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I’ve been introduced to a plethora of Advent songs in many genres from the lovely people who have been sharing the songs sung in their parishes. This song is by Bob Hurd is very singable and suited to guitar, which … Continue reading →

Emma’s parish can sing “Veni Jesu”, which I suspect is the one by Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) so I though I’d unleash BIAB on another chant vehicle. Here is the sheet music I used. If you like your advent hymns in Latin … Continue reading →

Ming’s parish used this chant by Adam Gumpelzhaimer recently and while BIAB can’t do chant very well I looked it up. A version of the sheet music is here and I made a backing nonetheless. It’s just the two lines of … Continue reading →

This is an Advent song from Carey Landry being used at RS’s parish. The verses use ideas from the O antiphons and you could pick and choose between the verses looking for themes for each week of Advent. It is … Continue reading →

I’m currently making backings for the many Advent songs of whose existence I have been made aware by correspondents. This text by Charles Coffin is set to WINCHESTER NEW is a John the Baptist song fine for the second week of … Continue reading →

I’m still catching up with songs for Advent and this song is sometimes “King” and sometimes “God” in the title. The text is by Charles Coffin and the tune is ST THOMAS. I have a copy in Together In Song. … Continue reading →

This is another song for Advent used at RS’s parish this time written by G. Westphal.  It is a nice easy one for an assembly to sing or for children. The text is here (scroll down) and the sheet music … Continue reading →

This Advent song has a text by Mary Louise Bringle and is sung to the tune of MORNING STAR. Ryan’s parish sang it today and are very organised because they were doubtless familiar with the tune having sung “The King … Continue reading →

This is another of the Advent songs new to me that appear in the liturgies posted here by our correspondents. I’m not sure Fr Ricky Manalo has near as much of a profile here in Australia as he does in … Continue reading →

The crew from our parish that went to the APMN conference were very impressed with Marty Haugen’s “Be Merciful” that he introduced to us all. We will use it from next weekend and I suspect it will be in high … Continue reading →