Ancient and Modern #130a
Tune Title: QUAM DILECTA First Line: My spirit longs for thee Composer: Henry Lascelles Jenner (1820--1898) Meter: 66 66 Key: F Major Date: 2013
Ancient and Modern #130a

Jenner, Henry Lascelles, D.D., was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (LL.B. 1841, in honours; D.D. 1867). Taking Holy Orders in 1843, he held several appointments until 1866, when he was consecrated Bishop of Dunedin. He retired in 1871. He is at present [1891] vicar of Preston-next-Wingham, Diocese of Canterbury, to which he was presented in 1854. His hymn in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, "Christians, sing out with exultation" (Christmas), is a translation of "Faisons éclater notre joie." See p. 391, ii.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >| Title: | QUAM DILECTA (Jenner) |
| Composer: | Henry Lascelles Jenner (1861) |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6 |
| Incipit: | 34332 15632 12235 |
| Key: | F Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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