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He was as hymn-writer, author and canon born in
Shrewsbury, England as the youngest son of Charles Oakeley, Bart. who was
Governer of Madras, India. He studied
at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1827 he was made Fellow of Balliol followed
by joining the Tractarian Party.
He held the position of prebendary at Lichfield Cathedral in 1832,
and becoming a preacher he was heard at Whitehall, London, in 1837 and Margaret
Chapel, London, in 1839, but often returned to Oxford to visit his friend
W.G. Ward. After standing by
his friend in 1845 when he had been condemned, and also defending Tract CS
he was suspended by his bishop.
He decided to move into a Littlemore community and within a month or
two moved into the Catholic Church.
He took further studies at St. Edmond's College and was ordained in
1847 which led to him holding a position as rector of St. John's Islington,
London and canon at the Westminster chapter. As an author his works include Aristotelian and
Platonic Ethics, Homilies, Whitehall Sermons and Lyra Liturgic:
Reflections in Verse for Holy Days and Seasons, and as a hymn writer
and translator his most famous work was the 1841 translation from Latin to
English of "Adeste, Fideles" which he would rename "O Come All ye Faithful". He died in Islington, London, in
1880 aged 77.
Adeste, Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
recordings
Black Dyke Mills Band
Chandos 4541 (CD: A Christmas Fantasy)
Boston Pops
Philips 416 287 - 2 (CD: We Wish You a Merry Christmas)
Conductor - John
Williams
DG 419 414-2 (CD: White Christmas)
Conductor - Arthur
Fiedler
RCA 09026-61685-2 (CD: Pops Christmas Party)
Conductor - Arthur
Fiedler
Sony SK 48232 (CD: Joy to the World)
Conductor - John
Williams
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Naxos 8.990005 (CD: Joy to the World)
Conductor - Richard Hayman
Rochester Pops Orchestra
Koch CHD 1531 (CD: Joy to the World - Carols for
Orchestra and Chorus)
St Louis
Philharmonic Orchestra
Sonari records - 7 55724 00272 3 (CD: Christmas with
the Philharmonic)
Conductor - Robert
Hart Baker
Sources:
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11173a.htm
- http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/o/a/oakeley_f.htm
- http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Notes_On_Carols/adeste_fideles.htm
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