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Study Resources :: Music Resources :: Music beginning with 'A' :: Richard Frederick Littledale

Hymns / Music :: Richard Frederick Littledale

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Born: September 14, 1833, Dublin, Ireland.

Died: January 11, 1890, London, England.

Pseudonyms:

  • A. L. P.
  • B. T.
  • D. L. [Dr. Littledale]
  • F. R. [Frederick Richard]
  • P. C. E. [Priest of the Church of England]

Littledale attended Bective House Seminary, and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. In 1852 he became a University Scholar; in 1854, he was first class in Classics and gold medalist; in 1856, he won the Berkeley gold medal for Greek, and other awards. He graduated B.A., 1855; M.A., 1858; LL.D., 1862; and D. C. L. at Oxford, 1862.

Littledale took Holy Orders in 1856, and served as curate at St. Matthew’s Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich (1856-1857), and at St. Mary the Virgin, Soho, London (1857-1861). In 1861, he retired due to ill health, and devoted himself to literature. He published about 50 works, covering subjects in theology, history, liturgy, and hymnology, including:

  • Application of Colour to the Decoration of Churches, 1857
  • Catholic Ritual in the Church of England, 1861
  • Religious Communities of Women in the Early Church, 1862
  • Offices of the Holy Eastern Church, in the Original Greek, 1863
  • Carols for Christmas and Other Seasons, 1863
  • The Altar Manual, 1863-77
  • The Priest’s Prayer Book, with hymns, 1864
  • The People’s Hymnal, 1867
  • The Children’s Bread. A Communion Office for the Young, with hymns, 1868
  • Primitive Liturgies and Translations, 1868-69 (co-edited with John Mason Neale)
  • Continuation of John Mason Neale’s Commentary on the Psalms, 1868-74
  • Commentary on the Song of Songs, 1869
  • Children at Calvary: being the Stations of the Cross in Metre for Singing, 1872
  • The Christian Passover, 1873
  • The Petrine Claims, 1878-1884
  • Plain Reasons against Joining the Church of Rome, 1880
  • Short History of the Council of Trent, and several articles in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1882-1888

Littledale’s hymnological works in verse include translations from Danish, Swedish, Greek, Latin, Syriac, German, and Italian.

Hymns:

  1. Captain of Salvation
  2. Cedar of Lebanon, Plant of Renown, The
  3. Christ, on Whose Face the Soldiers
  4. Christ, Our Song We Lift to Thee
  5. Christ, Our Sun, on Us Arose
  6. Christ, the Lord, Whose Mighty Hand
  7. Christ, Who Hast for Sinners Suffered
  8. Clouds of Sorrow Rest upon Mine Eyes, The
  9. Day Is Past and Gone
  10. Eternal Shepherd, God Most High
  11. Eternal Wisdom, God Most High
  12. Fight is O’er, the Crown Is Won, The
  13. From Hidden Source Arising
  14. God Eternal, Infinite
  15. God the Father, from on High
  16. God the Father, God the Son
  17. Hidden Savior, Great High Priest
  18. I Believe in God the Father
  19. I Worship Thee, Lord Jesu
  20. In Paradise Reposing
  21. In Songs of Glad Thanksgiving
  22. Lord Jesu, by Thy Passion
  23. Lord, Whose Goodwill Is Ever Sure
  24. Now the Sun Is in the Skies
  25. O God of Mercy, God of Love
  26. O God, Who Metest in Thine Hand
  27. O God, Whose Sole Begotten Left
  28. O Jesu, in Thy Torture
  29. O Lord, to Whom the Spirits Live
  30. O Sing to the Lord, Whose Bountiful Hand
  31. Set upon Sion’s Wall
  32. Spirit Blest, Who Art Adored
  33. We Are Marching through the Desert
  34. When the Day Hath Come at Last
  35. Wintry Time Hath Ended, The
    36.

Translations:

  1. Come Down, O Love Divine

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