[78-L] Sacred variants [WAS: Col A-0268 composer / lyricist]

[Stephen Davies]

Thanks, David,
the disc credits Ambrose for "One sweetly solemn thought", and I'm assuming
Cary is also right.

The disc gives zero credits for "Lead, kindly light", but it's Newman's
poem for beginners.  Bickersteth added a fourth verse, which may or not be
on this disc.  (He also expanded "Nearer my God to thee".)  The poem was
melded to music twice: once to "Lux benigna" by Dykes, and once to "Sandon"
by Purday.  I'm guessing that the Dykes version is more common.

Altho unfamiliar with this genre, I learned all this from one excellent
entry at "Music Played on the Titanic".  The story is told succinctly
without losing any of its muddiness.
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/series/4/

- Stephen D
in Calgary




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