Erik Routley

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1917-10-31
gptkbp:contributedTo Congregational Praise (1951)
Rejoice in the Lord (1985)
gptkbp:deathDate 1982-10-08
gptkbp:denomination Congregationalist
gptkbp:education gptkb:Magdalen_College,_Oxford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Erik Routley
gptkbp:knownFor influential work in hymnology
promoting contemporary church music
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork Hymns and Human Life
The Music of Christian Hymns
Twentieth Century Church Music
gptkbp:occupation composer
minister
musicologist
hymnologist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Brighton,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee,_USA
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:servedAs minister at St. James's Congregational Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
editor of Congregational Praise
minister at St. Nicholas' Church, Oxford
professor at Westminster Choir College
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Scott
gptkbp:wrote over 40 books
numerous hymn tunes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Congregational_Praise
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7