Author Archives: maddg

I’m continuing my survey of songs in Voices As One  Volume 2. This is a lovely chant by Joseph Sabolick. The lyrics are here. The sheet music is available to purchase for download at various sites on the net including an … Continue reading →

This song is being used at RS’s parish. The moving text is by Genevieve Glen OSB and set to MORRIS-RADER by Scot Crandel. The tune starts out conventional and goes all unexpected on us at the end of each verse. … Continue reading →

This is a joyous song from Paul A. Tate that sounds a lot of fun to sing.  There is a counter melody that you can hear in the You-Tube clip below. It could be used at Christmas, the Easter season … Continue reading →

Entrance: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Psalm 62 (McKenna) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God. Gifts: The Summons (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149 Communion: Bread of Heaven (Manibusan-Hart) Seed Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 Thanksgiving: O Sacred Flame … Continue reading →

I have actually already blogged this song here when I was going through As One Voice: Next Generation, but commented on the arrangement, which was very slow. The arrangement here is nearly twice as fast and handles the repeats differently so … Continue reading →

I’m slowly making my way learning songs in Voices As One Vol 2 from WLP I’ve already blogged Angotti’s Come to the Table (226), which me brings me to Angotti’s “Veni, Creator Spiritus”. It is placed here as a prelude to … Continue reading →

This John Angotti song is a solo vehicle with a fiddly tune, bridge and several key changes that make an interesting song but not one for the assembly. It has a touch of the show tune to it. The sheet music … Continue reading →

This is an interesting idea. Steven C Warner of the Notre Dame Folk Choir has written a refrain that can use verses based on either Psalm 23 or 34.  He has four verses for each suggested for a cantor but they … Continue reading →

This is a funky gathering hymn by John Angotti. It suggests the verses and the bridge be sung by a cantor, which is probably correct as the verses have varying tunes and the bridge is pitched very high.  The chorus … Continue reading →

Entrance: Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Psalm 31 (McKenna) Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Gifts: Blessed be Our God (McKenna) AOV NG 13 Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33 Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Thanksgiving: The … Continue reading →