    Composer/Editor Lani Smith
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2014) pp. 21

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