Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 37 · British Voices of the Nineteenth Century · Page 57 in print
John Bacchus Dykes
At Durham Cathedral, John Bacchus Dykes strengthened the choir’s work through more rehearsals and music festivals.
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Canonry
The cathedral position Dykes retained.
Chope
The compiler whose 1857 collection printed Dykes’s tunes.
Durham
The city where Dykes served.
Festival
A musical event Dykes introduced at Durham.
Hull
Dykes’s birthplace.
John Dykes
The composer John Bacchus Dykes.
Malton
The parish of Dykes’s first curacy.
Melita
Dykes’s tune for “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”.
Nicaea
Dykes’s tune for “Holy, Holy, Holy”.
Piano
An instrument Dykes studied as a child.
Rehearsal
Part of Dykes’s program for improving the Durham choir.
St Oswald
The dedication of Dykes’s Durham parish church.
Violin
An instrument Dykes studied as a child.
Wakefield
The town where Dykes attended school.
Yorkshire
The county of Dykes’s Malton curacy.
Sources
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900: Dykes, John BacchusWilliam Barclay Squire, Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900), public domain
- John DykesBert Polman, Hymnary biography
- Melita Dykes (tune)Hymnary tune authority record
- Nicaea Dykes (tune)Hymnary tune authority record