BEATITUDO

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: BEATITUDO
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1875)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 12353 14367 13222
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Composed by John B. Dykes (PHH 147), BEATITUDO was published in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1875), where it was set to Isaac Watts' "How Bright Those Glorious Spirits Shine." Originally a word coined by Cicero, BEATITUDO means "the condition of blessedness."

Like many of Dykes's tunes, BEATITUDO has a convincing melodic contour and a somewhat chromatic harmonization. Sing the outer, framing stanzas in unison and the middle ones in parts. Use just enough organ to keep this hymn moving. Maintain one pulse per measure.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1988

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

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    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 26
  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keys: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 26
  • The Art of Hymn Playing Volume 2: 250 Preludes Introductions Free Accompaniments & Alternate Harmonizations
    Composer/Editor Charles Callahan
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (2009) pp. 24
  • 150 Last Verse Harmonies: For Use with the Hymn Books of the Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Other Free Churches
    Composer/Editor Andrew Moore
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 17
  • 200 New Last Verses
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2007) pp. 22
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 19
  • Easy Hymn Accompaniments for Organ or Piano: Set II
    Composer/Editor Edward H. Myer
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1995) pp. 15
  • 12 Hymn Tune Intonations
    Composer/Editor Mark Albrecht
    Published By: MorningStar Music Publishers, Inc. (1993) pp. 5
  • Nineteen Hymn Introductions- Musica Sacra: For the Organ
    Composer/Editor James Engel
    Published By: Northwestern Publishing House (1985) pp. 14
  • Robert Hebble's Hymnal Companion For Organ: Free Accompaniments and Modulations with Original Hymns in Organ Score
    Composer/Editor Robert Hebble
    Published By: Bradley Publications (1983) pp. 12
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 20: General: Angelic - Bel
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Ruth E. Mackie
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 41

Organ Solo

  • 150 Hymn Preludes Book 1 Hymn Tune A - K: Short and Playable Pieces in Keys to Match All Popular Hymn Books
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2010) pp. 52
  • The Organ Portfolio Volume 66 Number 6 July August 2003: A Bi-monthly Anthology for the Church Organist
    Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; Gerald Peterson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 26
  • The Organist's Library Volume 35
    Composer/Editor Gerald Peterson
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2003) pp. 26
  • Organ Miniatures: 200 Short Improvisations on Familiar Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor June Nixon
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1999) pp. 20
  • 64 Hymn Preludes for Organ
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1998) pp. 58
  • 7 Hymn Preludes Set 4
    Composer/Editor Donald Rotermund
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1996) pp. 24
  • A Musical Gift Book 3: 25 Organ Preludes on Familiar Hymn Tunes for Organ or Piano
    Composer/Editor Peter J. Hodgson
    Published By: Darcey Press (1996) pp. 8
  • The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 24 Number 5 May 1990: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
    Composer/Editors Howard Wells; Steven Scott
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1990) pp. 38
  • 14 Organ Chorale Preludes
    Composer/Editor Theodore Beck
    Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1985) pp. 22
  • The Concordia Hymn Prelude Series Volume 20: General: Angelic - Bel
    Composer/Editors Herbert Gotsch; Ruth E. Mackie
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1983) pp. 40
  • Hymn Tunes, Preludes & Improvisations for Organ
    Composer/Editor Robert Hebble
    Published By: Bradley Publications (1981) pp. 10
  • Ten Hymn Preludes in Trio Style Set 1
    Composer/Editor David S. Harris
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1974) pp. 3
  • Gordon Young's Preludes: On Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Gordon Young
    Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1968) pp. 1
  • Meditations on Well Known Hymn Tunes for Organ
    Composer/Editor Camil van Hulse
    Published By: Carl Fischer, Inc. (1953) pp. 12
  • 76 Offertories on Hymns & Chorales
    Composer/Editor Albert Beck
    Published By: Concordia Publishing House (1945) pp. 19
  • A Collection of Hymn Tunes for the Organ: From the St. Cecilia Series
    Composer/Editors John Holler; Leon Verrees
    Published By: The H. W. Gray Company, Inc. (1935) pp. 1

Instruments: Organ and Optional Solo Instrument

  • A Still, Small Voice: Reflective Hymns Settings for Organ and Optional Solo Instrument
    Composer/Editor Stephen Walters
    Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2008) pp. 22

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