Aberystwyth (hymn tune)
"Aberystwyth" is a hymn tune composed by Joseph Parry, written in 1876 and first published in 1879 in Edward Stephen's Ail Lyfr Tonau ac Emynau (Welsh for Second Book of Tunes and Hymns).[1][2] Parry was at the time the first professor and head of the new department of music at the recently founded University College Wales, Aberystwyth, now called Aberystwyth University.
History[]
The tune "Aberystwyth" has been the most popular setting for Charles Wesley's hymn "Jesus, Lover of My Soul".[3]
Legacy[]
Some claim the melody of South Africa's former anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, is derived from this hymn.[4] While others have called the connection far fetched. [5]
Music[]
Gallery[]
Plaque to commemorate the 1st performance of the hymn tune "Aberystwyth" on Aberystwyth town's former English Congregational church, now a medical surgery
Church Surgery, Aberystwyth, formally the English Congregationalist Church
References[]
- ^ The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
- ^ Let the People Sing: Hymn Tunes in Perspective, Paul Westermeyer, page 217
- ^ Hymnary.org
- ^ "An Anthem To Ignorance – The Case of 'Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika'". The Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property [Stellenbosch University]. 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ "How many national athems are plagiarised?". BBC News. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- Compositions by Joseph Parry
- Hymn tunes
- Aberystwyth
- National symbols of Tanzania
- National symbols of Zambia
- National symbols of South Africa
- 1879 songs