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Author: Carl P. Daw Jr.
Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New… Go to person page >
ALL SAINTS is a stately tune with a demanding harmony that a good singing congregation or choir will want to sing in parts. See PHH 230 for background information on , ALL SAINTS; the setting there is also in a lower key.
--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988
The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions.
From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976):
"Nettleton first appeared as a two-part…
Cyril V. Taylor (PHH 286) composed ABBOT'S LEIGH in May of 1941 when he was working for the Religious Broadcasting Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC had received complaints about the use of AUSTRIA (tune for the Austrian national hymn) during this time of war, a tune…
Display Title: My God Who Called CreationFirst Line: Mighty God who called creationTune Title: WEISSE FLAGGENAuthor: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944-Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.Date: 2013
Display Title: Mighty God Who Called CreationFirst Line: Mighty God who called creationTune Title: ABBOT'S LEIGHAuthor: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944Meter: 8 7 8 7 DScripture: Genesis 1:1 - 2:4; Acts 2Date: 2018Subject: Commitment/Dedication | ; Discipleship | ; God | Hand/work in nature, world, universe; Holy Spirit | Renewal; Service | ; The Gospel in the Christian Life | Christian Life, Discipleship