ST. DUNSTAN (Redhead)

Composer: Richard Redhead

Richard Redhead (b. Harrow, Middlesex, England, 1820; d. Hellingley, Sussex, England, 1901) was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford. At age nineteen he was invited to become organist at Margaret Chapel (later All Saints Church), London. Greatly influencing the musical tradition of the church, he remained in that position for twenty-five years as organist and an excellent trainer of the boys' choirs. Redhead and the church's rector, Frederick Oakeley, were strongly committed to the Oxford Movement, which favored the introduction of Roman elements into Anglican worship. Together they produced the first Anglican plainsong psalter, Laudes Diurnae (1843). Redhead spent the latter part of his career as organist at St. Mary Magdalene Church in… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. DUNSTAN (Redhead)
Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 33234 43551 6445
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

When Our Heads Are Bowed with Woe

When our heads are bowed with woe,
When our bitter tears o'erflow,
When we mourn the lost, the dear,
Jesu, Son of Mary, hear.

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The Cyber Hymnal #7379
Text: When Our Heads Are Bowed with Woe
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Small Church Music #3369
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CPWI Hymnal #156

Protestant Madagascar Hymnal, 2001 #566a

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Small Church Music #1878

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Small Church Music #3369

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The Cyber Hymnal #1099

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The Cyber Hymnal #2866

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The Cyber Hymnal #7379

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The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #P85c

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