Hymn tune
DIES IRAE (DYKES)
DIES IRAE (DYKES) is a hymn tune in 8.8.8.8.8.8, composed by John Bacchus Dykes (1823–1876) (1861). In a hymnal the tune has a name of its own, printed in capitals, because the same music carries many texts: any hymn written in its meter can be sung to it.
25 hymns in this library share its meter and can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 221. Tune from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. %OHARRANGER unknown assumed Dykes, John Bacchus (1823-1876)). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to DIES IRAE (DYKES), with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Other texts in the same meter
- Faith of Our Fathers — Faith of our fathers! living still
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel — O come, O come, Immanuel,
- The Good Shepherd — The Lord my pasture shall prepare
- Praise to God for His Goodness and Truth — I'll praise my Maker whilst I've breath:
- Eternal Father! strong to save — Eternal Father! strong to save,
- Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me — Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
- Sweet Savior, Bless Us Ere We Go — O Saviour, bless us ere we go;
- Wrestling Jacob — Come, O Thou Traveller unknown,
- Lo! God is here let us adore — Lo! God is here! let us adore,
- When Gathering Clouds — When gath'ring clouds around I view,
- Christ in You, the Hope of Glory — Thou hidden love of God, whose height,
- God of Our Fathers — God of our fathers, known of old,