GODMANSTONE

GODMANSTONE

Composer: Cyril Taylor
Published in 2 hymnals


Composer: Cyril Taylor

Cyril V. Taylor (b. Wigan, Lancashire, England, 1907; d. Petersfield, England, 1992) was a chorister at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford, and Westcott House, Cambridge. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1932, he served the church as both pastor and musician. His positions included being a producer in the religious broadcasting department of the BBC (1939­1953), chaplain of the Royal School of Church Music (1953-1958), vicar of Cerne Abbas in Dorsetshire (1958-1969), and precentor of Salisbury Cathedral (1969-1975). He contributed twenty hymn tunes to the BBC Hymn Book (1951), which he edited, and other tunes to the Methodist Hymns and Psalms (1983). He also edited 100 Hymns for Today (1969)… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: GODMANSTONE
Composer: Cyril Taylor
Meter: 8.8.8.4
Incipit: 12455 67555 51175
Key: C Major/c minor or modal
Copyright: Music by permission of Oxford University Press

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Instances

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Together in Song #633

Include 1 pre-1979 instance
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