Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1672. He lacked great talent but wrote much for the stage, adapting other men's work, really successful only in a version of King Lear. Although he collaborated with Dryden on several occasions, he was never fully in step with the intellectual life of his times, and spent most of his life in a futile pursuit of popular favor. Nonetheless, he was appointed poet laureate in 1692 and royal historiographer in 1702. He is now known only for the New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696, which he produced in collaboration with Nicholas Brady. Poverty stricken throughout much of his life, he died in the Mint at Southwark, where he had taken refuge from his creditors… Go to person page >
This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below.
According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…
Display Title: O Come, Loud Anthems Let Us SingFirst Line: O come, loud anthems let us singTune Title: HERR JESU CHRISTMeter: LMSource: From Tate & Brady's New Version, 1696
Display Title: O come, loud anthems let us singFirst Line: O come, loud anthems let us singTune Title: OLD HUNDREDMeter: L.M.Date: 1991Source: New Version, 1696
Display Title: O come, loud anthems let us singFirst Line: O come, loud anthems let us singTune Title: SALISBURYAuthor: Isaac WattsScripture: Psalm 95Date: 1992Source: Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, New Version of the Psalms of David, 1696