Author Archives: maddg

In GIA Unbound this is a very new version of an very old text to a very old tune. Alan J. Hommerding has created his take on the “The Prayer of St Francis” for the eight hundredth jubilee of the … Continue reading →

In my random look at songs from GIA Unbound I found this recent Carol Meier song for the Season of Creation set to her arrangement of the traditional tune WAYFARING STRANGER. It works rather well. The sheet music can be … Continue reading →

I have noticed that GIA keep recycling the songs that it displays in the “Unbound” section, so by the time I blog these songs they are no longer highlighted there. They are still recent songs available at GIA in any … Continue reading →

This is another selection from GIA Unbound and is ideal for the season of creation. The text by David Bjorlin is set by William Beckstrand (FOREST FEN). It can also be sung to KINGSFOLD. The words are in the preview … Continue reading →

This is from GIA Unbound and it is Mary’s imagining of the world from the perspective of her baby Jesus. The words by Carol Meier are set to the traditional English tune FOREST GREEN. As always, GIA provide the text … Continue reading →

This song from GIA Unbound finds Alan J. Hommerding finding words to fit the tune WIESBADEN NEW by Keith S. Kalemba. It turns out that “these are everlasting: faith, hope and love.” The sheet music can be bought at GIA … Continue reading →

This is another song from GIA Unbound. Set to BUNESSAN, Eli Cooper-Nelson has provided a text highlighting the wideness and acceptance in God’s love. The sheet music is available for purchase at GIA where the text is in their preview. … Continue reading →

Chris let me known that it is the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Australia’s greatest hymn writer of his era, James McAuley. When you are looking through old hymn books looking for Australian hymns, he is the standout. It … Continue reading →

Every twenty hymns or so in the New Living Parish Hymn book I’ll have a diversion just so I don’t completely regress to the past. As far as I know, GIA don’t have anything like the annual cull and replacement … Continue reading →

This one was also in CWB I, so I covered it there. It’s a pop song from the sixties by Patrick Appleford. The similarity to “Living Doll” is really only the last few notes of each verse. The text is … Continue reading →