Author Archives: maddg

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Michael Mangan closes out his album Setting Hearts on Fire appropriately, with a lovely song for farewell and benediction based on Numbers 6. The sheet music can be purchased at Litmus, where you can buy CDs and even proper backing … Continue reading →

This one is combined recitation and song suitable for weddings. It is found on Michael Mangan’s Setting Hearts on Fire available for purchase at Litmus. It is based on 1 Corinthians 13. My backing is just the sung section twice … Continue reading →

At this point in Michael Mangan’s Setting Hearts on Fire there are three songs for Eucharist. I have already blogged “Given For You” and “The Bread of Life” so I can move onto “One Body, One People”. Mangan notes that this … Continue reading →