Patrick Appleford
Patrick Robert Norman Appleford (1925–9 December 2018)
Appleford found his vocation to the priesthood at
Music
His hymn "Lord Jesus Christ (Living Lord)", for which he wrote both music and text, is found in at least seventeen hymnals worldwide and has been translated into several languages.[3]
The music of his "New English Mass" set the emerging modern-language English texts of the Church of England communion service for congregational accessibility, establishing a trend which has been followed by many other composers of liturgical music.
References
- ^ a b "Deaths". Church Times. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Fox, Michael (21 December 2018). "Obituary: Canon Patrick Appleford". Church Times. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Lord Jesus Christ". hymnary.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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