Benjamin Rogers (musician)

May Morning on Magdalen Tower by William Holman Hunt: the Magdalen College choir sings, the occasion for the annual performance of the hymn Te O Patrem colimus by Benjamin Rogers

Benjamin Rogers (May 1614 – June 1698) was an English organist and composer, widely known in Europe in his time. Modern taste prefers his consort music, where his reputation in the 18th century was for liturgical music and anthems. His Hymnus Eucharisticus beginning Te O Patrem colimus is sung annually on Magdalen Tower on May Day morning.[1]

  1. ^ Lynan, Peter. "Rogers, Benjamin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23966. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)