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ABBOT'S LEIGH

Composer: Cyril Taylor (1941)
Published in 60 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Sibelius
Audio files: MIDI

Piano/Organ
	Two English Hymn Tune Settings

Instrumental
	BRASS ACCOMPANIMENTS FOR HYMNSINGING

Choral
	GOD IS HERE!

Composer: Cyril Taylor

CYRIL VINCENT TAYLOR (1907-1991) was born in Wigan, Lancaster, England, the son of a Church of England priest. A student at Christ Church, Oxford, he was ordained in the Church of England and precentor of Bristol Cathedral and later Salisbury Cathedral. During World War II, he was BBC's producer of Religious Broadcasting and, while stationed in Abbot's Leigh, he composed his famous hymn tune of the same name. ABBOT'S LEIGH is generally regarded as the "Rule Britannia" of hymn tunes. In 1953, when the Royal School of Church Music moved from Canterbury to Addington Place, he became its first Warden. For many years he served as a proprietor of Hymns Ancient & Modern, playing a major editorial role in compiling two supplements and The New Stand… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer:	Cyril Taylor (1941)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Incipit:	53111 76655 34565
Key:	C Major
Copyright:	Copyright © 1942. Renewal 1970 by Hope Publishing Company

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Texts

Lord, You Give the Great Commission

Lord, you give the great commission:
"Heal the sick and preach the Word."
Lest the church neglect its mission
and the gospel go unheard,
help us witness to your purpose
with renewed integrity;
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God Is Here

God is here! As we your people
meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure
what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us,
all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of your Spirit
into open minds and hearts.
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Alternative Tunes

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Notes

Cyril V. Taylor (PHH 286) composed ABBOT'S LEIGH in May of 1941 when he was working for the Religious Broadcasting Department of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The BBC had received complaints about the use of AUSTRIA (tune for the Austrian national hymn) during this time of war, a tune then set to "Glorious Things of You Are Spoken" (506). Thus Taylor originally composed his tune for that text. First printed in a leaflet, ABBOT'S LEIGH was published in Hymns Ancient and Modern Revised (1950), Congregational Praise (1951), and the BBC Hymn Book (1951), of which Taylor was editor. No modern hymnal would want to omit this great twentieth-century tune! ABBOT'S LEIGH is named for a village near Bristol, England, where Taylor composed the tune (Bristol was wartime headquarters for the BBC).

This dramatic tune with bold melodic gestures and a bar form shape (AAB) is suitable for unison or harmony singing. Use strong accompaniment with a stately tempo.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

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The United Methodist Hymnal #584

Text: Lord, You Give the Great Commission

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)

The United Methodist Hymnal #660

Text: God Is Here

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)

Worship and Rejoice #1

Text: God Is Here!

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

Worship and Rejoice #536

Text: Through the Darkness of the Ages

Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

Worship and Rejoice #548

Text: Come, Great God of All the Ages

Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

Worship and Rejoice #592

Text: Lord, You Give the Great Commission

Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)
Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch, XML)

MIDI file from Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #523
MIDI file from Sing! A New Creation #126
MIDI file from The United Methodist Hymnal #584
MIDI file from The United Methodist Hymnal #660
MIDI file from Worship and Rejoice #1
MIDI file from Worship and Rejoice #536
MIDI file from Worship and Rejoice #548
MIDI file from Worship and Rejoice #592

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Page Scans

Evangelical Lutheran Worship (2006), p.788

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Instances

Instances (57)	First Line	Text Title	Refrain First Line	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Title	Tune Key	Languages	Publication Date
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #5	Come, great God of all the ages	Come, Great God of All the Ages		Mary Jackson Cathey	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2010
Celebrating Grace Hymnal #298	God is here! As we Your people	God Is Here!		Fred Pratt Green	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2010
Chalice Hymnal #280	God is here! As we your people	God Is Here!		Fred Pratt Green	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1995
Chalice Hymnal #459	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission	With the Spirit's gifts empower us	Jeffery Rowthorn	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1995
Christian Worship: supplement #774	Church of God, elect and glorious	Church of God, Elect and Glorious		James E. Seddon, 1915-1983	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1992; Kermit Moldenhauer, b. 1949	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT’S LEIGH	C Major		2008
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #615	Holy Spirit, ever living			Timothy Rees (1874-1939)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2005
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #642	Ye that know the Lord is gracious				Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	D Major	English	2005
Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #682	Go in grace and make disciples			Mary Louise Bringle (b. 1953)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D irregular		ABBOT'S LEIGH	D Major		2005
Common Praise #273	Sing of Andrew, John's disciple	Sing of Andrew, John's Disciple		Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1944-)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 4:12-23; Mark 1:14-20; Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16; John 1:29-42; John 6:1-21; John 12:20-36; Matthew 4:12-23; Mark 1:14-20; Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16; John 1:29-42; John 6:1-21; John 12:20-36	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1998
Common Praise #428	God, who gives to life its goodness	God Who Gives To Life Its Goodness		Walter Henry Farquharson (1936-)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D	Genesis 1:1 - 2:4; Genesis 2:4-9; Genesis 2:15-25; Psalm 148; Psalm 150; Matthew 5:1-12; 1 John 3:16-24	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		1998
Common Praise #433	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission		Jeffery Rowthorn (1954-)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D	Deuteronomy 10:12-22; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 6:1-13; Luke 9:1-6; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Ephesians 4:1-16	ABBOT'S LEIGH	D Flat Major		1998
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #526	God is here! As we your people			Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2006
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #579	Lord, you give the great commission			Jeffery Rowthorn, b. 1934	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2006
Evangelical Lutheran Worship #688	Lord of light, your name outshining		Father, as in highest heaven	Howell E. Lewis, 1860-1953	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2006
Gather Comprehensive #456	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission		Jeffrey Rowthorn, b. 1934	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 28:18	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1994
Gather Comprehensive #741	God is here! As we his people	God Is Here! As We His People		Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	1 Corinthians 12:27-33; 2 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9-10	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1994
Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #466	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission		Jeffery Rowthorn, b. 1934	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT’S LEIGH	C Major	English	2004
Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #737	God is here! As we his people	God Is Here! As We His People		Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT’S LEIGH	C Major	English	2004
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #379	God is Love, let heaven adore him			Timothy Rees, 1874-1939	Cyril Vincent Taylor, b. 1907	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1985
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #511	Holy Spirit, ever living			Timothy Rees, 1874-1939	Cyril Vincent Taylor, b. 1907-	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	D Major	English	1985
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #523	Glorious things of thee are spoken			John Newton, 1725-1807	Cyril Vincent Taylor, 1907-	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1985
Hymnal Supplement II #19	God is here! As we his People	God Is Here!						ABBOT'S LEIGH			1987
Lift Up Your Hearts: psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs #252	Church of God, elect and glorious	Church of God, Elect and Glorious		James E. Seddon	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 6:9-13; Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 5:19-20; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 2:9-10; 1 Peter 2:9-12; Revelation 5:9-10	ABBOT’S LEIGH	C Major		2013
Lutheran Service Book #646	Church of God, elect and glorious	Church of God, Elect and Glorious		James Edward Seddon, 1915-83	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-92	8.7.8.7 D	1 Peter 2:9-10; Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 5:8-10; Revelation 5:9-10	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2006
Presbyterian Hymnal #132	Come, great God of all the ages	Come, Great God of All the Ages		Mary Jackson Cathey	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1990
Presbyterian Hymnal #425	Lord of light, Your name outshining	Lord of Light, Your Name Outshining	Abba, as in highest heaven	Howell Elvet Lewis	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 6:10	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1990
Presbyterian Hymnal #429	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission		Jeffery W. Rowthorn	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 10:9; Luke 23:34; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1990
Presbyterian Hymnal #461	God is here! As we your people	God Is Here!		Fred Pratt Green	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1990
Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #523	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission	with the Spirit's gifts empower us	Jeffery W. Rowthorn	Cyril V. Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 21:19-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; 1 Corinthians 11:25	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1987
Rejoice in the Lord #393	Glorious things of thee are spoken	Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken		John Newton	Cyril Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 46:4; Psalm 87:3; Isaiah 60:18; John 4:10-11; Revelation 1:5-6	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1985
Rejoice in the Lord #424	You that know the Lord is gracious	You That Know the Lord Is Gracious		C. A. Alington	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	1 Peter 2:10; Isaiah 60:18; 1 Corinthians 3:10; 1 Peter 2:4-10	ABBOT'S LEIGH	D Major	English	1985
Renew! #5	God is here! As we your people	God is Here!		Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1995
Renew! #305	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission	With the Spirit's gifts empower us	Jeffery Rowthorn	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1995
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #61	God is here! As we His people Meet to offer praise and prayer							ABBOT'S LEIGH			1985
Sing! A New Creation #126	We have come at Christ's own bidding	We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding		Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2002
Singing the New Testament #233	Church of God, elect and glorious	Church of God, Elect and Glorious		James E. Seddon	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	1 Peter 2:9-12	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2008
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #22a	"Where is bread?" the great crowd murmured--	Where is Bread?		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	John 6:1-15; Luke 9:10-17; Mark 6:32-44; Matthew 14:13-21	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2009
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #28b	Peter Said, "I'm going fishing," so his friends went out with him	Peter Said, "I'm Going Fishing"		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	John 21:1-14	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2009
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #41b	There are many ways of sharing, But God's Spirit gives each one	There Are Many Ways of Sharing		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	1 John 4:7-21; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2009
Songs of Grace: new hymns for God and neighbor #77c	God whose love is always stronger Than our weakness, pride and fear	God Whose Love is Always Stronger		Carolyn Winfrey Gillette	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	1 Corinthians 13:4-5; 1 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Corinthians 12:8-9; John 3:7; John 3:16; John 14:27; John 17:18; Matthew 5:7; Psalm 46:9; Revelation 21:5; Romans 8:22; Romans 8:28-39	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2009
The New Century Hymnal #70	God is here! As we your people	God Is Here! As We Your People Meet		Fred Pratt Green	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABOTT'S LEIGH	C Major		1995
The United Methodist Hymnal #584	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission	With the Spirit's gifts empower us	Jeffery Rowthorn	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 9:2; Luke 23:34	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1989
The United Methodist Hymnal #660	God is here! As we you people	God Is Here		Fred Pratt Green	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1989
The Worshiping Church #70	God is Love, let heaven adore him	God Is Love, let Heaven Adore Him		Timothy Rees	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Romans 6:14; Hebrews 4:15; Genesis 1:9; Psalm 103:13; John 1:1-5; 1 John 4:16	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1990
The Worshiping Church #715	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission	With the Spirit's gifts empower us	Jeffery Rowthorn	Cyril V. Taylor	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 9:2; Luke 23:34	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1990
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #104	We have come at Christ's own bidding	We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding		Carl P. Daw, Jr.	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1996
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #260	God, who gives to life its goodness	God Who Gives To Life Its Goodness		Walter Farquharson	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		1996
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #443	God, we pray at this beginning	God, We Pray at This Beginning		Christopher Redmond	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		1996
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #512	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission		Jeffery W. Rowthorn	Cyril Vincent Taylor	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1996
With One Voice #719	God is here! As we your people	God Is Here!		Fred Pratt Green, b. 1903	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D		ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1995
With One Voice #756	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission	With the Spirit's gifts empow'r us	Jeffery Rowthorn, b. 1934	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	Ephesians 4:11-16; Romans 12:3-18; Acts 1:1-11; Luke 24:44-52	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	1995
Wonder, Love, and Praise: a supplement to the Hymnal 1982 #780	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, you give the great commission	With the Spirit's gifts empower us	Jeffery Rowthorn (b. 1934)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991)	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 9:2; Luke 23:19-20; Luke 23:24	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		1997
Wonder, Love, and Praise: a supplement to the Hymnal 1982 #782	Gracious Spirit, give your servants	Gracious Spirit, give your servants		Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. 1944)	Cyril Vincent Taylor (b. 1907)	8.7.8.7 D	Genesis 1:1-2; Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 4:16-21; John 1:14; John 8:31-32; Hebrews 4:15	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		1997
Worship and Rejoice #1	God is here! As we your people	God Is Here!		Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 2:6; Philippians 2:2; John 10:11; Isaiah 53:11; 1 Corinthians 11:24-25; Luke 24:36; Psalm 46:10; Acts 17:28; Mark 10:45; Hebrews 13:20; Psalm 23:1; John 10:16; Matthew 18:20; Philippians 2:7; Exodus 33:14; John 10:14	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major		2001
Worship and Rejoice #536	Through the darkness of the ages	Through the Darkness of the Ages		Hilary Jolly, 1945-	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	Revelation 22:20; Genesis 1:3-26; Hebrews 11:11; Acts 1:11; Isaiah 53:3-4; Psalm 90:14-15	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2001
Worship and Rejoice #548	Come, great God of all the ages	Come, Great God of All the Ages		Mary Jackson Cathey, 1926-	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	Matthew 16:18; 1 Timothy 3:15; Joel 2:28-32; Ephesians 2:20; Acts 2:17-18; John 1:14	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2001
Worship and Rejoice #592	Lord, you give the great commission	Lord, You Give the Great Commission		Jeffery Rowthorn, 1934-	Cyril V. Taylor, 1907-1991	8.7.8.7 D	Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-22; Matthew 26:26-29; Luke 9:2; Matthew 10:8; Ephesians 4:7-13; Mark 16:15; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; Luke 23:34; Matthew 28:19-20	ABBOT'S LEIGH	C Major	English	2001

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ABBOT'S LEIGH

Contents

ABBOT'S LEIGH

Piano/Organ

Instrumental

Choral

Composer: Cyril Taylor

Tune Information

Texts

Alternative Tunes

Notes

Arrangements

Piano/Organ

Choral

Instrumental

Handbells

Media

The United Methodist Hymnal #584

The United Methodist Hymnal #660

Worship and Rejoice #1

Worship and Rejoice #536

Worship and Rejoice #548

Worship and Rejoice #592

Page Scans

Instances