Author Archives: maddg

This is a text by Edwin Hatch set to ST COLUMBA. The text is at the indispensable Godsongs site along with suggestion for alternative tunes.   I’ve already posted a backing of this tune here.  

This is a TAIZE chant based on Psalm 137 by Jaques Berthier. The text and sheet music are at Hymnary. (Where they say it is based on two other psalms but there you go – it’s loose either way)   … Continue reading →

This is a terrific text by John Bell set to his arrangement of BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL an Scottish folk song. There is public domain sheet music for this old tune easily found on the internet. The text and the melody … Continue reading →

At St Peter’s, Rochedale in Queensland, the music team have selected: Entrance: Glory and Praise to Our God (Schutte) AOV 1/16 Psalm 119 (O’Brien) Happy are they who follow the law of the Lord. Gifts: God Has Chosen Me (Farrell) AOV … Continue reading →

This a lovely hymn by Richard Connolly.  He usually set the hymn texts of the Australian poet James McAuley, but these words he wrote himself. The text and melody are at Hymnary but you might already have it in the … Continue reading →

Set to the tune SLANE, this text is a song of praise by Jack Copley Winslow. The text is here. I’ve posted the tune before here.  

This text by Michael Perry is set to Beethoven’s “Hymn to Joy”. The text is at the wonderful  Hope Publishing. The sheet music is here but you know the tune, which I unnecessarily and tastelessly blogged here. I’m sure it … Continue reading →

I’m going through the hymn section of GA looking for songs I have not already blogged.  This one is one of Jacques Berthier’s chants from TAIZE. Hymnary have the text and the sheet music of the ostinato refrain. The text … Continue reading →

We will go back to Jenny O’Brien’s psalm settings for a while. Entrance: We Are Called (Haas) AOV 2/60 Psalm 112 (O’Brien) A light rises in the darkness for the upright. Gifts: Beatitudes (Balhoff- Ducote) Communion: Bread Broken, Wine Shared (Horner) AOV … Continue reading →

I can skip a few more that I have already blogged to get to this song by the matchless Ruth Duck. I like the sincere simplicity of the text a lot and the tune is memorable. The text is at … Continue reading →