Author Archives: maddg

In my copy of the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book I find: 34 America 35 America the Beautiful I’m not touching these songs as they seem quite out of place – not liturgical and not devotional, but then I’m not American. Perhaps … Continue reading →

I’ve already noted these songs from the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book: 31 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus 32 Amazing Grace …which brings us to “Amén. El Cuerpo de Cristo.” This is a bilingual Spanish-English Communion song by John Schiavone.  The tune … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged AlleluiaNo.1 GAB 29. Back in October last year I had started to look at OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book before my correspondents demonstrated just how many songs there are for the Advent / Christmas season. Having blogged most of … Continue reading →

I’d forgotten all about this song that we used to sing years ago that Chris’s parish is using this week. It is by Michael Saward and the text is at Hymnary courtesy of the lovely people at Hope Publishing. It … Continue reading →

Entrance: A Voice in the Wilderness  (Robinson) AOV 1/60 Psalm 103 (McKenna) Oh, bless the Lord, my soul! Gifts: Come to the Water (Andersen) AOV 1/74 Communion: Table of Plenty (Schutte) AOV 2/20 Gather Your People (Hurd) AOV 1/71 Recessional: Send Down the … Continue reading →

This is John Bell’s arrangement of a traditional song from the Cameroon. It’s still Christmas, right. The text is at Hymnary and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA.

I’m trying to get the Advent songs I missed posted before it’s completely ridiculous. Mary’s parish played this song by Janet Sullivan Whitaker on CD in Advent and with seven different verses, it’s either that or a cantor.  The refrain … Continue reading →

Mary’s parish used this song (aka Ave Maria) written by Maria Parkinson. Not knowing anything about this song my suspicion is that it is a local Irish product. The verses are English and the refrain Latin as you can see … Continue reading →

There are so many paraphrases and settings of the Canticle of Mary that there probably should be a moratorium for a while. This one is by Sister Anne Carter and these are the lyrics. The tune is NEW BRITAIN ie … Continue reading →

I’m still catching up with Advent material despite it being half past Christmas and nearly next year. This is a traditional Basque carol with the text translated by Sabine Baring-Gould. Hymnary have the text and sheet music but you can … Continue reading →