Author Archives: maddg

Ryan’s parish sang this text by Lutheran Minister Herman G. Stuempfle Jnr recently set to ST ANNE by William Croft. The text is here and Hymnary have the sheet music. I’ve blogged the tune here.  

Emma’s parish sing this very early Dan Schutte song that is a new one for me that is really quite lovely. The text is based on passages from Matthew’s and John’s Gospels and can be found at Schutte’s site. (No 13) … Continue reading →

This is a Michael Joncas song for Advent that is new to me. He based it on Isaiah 40. It has the same tune for verses 1,3 &5 with a different tune for verses 2 & 4. That might make … Continue reading →

This is another request from Frenzy Cool for a song by Moses Catan. It is for Eucharist. The text is here and a recording can be heard here. The only sheet music I can find is an SATB arrangement by Ray … Continue reading →

This song comes in Spanish, English and Bilingual versions and musically is recommended as a South American dance. I suspect it works better in Spanish as the tune has some extra triplets to match the Spanish text. The Spanish text … Continue reading →

This song is a request from Frenzy Cool who seems to be looking for wedding songs. The lyrics are by Timothy Dudley-Smith and can be found here. The setting she asked for is the tune COMFORT by Michael Joncas. The … Continue reading →

This is another song from Emma’s parish, which was written by the wonderful team of James Phillip McAuley and Richard Connolly. You just don’t get texts like this very often. Read it here. You can purchase the sheet music in … Continue reading →

Emma has started putting up music selections and this song by Michael Mangan is a lovely choice. It is based on Micah 6:8 and I remember singing it in the year 2000 because it was in the collection Sing Jubilee, … Continue reading →

Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164 Psalm 19 (O’Brien) The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. Gifts: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 67 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 The Beatitudes (Kearney) Thanksgiving: Enemy of … Continue reading →

So much for my hope that this book would find missing OCP songs post AOV 1996-2006. However, this version in OCP’s “Guitar Accompaniment Book” raises some interesting questions. They give the first two verses on the original text by Martin … Continue reading →