Monthly Archives: October 2018

Time for a break from blogging…

… I’ll resume in a couple of weeks.

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O Emmanuel CWB II 241

Just when it appears there is nothing but traditional hymns for Advent, CWB II drops this Michael Mangan bombshell. Admittedly it is twenty-three years old already but it was not originally written in Latin so that is a point of … Continue reading

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O come, divine Messiah! CWBII 240

This is another traditional hymn for Advent. The text is by Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745), translated by Sister Mary of St Philip in 1877. The tune is VENEZ DIVIN MESSIE a sixteenth century French tune that is a 6/8 carol … Continue reading

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Hark! a herald voice is calling CWBII 239

I guess if I persist with CWBII I’m going to get an education in the more traditional side of catholic hymnody. This fine Advent song is a nineteenth century translation by Edward Caswall of a ? fifth to ninth century … Continue reading

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Comfort, comfort now my people CWBII 238

I’ve blogged: 237 My Soul in Stillness Waits (Haugen) (in Gather Australia 280 but better set out in CWBII and with chords!) This is another traditional song for Advent from CWBII. The text is from 1671 based on Isaiah 40:1-5 … Continue reading

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Eternal God Who Made the Stars / Conditor alme siderum CWBII 236

I’ve already covered: 234 Come, Lord Jesus, Come (Mangan) 235 Sing Out Earth and Skies (Haugen) This is a newish non rhyming translation from Mount Saint Bernard Abbey of a Latin text, which is somewhere from seventh to tenth century … Continue reading

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Come to Set Us Free CWBII 233

I’ve already blogged this song because it is As One Voice (1/39). It is also in Gather Australia (277). The arrangement appears identical to that in Gather Australia but wins over that, because it is all on two pages rather … Continue reading

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Come, O Long Expected Jesus CWBII 232

It’s too wet to do much else here today, so I might make a start on CWBII in Volume 2 with songs for Advent with this Charles Wesley text that I haven’t blogged before. Fair warning, if I keep to … Continue reading

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The Power of the Spirit by Paul Mason

I’m still looking for a next project, as I have been looking at Australian songwriters and have done some Chris DeSilva, Brian Boniwell, Leo Watt and Michael Mangan. There is an astonishing treasury of Michael Herry songs that are available … Continue reading

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Music for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 20th/21st October

Entrance: Gather As One (McKenna) AOV NG 48 Psalm 32 (McKenna) Lord let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you. Gifts: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115 Communion: In the Breaking of the Bread (Hurd)  AOV 1/58 Thanksgiving: … Continue reading

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