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The English Hymnal was published in 1906 for the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 under the editorship of Percy Dearmer
Percy Dearmer

The Reverend Percy Dearmer Master of Arts , DD, was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, an Anglo-Catholicism liturgical manual....
 and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams Order of Merit was an England composer of symphony, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film Film score. He was also a collector of England folk music and folk song; this also influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, which began in 1904, many folk song arrangements being set as hymn tunes,...
. The preface to the hymnal began with the statement, "A collection of the best hymns in the English language." Much of the contents was used for the first time at St Mary's Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill

:For other uses, see Primrose Hill Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in North London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district....
 in north London, and the book could be considered a musical companion to Dearmer's book on English ceremonial, 'The Parson's Handbook'.

The high quality of the music is due largely to the work of Vaughan Williams as musical editor.






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The English Hymnal was published in 1906 for the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 under the editorship of Percy Dearmer
Percy Dearmer

The Reverend Percy Dearmer Master of Arts , DD, was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, an Anglo-Catholicism liturgical manual....
 and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams Order of Merit was an England composer of symphony, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film Film score. He was also a collector of England folk music and folk song; this also influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, which began in 1904, many folk song arrangements being set as hymn tunes,...
. The preface to the hymnal began with the statement, "A collection of the best hymns in the English language." Much of the contents was used for the first time at St Mary's Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill

:For other uses, see Primrose Hill Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in North London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district....
 in north London, and the book could be considered a musical companion to Dearmer's book on English ceremonial, 'The Parson's Handbook'.

The high quality of the music is due largely to the work of Vaughan Williams as musical editor. The standard of the arrangements and original compositions made it one of the most influential hymnals of the 20th century. The hymnal included the first printing of several arrangements and hymn settings by Vaughan Williams. Among the most famous is Sine Nomine, a tune to "For All the Saints
For all the Saints

"For All the Saints" was written as a processional hymn by the Anglican Bishop William Walsham How. The hymn was first printed in Hymns for Saint's Days, and Other Hymns, by Earl Nelson, 1864....
". The hymnal also includes many original plainsong
Plainsong

Plainsong is a body of traditional songs used in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. The liturgies of the Eastern Orthodox Church, though similar in many ways and probably older than the Roman tradition, are generally not classified as plainsong....
 melodies (in plainsong notation).

The book is a characteristic green colour and is traditionally associated with the High Church or Anglo-Catholic movement within Anglicanism
Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a tradition of Christianity faith. Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs, worship and church structures....
. When the book was published, High and Broad churches used Hymns Ancient and Modern
Hymns Ancient and Modern

Hymns Ancient and Modern was a hymnal in common use within the Church of England. Over the years it has grown into a large family of hymnals....
, and Evangelical churches normally used the Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer
Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayer is the common title of a number of prayer books of the Church of England and used throughout the Anglican Communion. The first book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI of England, was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Roman Catholic Church....
. The hymnal has, however, been adopted in not only various movements of Anglicanism
Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a tradition of Christianity faith. Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs, worship and church structures....
 but in several other denominations in Britain, such as some Roman Catholic churches.

A new edition of the musical content of The English Hymnal was issued in 1933, and a supplement to the Hymnal, English Praise, in 1975.

The New English Hymnal
New English Hymnal

The New English Hymnal is an Anglican hymn book and liturgy source first published as such in 1986. It was published by The Canterbury Press now SCM Canterbury Press, but copyright is held by The English Hymnal Company Limited....
 appeared in 1986, and its supplement, New English Praise in 2006 - both under the imprint of the Canterbury Press, now SCM Canterbury Press

See also

  • The New English Hymnal (1986)
    New English Hymnal

    The New English Hymnal is an Anglican hymn book and liturgy source first published as such in 1986. It was published by The Canterbury Press now SCM Canterbury Press, but copyright is held by The English Hymnal Company Limited....


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