DEBENHAM

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: DEBENHAM
Composer: Richard Redhead
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Incipit: 56654 33212 35165
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Come, Thou long expected Jesus

Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel's strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.

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The Incarnation

May the Grace of Christ Our Savior

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Children's Hymnal #26b

Children's Hymnal #56

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Church Hymns #38a

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Church Hymns #157

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Church Hymns #413

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CPWI Hymnal #824

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #572

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #42

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Hymns of the Faith #39

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Hymns of the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ #171

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The Church Hymnary #107

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The Lutheran Hymnary #190

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The New Christian Hymnal #69

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The New Christian Hymnal #343

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The Scottish Hymnal #154

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