FENITON

Composer: Sydney H. Nicholson

Sydney H. Nicholson, (b. St. Marylebone, London, England, 1875; d. Ashford, Kent, England, 1947) was an organist and church music educator who greatly influenced English hymnody. Educated at Oxford's New College, the Royal College of Music in London, and in Frankfurt, Germany, he became organist at several famous cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey (1919-1928). Nicholson founded and administered the School of English Church Music at Chislehurst in 1927; this important institution, with branches throughout the English-speaking world, was renamed the Royal School of Church Music in 1945. Located in Canterbury after World War II, its headquarters were moved to Addington Palace, Croydon, in 1954. Nicholson was music adviser for the 1916 Sup… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: FENITON
Composer: Sydney H. Nicholson
Meter: 7.8.7.8 with alleluia
Incipit: 16123 55653 12165
Key: F Major
Copyright: Music by permission of Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd.

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

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Instances

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #357

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CPWI Hymnal #609

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CPWI Hymnal #785

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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #147

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Together in Song #243

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