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

[David Lennick]

One great thing about the Columbia Books is that they credit the composers and 
A268 is the Dykes setting. The book isn't clear as to whether the vocalist is 
S. C. Porter or J. W. Meyers since both recorded the hymn on various takes.

dl

Stephen Davies wrote:
> 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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