William Chatterton Dix ( born William Chatterton Dix ; June 14, 1837 - September 9, 1898 ) is an English author of religious hymns and Christmas songs.
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Born in Bristol , England , in the family of surgeon John Ross Dix. William received his middle name in honor of the English poet Thomas Chatterton [4] . After graduating, he worked as a manager at an insurance company in Glasgow , Scotland until his death.
At the age of 29, Dicks became seriously ill, as a result of which he was bedridden for several months. Despite the ensuing depression, many well-known works were created in that period [5] [6] .
Among Dix's most famous religious hymns are As with Gladness Men of Old , What Child Is This? , To you, O Lord, our hearts we raise and Alleluia! Sing to Jesus .
William Chatterton Dicks died on September 9, 1898 in the village of Cheddar , Somerset , England . He was buried in the parish church of Cheddar.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ Bailey, Albert Edward. The Gospel in Hymns. - New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950 .-- P. 359.
- ↑ Robert Guy McCutchan (1937) Our hymnody, a manual of the Methodist hymnal
- ↑ John Telford (1934) The new Methodist hymn-book illustrated in history and experience
Links
- William Chatterton Dicks on Find a Grave