The English Hymnal
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The English Hymnal is a hymn book which was published in 1906 for the Church of England by Oxford University Press. It was edited by the clergyman and writer Percy Dearmer and the composer and music h
Front cover
Percy Dearmer (c. 1890)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1913)
Hymns Ancient and Modern
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Hymns Ancient and Modern is a hymnal in common use within the Church of England, a result of the efforts of the Oxford Movement. The hymnal was first published in 1861.
The English Hymnal
…along with the Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, "undermined the uniformity of the Church of England and successfully challenged [the] hegemony" of Hymns Ancient and Modern, of which a new and revised edition had been published two years previous. The book is a characteristic green colour and is sometimes associated with…
Title page to the first edition, 1861
William Henry Monk, original editor of the hymnal.
The New Standard Edition on a stall in Bath Abbey.