"dying friend. It was related that Francis was staying with the Hore family in County Wexford and had visited an old friend, William Augustus Le Hunte, who was dying. As Francis sat with the dying man, William kept repeating the phrase ‘Abide With Me…’ ‘Abide with Me…’ After leaving William’s bedside Francis Lyte wrote the hymn and gave a copy of it to William’s family. The belief is that when Lyte felt his own end approaching twenty-seven years later as he developed tuberculosis and, at the age of 54. he thought then of the lines he had written so many"
"hymn, the tune we sing it most to is Eventide by William Henry Monk. Lyte wrote many hymns during his lifetime, much of which was spent in Brixham, England including ""Praise my soul, the King of Heaven"" and ""Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken"". He had always loved the musical side of worship. The hymn is a prayer for God to remain present with the speaker throughout life, through trials, and through death. The opening line alludes to , """"Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent"""", and the penultimate verse draws on text"
"His last words were ""Peace! Joy!"" Lyte's first composition was ""Tales in Verse illustrative of Several of the Petitions in the Lord's Prayer"" (1826), written at Lymington and commended by John Wilson in the ""Noctes Ambrosianae"". Lyte next published ""Poems, chiefly Religious"" (1833), and in 1834, a small collection of psalms and hymns entitled ""The Spirit of the Psalms"". After his death, a volume of ""Remains"" (1850) with a memoir was issued, and the poems contained in this, with those in ""Poems, chiefly Religious"", were afterward published in one volume (1868). Three of Lyte's best-known hymns are paraphrases of psalms,"
"but remained committed to Sunday school teaching and hymn writing. He was encouraged to start writing at a young age by his teacher, and he wrote his first hymn ""Hark! in the presence of our God"" in September 1842 while visiting Carisbrooke Castle; it was published in ""Youth's Magazine"" in November 1842 under the name of ""Little Albert"". His first hymn which brought his eventual fame was ""God bless our Sunday schools"", written on 24 May 1844, and used the National Anthem as its tune. His most notable hymn, ""There's a Friend for Little Children"", was written on 7 February"
"Folk"" by James Fuld (1966) Eliphalet Oram Lyte Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1842 - 1913) was an American teacher and author of grammar and composition textbooks. He is credited as the composer of the tune to the popular song ""Row, Row, Row Your Boat"" in the publication ""The Franklin Square Song Collection"" (1881, New York). It is also indicated that he adapted the lyrics, previously published to a different melody. Lyte was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, taught there in Millersville, Pennsylvania, and died there. Dr. Lyte entered the Millersville State Normal School in 1866 after serving in the Civil War"
"Eliphalet Oram Lyte Eliphalet Oram Lyte (1842 - 1913) was an American teacher and author of grammar and composition textbooks. He is credited as the composer of the tune to the popular song ""Row, Row, Row Your Boat"" in the publication ""The Franklin Square Song Collection"" (1881, New York). It is also indicated that he adapted the lyrics, previously published to a different melody. Lyte was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, taught there in Millersville, Pennsylvania, and died there. Dr. Lyte entered the Millersville State Normal School in 1866 after serving in the Civil War and teaching for two years."
"""The Little Drummer Boy"", set verses 1–3 (How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings) for voice and piano or organ in 1952. Several songs and hymns are based on Psalm 84 or contain part of it, for example the Dutch ""Wat hou ik van uw huis"" from ""Psalmen voor Nu"". wrote in 1798 a versed paraphrase for the ""Genfer Psalter"", ""Wie lieblich schön, Herr Zebaoth, ist deine Wohnung, o mein Gott"", which appears in the Protestant hymnal ""Evangelisches Gesangbuch"" as EG 282. In 1834, Henry Francis Lyte wrote a hymn ""Pleasant are thy courts above"", a paraphrase of the psalm in four"
"Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven is a Christian hymn. Its text, which draws from Psalm 103, was written by Anglican divine (clergyman) Henry Francis Lyte. The hymn is frequently sung in the United Kingdom and was used in the 1947 royal wedding of H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was also used as the opening hymn at the 2018 funeral of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush. <poem> Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven; To His feet thy tribute bring."
"Henry Francis Lyte Henry Francis Lyte (1 June 1793 – 20 November 1847) was an Anglican divine, hymnodist, and poet. Henry Francis Lyte was the second son of Thomas and Anna Maria (née Oliver) Lyte. He was born at Ednam, near Kelso, Scotland. Lyte's father was described as a ""ne-er do-well ... more interested in fishing and shooting than in facing up to his family responsibilities"". He deserted the family shortly after making arrangements for his two oldest sons to attend Portora Royal School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh; and Anna moved to London, where both she and her youngest son"
"Symphony song The English symphony song was a musical genre of baroque music best known in the compositions of Henry Purcell and his contemporaries including his teacher John Blow. In the symphony song voices and continuo were enriched with ritornelli for violins or a pair of recorders. Among the earliest symphony songs are four published by Oxford composer Henry Bowman in 1677. John Blow's most notable early example is ""Awake, awake my lyre"". The symphony song was a genre mainly linked to the Restoration royal court, just as the symphony anthem was linked to the English Chapel Royal. Purcell's symphony"
"two best known —"" Nearer, my God! to Thee,"" and ""He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower""— are in the second part. For this work, her sister, Eliza, wrote sixty-two tunes. Her only other publication, a catechism for children, entitled ""The Flock at the Fountain,"" appeared in 1845. Her hymn, ""Nearer, my God! to Thee"", was introduced to American Christians in the ""Service Book,"" published (1844) by Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D.D., of Boston, Massachusetts, from where it was soon transferred to other collections. A selection of hymns she wrote, published by Fox, included her best-known piece, ""Nearer, My God, to"
"&c. His hymn tunes, though not to be found in 'Hymns Ancient and Modern,' are in other collections. Calkin's setting of ""Fling out the Banner"" (by Bishop G. W. Doane) has a great vogue in America and the British colonies, and was included in the Canadian ""Book of Common Praise"" (1909), edited by Sir George Martin. His ""Agape"" was composed specially for the 'Church Hymnary"" of Scotland (1871), to the words ""Jesu, most loving God"", and was inserted in the ""Church Hymnal"" of Ireland (1874). His best known work is the setting from 1872 of a popular Christmas song ""I"
"In 1834, Rev. Henry Francis Lyte's book appeared, also entitled ""The Spirit of the Psalms"". Led simply by the title, and not aware that the two books were entirely different, or that there were two books of the same name, subsequent compilers credited these hymns to Rev. Lyte. However, the earlier work was the production of Auber, published when she was 56. It contains a few selections from well-known authors, to some of which the names are attached; the larger part of the pieces, however, were written by Auber. She had a valued friend in the authoress of a tale,"
"poet (in newspapers). His poems spoke of courage, loss, the glory of war and tales of gallantry. He led the Irish troops (the most recent immigrants to the U.S.) and was so admired by his troops that six weeks before his death they presented him with a medal to show their affection. His most famous poem, ""Antony and Cleopatra"", was beloved by both North and South in antebellum America and regularly memorized by school children in the U.S. through the 1940s. General William Haines Lytle died leading a charge at Chickamauga in the Civil War. Lytle Hill, in Chickamauga and"
"a publisher and editor. They published, in Philadelphia, ""The President's March"" in 1793; written by Philip Phile, ""The President's March"" is one of the most enduring of American patriotic songs. The march was soon politicized, adopted by the Federalists as a rallying song. The British James Hewitt was one of the most distinguished musicians of early American history. He was already renowned in London before moving across the Atlantic, accompanied by Belgian composer and violinist Jean Gehot. Hewitt became established in New York, organizing concerts and other musical events. His opera ""Tammany; or, The Indian Chief"" became controversial after its"
"The Hymn of Joy ""The Hymn of Joy"" (often called ""Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee"" after the first line) is a poem written by Henry van Dyke in 1907 with the intention of musically setting it to the famous ""Ode to Joy"" melody of the final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's final symphony, Symphony No. 9. Van Dyke wrote this poem in 1907 while staying at the home of Williams College president Harry Augustus Garfield. He was serving as a guest preacher at Williams at the time. He told his host that the local Berkshire Mountains had been his inspiration."
"human"" about Jesus' behavior. <score vorbis=""1""> \new Staff « \autoBeamOff \break \break \break \addlyrics { » </score> The most popular musical setting in the United States is commonly known as ""Mueller"". The melody was first published, under the title ""Luther's Cradle Hymn"", by James R. Murray in his collection ""Dainty Songs for Little Lads and Lasses"" (1887). Murray included a claim that the hymn was ""[c]omposed by Martin Luther for his children"". Hill writes: As a result of this ""tactical error"", Murray's melody appeared, without credit, in several subsequent publications. By 1914, the melody was attributed to ""Carl Mueller"", and"
"fell to the ground, his horse was spooked and ran toward the Confederate soldiers. Bragg gave Hillary Garrison Waldrep General Lytle's horse, bed-roll and equipment. Waldrep later sold the horse for $100. Lytle's most famous poem, 1858: William Haines Lytle William Haines Lytle (November 2, 1826 – September 20, 1863) was a politician in Ohio, renowned poet, and military officer in the United States Army during both the Mexican–American War and American Civil War, where he was killed in action as a brigadier general. Lytle was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the scion of a leading area family, the Lytle family."
"anthem. However, ""Dixie"" was the most popular. United States President Abraham Lincoln said he loved ""Dixie"" and wanted to hear it played, saying ""as we had captured the rebel army, we had also captured the rebel tune"". At an April 9, 1865, rally, the band director was surprised when Lincoln requested that the band play ""Dixie"". Lincoln said, ""That tune is now Federal property...good to show the rebels that, with us in power, they will be free to hear it again"". The other prominent tune was ""The Bonnie Blue Flag"", and like ""Dixie"" was written in 1861, unlike Union popular"
"vaudeville, and the patriotic songs of the Civil War. The patriotic lay songs of the American Revolution constituted the first kind of mainstream popular music. These included ""The Liberty Tree"" by Thomas Paine. Cheaply printed as broadsheets, early patriotic songs spread across the colonies and were performed at home and at public meetings. Fife songs were especially celebrated, and were performed on fields of battle during the American Revolution. The longest lasting of these fife songs is ""Yankee Doodle"", still well known today. The melody dates back to 1755 and was sung by both American and British troops. Patriotic songs"
"the hymn using the lyrics of ""Nearer, My God, to Thee"": ""Horbury"", written in 1861 by the Rev John Dykes was popular in Britain, and another, ""Bethany"", written in 1856 by Dr Lowell Mason was popular in the U.S. The third tune associated with the hymn was ""Propior Deo"", was written by Sir Arthur Sullivan and was also popular in Britain. Additionally, the British melody might sound like the other hymn (""Autumn""). On 24 May 1912, the seven chief London orchestras performed at a memorial for the musicians who perished, as they played ""Horbury"", two ""Titanic"" survivors in the audience"
"popular compositions. He also wrote fifteen part songs, an introduction and gavotte for piano and violin, and four pianoforte pieces. His works, which are nearly all for the Church, include two oratorios, a great number of anthems and services, psalm chants and some pieces for the organ. His most famous work is probably the hymn tune Diademata, to which 'Crown Him With Many Crowns' and 'Soldiers of Christ, Arise' are most commonly set. A memoir of him, by his widow, was published in 1894. The Hymn 'Come, Ye thankful People, Come' to his tune ""St George's Windsor"" is also a"
"probably the most popular song for Confederate soldiers on the march, in battle, and at camp. Southerners who rallied to the song proved reluctant to acknowledge a Yankee as its composer. Accordingly, some ascribed it a longer tradition as a folk song. Poet John Hill Hewitt wrote in 1862 that ""The homely air of 'Dixie,' of extremely doubtful origin ... [is] generally believed to have sprung from a noble stock of Southern stevedore melodies."" Meanwhile, many Northern abolitionists took offense to the South's appropriation of ""Dixie"" because it was originally written as a satirical critique of the institution of slavery"
"patria lactea,"" in his ""Sacred Latin Poetry"" (1849). John Mason Neale translated this portion of the poem into English and published it under the title ""Jerusalem the Golden"" in his ""Medieval Hymns and Sequences"" (1851). Neale made revisions and additions to his earlier free translation when he published it in his ""The Rhythm of Bernard"" (1858). A number of well-known modern hymns, including ""Jerusalem the Golden""; ""Brief Life is Here Our Portion""; ""The World Is Very Evil""; and ""For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country"", are translations of parts of this famous poem. The text found in the Psalter Hymnal is"
"Many modern recordings of the Battle Hymn of the Republic use the lyric ""As He died to make men holy, let us ""live"" to make men free"" as opposed to the lyric originally written by Julia Ward Howe: ""let us die to make men free."" Howe's original manuscript differed slightly from the published version. Most significantly, it included a final verse: In the 1862 sheet music, the chorus always begins: In the years since the Civil War, ""The Battle Hymn of the Republic"" has been used frequently as an American patriotic song. The song was one of Winston Churchill's favorite"
"the most important are the charming spring-song ""Vinterns valde lyktar"", and the satirical ""Mina Löjen"" and ""Man äger ej snille för det man är galen"". The best productions of what is called his later period are the satire ""Ljusets fiender"", the comic poem ""Dumboms lefverne"", the warmly patriotic ""Kantat d. 1. Jan. 1789"", the ode ""Till Kristina"", the fragment ""Sigwart och Hilma"", and the beautiful song ""Nya skapelsen"", both in thought and form the finest of his works. Among his lyrics are the choicest fruits of the Gustavian age of Swedish letters. His earlier efforts, indeed, express the superficial doubt"
"War. After returning from Mexico, Lytle resumed and expanded his legal practice. He was elected to the Ohio state legislature as a Democrat. He unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor in 1857, losing the election by just a few hundred votes. He was a celebrated American poet before the Civil War. Lytle's most famous poem, ""Antony and Cleopatra"" (published in 1857), was beloved by both North and South in antebellum America. Lytle was appointed as a major general in the Ohio state militia. In 1860, he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for his district's seat in the United States House of"
"poem entitled ""Perdita"", published in the ""Union Magazine"", was followed by ""Alban"" (1848), a poetical romance, and ""Meditations in America"" (1851). Other poems that attained popularity include ""The Sword of Bunker Hill"" (1861), a national hymn; ""Keep Step with the Music of the Union"" (1861); ""The Liberty Bell"" (1862); and his most famous poem, ""The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World"" (1865), a poem praising motherhood. He contributed to ""Godey's Lady's Book"", ""Harper's Magazine"", ""Harper's Weekly"", the ""New York Ledger"", and the ""Louisville Daily Journal"". William Cullen Bryant said of his writings: ""They are"
"years before. The Biblical link for the hymn is Luke 24:29 where the disciples asked Jesus to abide with them for it is toward evening and the day is spent… using his friend’s more personal phrasing ‘Abide with Me’, Lyte composed the hymns. His daughter, Anna Maria Maxwell Hogg, recounts the story of how “Abide with Me” came out of that context. The summer was passing away, and the month of September (that month in which he was once more to quit his native land) arrived, and each day seemed to have a special value as being one day nearer"
"recorded use of the sentiment. Additionally, other songs gained prominence in keeping with British and American unity namely ""The British Grenadiers,"" and ""God Save the King"". However, with the War of Independence the tunes of the last two were combined with new words while ""Yankee Doodle"", long a tune and lyric addressed to the unique American population descended from the British became widely popular. Political and cultural links between the colony and Great Britain can perhaps explain the ongoing popularity of the two former tunes, despite the war for independence. In 1814, Washington lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem,"
"Henry Lyte (botanist) Henry Lyte (1529? – 16 October 1607) was an English botanist and antiquary. He is best known for two works, ""A niewe Herball"" (1578), which was a translation of the ""Cruydeboeck"" of Rembert Dodoens (Antwerp, 1564), and an antiquarian volume, ""The Light of Britayne"" (1588), both of which are dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I. Henry Lyte was born at Lytes Cary Manor, Somerset, about 1529, and was the second and eldest surviving son of John Lyte, by his first wife, Edith Horsey, who died in 1566. Lyte became a student at Oxford about 1546, but it is"
"of his life Lyte suffered from poor health, and he would regularly travel abroad for relief, as was the tradition in that day. Due to a plaque erected in his memory in Taghmon church, he preached frequently in Killurin church, about nine miles from there. During that time the rector of Killurin parish, the Reverend Abraham Swanne, was a lasting influence on Lyte’s life and ministry. There is some controversy to the exact dating of the text to “Abide with Me.” An article in ""The Spectator"", Oct. 3, 1925, says that Lyte composed the hymn in 1820 while visiting a"
"lyrics, as published in ""The Vocal"" magazine of 1778, there are two significant textual discrepancies from later publications. The two replaced lines refer to the Society's earlier meeting-place at the London Coffee-House, which was situated on Ludgate Hill and seems to have occupied the same premises as Rowley and Leech, a wine merchant. The song, through its bawdy lyrics, gained popularity in London and elsewhere beyond the Anacreontic Society. New lyrics were also fashioned for it, including several patriotic titles in the United States. The most popular of these at the time was Robert Treat Paine Jr.'s ""Adams and Liberty"""