Author Archives: maddg

They do a whole lot of Advent songs at RS’s parish that are new to me, but appear popular in the US. One of them is this stately song is by Dan Schutte and it is a wonderful tune for Advent … Continue reading →

Entrance: Advent Song (Browne – Wood) GA 281 Wreath: Christ Circle Round Us (Schutte) Psalm: To You O Lord, I Lift Up My Voice (Hurd) AOV 2/14 Gifts: Be Merciful ( Haugen) – if the sheet music arrives in time! Communion: … Continue reading →

This chant is used for general intercessions in Advent, and it came up for that purpose at one of Chris’s parishes. It is by Gabe Huck. Hymnary have information on the piece and it can purchased as part of a … Continue reading →

Chris’s parish recessed to this lovely Taizé chant recently. It is by Jacques Berthier. Apart from Gather Australia it is available in the hymnals noted at Hymnary and my version is in Songs & Prayers from Taizé. There they have the English and … Continue reading →

This is a request for Marty Haugen’s take on Psalm 128. The text is here (scroll down) and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA. Hymnary have inofrmation the hymnals that contain this song. I note that it is … Continue reading →

More Advent goodness, this time from Marty Haugen. Emma and Chris’s parish are both using using this song in which Haugen uses Psalm 95 and the “O” antiphons. The text is here. If you don’t have this song in Gather … Continue reading →

There have been an avalanche of songs for Advent that I’ve never come across before from our correspondents, so I have plenty of new songs to sample. This  song is by Dan Schutte and was used as a recessional at … Continue reading →

More traditional hymn goodness from RS’s parish. This song has a text from the 1600s by Martin Janus set to WERDE MUNTER by Johann Schop from the 1700s. Once again Hymnary has the sheet music and backgrounds of the composers. … Continue reading →

I’ve been away all weekend and did a couple of posts on a borrowed computer but I’m still playing catch up looking at the song lists sent in by correspondents. This is a setting of a Psalm (72) suitable for … Continue reading →

I’m catching up with a slew of traditional hymns for “Christ the King” noted by our parish correspondents. This text is by Martin B. Hellrigen set to ICH GLAUB AN GOTT is more recent than some of these. Hymnary has … Continue reading →