NICAEA

NICAEA is a hymn tune in 6.6.6.6.6.6.5.5, 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.

In this library it is the tune for 1 hymn, listed below.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 135. 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 NICAEA, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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