Monthly Archives: April 2019

CWB II gives three settings of the Pentecost Sequence. They all use Peter Scagnelli’s translation of Veni Sancte Spiritus a C13 sequence attributed to Stephen Langdon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, or possibly Pope Innocent III. 378a/b is chant mode 1 … Continue reading →

I think we can knock this over in one blog post. 372 A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing 373 Clap Your Hands All You Nations 374 Glorious in Majesty This one is an absolute delight. It is a relic … Continue reading →

Rounding out the Easter songs in CWB II is this song associated with Lutheran worship, which according to CWB II has no author – they just say based on Rev 5. Other sources say it is a translation by John … Continue reading →

369 This Day Was Made by the Lord “Who Are You Who Walk in Sorrow” is an Easter text by Herman G. Stuempfle Jnr set to HOLY MANNA by William Moore. The text is here and it is more usually … Continue reading →

I’m still in CWB II’s Easter section and have done: 367 The Day of Resurrection! The next song is by Swiss hymn writer Edmund Louis Budry and translated by Richard Birch Holye and set to MACCABEUS which is adapted from … Continue reading →