Monthly Archives: May 2026

This Easter hymn is a bit much I think, I can’t imagine it being sung these days due to the militaristic overtones – let me know if you still use it. The text is a C17 Latin hymn with a … Continue reading →

Those following along will have noticed I’ve been at this hymnal for about a month and I’m still in the “A”s. I didn’t blog this Christmas song until it came up in the OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, where it was … Continue reading →

This very old morning hymn is very new to me, but a metrical hymn makes like easy for me after a few chants. The text is C17 by Thomas Ken and it is here set to MELCOMBE (C18, Samuel Webbe). … Continue reading →

More chant. Ave Verum Corpus is a C13 song for Eucharist and Benediction and is attributed to Pope Innocent VI (or V or IV or III). It has umpteen settings and I have done Mozart’s here, but this is plainsong … Continue reading →

John de Luca thought this chant did not work in English so he devised a macaronic version of the text, combining the English with Latin, that he thought worked better. It is his arrangement of a plainsong Ave Maria. I … Continue reading →

This is an ancient chant for Lent from the New Living Parish Hymn Book, sadly out of print but very much worth getting if you find one second hand. I think the accompaniment book of this hymnal − plus Together … Continue reading →

This is an Easter hymn based on a C7 Latin hymn translated by Robert Campbell (C19) and set to SALZBURG by Jacob Hintze (C17). The sheet music is here in the same arrangement as in this Hymn book. Godsongs has … Continue reading →