OTTERY ST. MARY

OTTERY ST. MARY

Composer: Henry G. Ley
Published in 6 hymnals


Composer: Henry G. Ley

Born: December 30, 1887, Chagford, Devonshire, England. Died: August 24, 1962, near Ottery, Devonshire, England. Ley trained as a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, as a music scholar at Uppingham, the Royal College of Music, and as an organ scholar at Keble College, Oxford. He was Precentor of Radley College; organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (1909-26); Choragus of the University, Oxford; professor of the organ at the Royal College of Music (1919); and organist at Eton College. Sources: Frost, p. 680 West, p. 87 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/e/y/ley_hg.htm  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: OTTERY ST. MARY
Composer: Henry G. Ley
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Incipit: 11112 23134 54322
Key: e minor
Copyright: By permission of the Executors of the late H. G. Ley

Timeline

Instances

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Text

Ancient and Modern #528

Esperanta Himnaro #2a

Hinário para o Culto Cristão #589

Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #429b

Text

The New English Hymnal #41a

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #88

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