Born: Sep­tem­ber 21, 1830, Bide­ford, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

Ed­u­cat­ed at Ex­eter Coll­ege, Ox­ford, Chope served as Cur­ate of Sta­ple­ton (1856); Sher­borne, Dor­set (1858); Up­ton Scud­a­more (1859); and Bromp­ton (1861); & Vi­car of St. Au­gus­tine’s, Queen’s Gate, South Ken­sing­ton, Lon­don (1865). He was one of the orig­in­at­ors of The Choir and Mu­sic­al Re­cord, and was for some time pro­pri­e­tor and as­sist­ant ed­it­or of the Li­ter­a­ry Church­man. His works in­clude:

• Congrega­tional Hymn and Tune Book, 1857
• Carols for Use in Church Dur­ing Christ­mas and Epi­pha­ny, 1875
• Carols for East­er and Other Tides, 1887
• Carols For Use In Church (Lon­don: Will­iam Clowes & Sons, Lim­it­ed, 1894)

Sources

Hymns

1. God’s Dear Son Without Beginning
2. Stars All Bright Are Beaming
3. This Day a Child Is Born

Music

1. St. Cyp­ri­an