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03/17/2004 Entry: "Sydney Carter"
I've just heard that the hymnwriter Sydney Carter has died. I can't believe that his passing hasn't been more widely reported. Though many of his hymns are deprecated by some, he had a real gift for combining lively folk tunes with vivid words and there is no doubt that he leaves a lasting legacy to the church. God bless.
Thanks, if that's the word I'm looking for, to The Wibsite and Rhys for bearing the sad news.
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I remember singing Lord of the Dance as a preadolescent, before I really understood what it was about.
Posted by Douglas @ 03/17/2004 04:59 AM GMT
I first remember hearing "The Lord Of The Dance" on a recording by the British comedy duo of Flanders and Swann back in the 50s or 60s.
Posted by C . Sickles @ 03/17/2004 03:51 PM GMT
You probably mean "Songs of Faith and Doubt", on which Donald Swann sang the songs of Sydney Carter. More information about that on this Donald Swann site.
I've also updated my wiblog with more Sydney Carter links, in case anyone's interested.
It's been a thoroughly rubbish week for finding out about musicians I respect dying, as it's only now that I find out that Simon Jeffes, grand conspirator behind the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, died in 1997. How on earth did I miss that?
Posted by Rhys @ 03/18/2004 10:06 AM GMT
Probably was "Songs of Faith and Doubt" That I heard it on. I don't have that recording any more, but in looking through what I have left I found a British EMI recording (EMCM 3088) titled," and then we wrote....A review of revues by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann". First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Eve, 1974. Compiled and produced by John Dyas. I had a 50 year collection of records when I moved from Ohio to Florida after retirement and I had to get rid of most of it when I moved.
Posted by Carroll Sickles @ 03/18/2004 02:54 PM GMT
