John Maude Neale

John Maude Neale was an English hymn translator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Working within the Anglican tradition, he contributed to the expansion of the English hymnal through translations of Latin and other language hymns. His work helped enrich the Church of England's musical and liturgical repertoire during a period of significant hymnal revision. Neale's translations reflected the Victorian era's interest in recovering and adapting historical religious texts for contemporary worship.

Hymn Texts (7)

• That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright (400) · L.M.
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (800) · L.M. with refrain
• All Glory Laud and Honor (820) · 7.6.7.6 D
• Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (1350) · 6.6.7.6.6.7.5.5.7.8
• O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing (1490) · 8.8.8 with alleluias
• O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair (1851) · 8.7.8.7 D
• Good Christian Friends Rejoice (1853) · 8.8.8.8 with refrain

Translations (1)

• Rise Thou Light of Gentile Nations (1870)