William Chatterton Dix
William Chatterton Dix wrote Anglican hymns and carols that remain in wide use, among them As with Gladness Men of Old, Alleluia! Sing to Jesus, and the Christmas carol What Child Is This?.
His original texts appear across modern hymn-books, alongside carols such as The Manger Throne and To You, O Lord, Our Hearts We Raise. He also cast Eastern Christian material into English metre, drawing on translations from the Greek and from Abyssinian sources. The words carry a clear high-church devotion and sit as readily with traditional tunes as with later folk and jazz-inflected settings for congregational singing.
Compositions by William Chatterton Dix appear on
Ding Dong Merrily on High
A baker's dozen of well-loved traditional Christmas carols featuring children's and men's voices. Recorded in the magnificent acoustics of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.
Move Two Mix: Music for the Contemporary Church
Move Two Mix gathers religious songs and hymns with music by Jim Minchin, marrying familiar sacred texts to jazz- and folk-inflected settings. First issued in 1968, this pioneering Melbourne recording brought contemporary idioms into church worship.