CECILIA (Redhead)

CECILIA (Redhead)

Composer: Richard Redhead
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: Richard Redhead

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… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: CECILIA (Redhead)
Composer: Richard Redhead
Meter: 7S. D.
Incipit: 51134 23354 32171
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Lord of life, of love, of light

Lord of life, of love, of light,
Clothed with mercy, armed with might,
Worship centres at Thy throne,
Praise belongs to Thee alone!
Be this house forever Thine;
Through it let Thy favor shine;
Feed the souls that here shall meet,
From Thy bounty pure and sweet.

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