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Lucerna Laudoni
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Wikipedia article
'Lucerna Laudoni' is a hymn tune by David Evans ("E. Arthur") (18741948), commonly used for the text For the beauty of the earth, composed in 1927.
Composition and publication
Lucerna Laudoni was composed under the pseudonym "Edward Arthur" and published in the Revised Church Hymnary in 1927. It is said to have been inspired by the view from a hill near the composer's home town of Bath.[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/12103-B.pdf Luff, Alan. Notes to 'The English Hymn Volume 3', Hyperion CD 12013 (2002)]
The copyright was held by Oxford University Press, until copyright expired at the end of 2018.
Other uses
Although the hymn tune was written for the text For the beauty of the earth, it has also more recently been used for 'Martyrs, you were Christ below' in "Hymns for the Church" (the official hymnal of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea). It has also been used as an alternative tune for the text 'God of mercy, God of grace' by Henry Francis Lyte.
References
Category:Hymn tunes
Category:1927 songs
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