Erik Routley

Who was Erik Routley?

Erik Routley was an English Congregational minister, composer and musicologist. He was educated at Lancing College and Magdalen and Mansfield Colleges in Oxford. He was chaplain of Mansfield from 1948 to 1959 and then held appointments as minister in Edinburgh and Newcastle before becoming Professor of Church Music at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey in 1975.

His publications include Congregational Praise, The University Carol Book and critical and historical works on hymnody, church music and carols. He wrote the preface to the Summit Choir Book, and composed the hymn tune Sharpthorne.