John Francis Wade
John Francis Wade (* around 1711; † August 16, 1786 in Lancashire ) was an English sheet music copier . He was best known for the tradition of the Christmas carol Adeste fideles . Whether he is also the author of the song remains to be seen.
Life
Little is known of Wade's life other than a brief obituary in JP Coghlan's Laity Directory of 1787. He was most likely a convert to Catholicism and was trained to write choral notation at the Dominican College in Bornem ( Belgium ) . Wade, a devout Catholic, made his living copying sacred chants circulated among Catholic circles in England. He put this continued even after after the suppression of the second he 1745 Jakobitenaufstandes to Douai in France went into exile. At the Catholic college there, he was responsible for church singing, among other things. He later returned to England, where he can be traced back to 1751 as a pensioner in the house of Nicholas King in Lancashire . He died in 1786 at the age of 75. Some modern reference books incorrectly list him as a Catholic priest, but his obituary explicitly refers to him as a layman .
The English music historian Bennett Zon believes that Wade conveyed Jacobite messages hidden in his manuscripts and considers Adeste fideles to be a hymn to Charles Edward Stuart .
literature
- Hansjakob Becker : Up, believing souls. In: ders. Et al. (Ed.): Geistliches Wunderhorn. 2nd Edition. Ch. H. Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-48094-2 , pp. 437-444.
- Ulrich Parent, Martin Rößler : 45 - Come here, o you believers . In: Gerhard Hahn , Jürgen Henkys (Hrsg.): Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 11 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-525-50334-2 , pp. 17–21 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Henning Schröer : Wade, John Francis. In: Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-50323-7 , pp. 336–337. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
- Dom John Stéphan: The Adeste Fideles. A Study on its Origin and Development . Publications Buckfast Abbey, South Devon 1947 ( online version) .
- Marilyn Kay Stulken: Hymnal Companion to the Lutheran Book of Worship. 2nd Edition. Fortress Press, Philadelphia 1985, ISBN 0-8006-0300-1 , pp. 146-148.
- Bennett Zon: The origin of Adeste fideles. In: Early Music 24 (1966), pp. 279-288, doi: 10.1093 / earlyj / XXIV.2.279 ( preview ).
- Bennett Mitchell Zon: Wade, John Francis. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Bennett Mitchell Zon: Wade, John Francis. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by John Francis Wade in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by John Francis Wade in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
- Entry at cyberhymnal.org
Remarks
- ↑ The phrase "teaching the Latin and Church song" in his obituary led to the misunderstanding that he had also taught Latin.
- ↑ John Julian: A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray, 1907, p. 1600 ( online at Wikimedia Commons ).
- ↑ Carol is 'ode to Bonnie Prince'. BBC, December 18, 2008, accessed January 14, 2016 .
- ↑ 'O Come All Ye Faithful' - Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Christmas Carol. In: News & Events: News. Durham University , December 19, 2008, accessed January 14, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wade, John Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English copyist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1711 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1786 |
| Place of death | unsure: Lancashire |