Short Name: | Richard Redhead |
Full Name: | Redhead, Richard, 1820-1901 |
Birth Year: | 1820 |
Death Year: | 1901 |
Richard Redhead (b. Harrow, Middlesex, England, 1820; d. Hellingley, Sussex, England, 1901) was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford. At age nineteen he was invited to become organist at Margaret Chapel (later All Saints Church), London. Greatly influencing the musical tradition of the church, he remained in that position for twenty-five years as organist and an excellent trainer of the boys' choirs. Redhead and the church's rector, Frederick Oakeley, were strongly committed to the Oxford Movement, which favored the introduction of Roman elements into Anglican worship. Together they produced the first Anglican plainsong psalter, Laudes Diurnae (1843). Redhead spent the latter part of his career as organist at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Paddington (1864-1894).
Bert Polman
Tunes by Richard Redhead (35) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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REDHEAD NO. 12 | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 11111 21111 11722 |
REDHEAD NO. 76 | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 425 | 11234 43112 32211 |
ST. FLAVIAN | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 13 | 11713 22114 31233 |
ST. THOMAS (Wade) | Redhead (Composer) | 3 | 12312 34365 43221 |
ORIENTIS PARTIBUS | Richard Redhead (Harmonizer) | 70 | 12312 71556 34553 |
GRACE (Redhead) | R. Redhead (Composer) | 3 | 12323 54346 55534 |
REDHEAD | Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 12365 43145 6432 |
REDHEAD NO. 1 | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 13 | 13556 66535 43211 |
ST. MARGARET (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 1 | 15543 32311 44315 |
ST. EBBE | Richard Redhead (Arranger) | 3 | 15556 53432 21155 |
[Dir dankt mein Herz, dir jauchzt mein Lied] | R. Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 16551 76615 3453 |
[Chant] (17124) | Redhead (Composer) | 1 | 17124 32323 2171 |
LAUS DEO (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 51 | 17132 11762 51665 |
SERAPHS | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 3 | 31551 75561 53223 |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE | Richard Redhead (1820- ) (Composer) | 4 | 31654 32315 55453 |
REDHEAD No. 66 | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 70 | 32115 66556 71766 |
HOLY OFFERINGS (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 22 | 32433 21523 55465 |
ST. DUNSTAN (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 106 | 33234 43551 6445 |
PEACE (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 33333 43333 21233 |
[Seek ye first the kingdom of God] | R. Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 33554 45335 545 |
[Not to angels hath been granted] (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 3 | 35651 24367 15322 |
[God's dear child, returning home] (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 36533 21317 73543 |
CECILIA (Redhead) | R. Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 51134 23354 32171 |
LANCASTER (Howard) | Redhead (Composer) | 1 | 51231 43223 17655 |
ST. VICTOR | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 10 | 51317 65512 35234 |
WINCHESTER NEW | Redhead (Composer) | 1 | 51566 54334 32554 |
ST. CHAD (Redhead) | Richard Redhead, 1820-1901 (Composer) | 18 | 51765 32355 17665 |
ALMA MATER (Redhead) | Richard Redhead (Composer) | 4 | 53132 13255 45 |
ST. CYPRIAN (Redhead) | R. Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 53333 22652 32111 |
WOLVERHAMPTON (Redhead) | R. Redhead, 1820-1901 (Composer) | 11 | 55321 24431 35665 |
REDHEAD NO. 61 | R. Redhead (Composer) | 3 | 55651 23116 75565 |
[Chant] (Redhead 56717) | Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 56171 21161 21 |
[Chant] (Redhead 56554) | Redhead (Composer) | 2 | 56554 65434 41321 |
LAUDS (Redhead) | Richard Redhead, 1820-1901 (Adapter) | 41 | 56551 22156 55132 |
DEBENHAM | R. Redhead (Composer) | 16 | 56654 33212 35165 |