Author Archives: maddg

Kenneth asked for a backing of this song. Hymnary has information about the song and sheet music for the various settings for the text. The one he suggested is in 6/4 time, which is not great for Band in a … Continue reading →

I came across this chestnut while looking for something else.  It’s a chorus we used to sing in my Presbyterian youth written by Helen H Lemel.  There are verses to it but I’ve never sung them so I just made … Continue reading →

Ed Bolduc has written a song for when the “I am the vine” readings come up, but it is also broadly Eucharistic. The text is in the sample at WLP where you can purchase the sheet music. If you listen … Continue reading →

Marty Haugen will be in town (Brisbane) in October 2015 for a conference run by the APMN. Here is a song of his that is unpublished except on his site where you can download the sheet music for free. It … Continue reading →

Entrance: All The Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76) Psalm 22 (O’Brien) I will praise you, Lord in the assembly of your people. Gifts: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 Communion: Table Song (Haas) Bread Broken, Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155 … Continue reading →

This is a gentle song for communion from Graham Kendrick. The lyrics are at his site, as is the sheet music. Sometimes people worry whether a Eucharist song is theologically accurate, as if a song is meant to encompass every … Continue reading →

A catchy upbeat song from Ed Bolduc with much to recommend to it. The text is in the sample at WLP where you can listen to an excerpt and purchase the sheet music.   These ladies start sedately but get … Continue reading →

I ran across this while looking for something else I believe. This is a song written by Marty Haugen for Lutheran services. The refrain is singable but each verse has a different tune – but Lutherans sing better than Catholics … Continue reading →

This song is by George Misulia and is another from “Voices As One” that is timely coming up to Pentecost. There is a lot of repetition, which is fine, as you can see in the text here. The only sheet … Continue reading →

I’m still blogging “Voices As One” but I’m interspersing that with songs from liturgies from commenters and random songs I’ve run across recently. This lovely song is by Stuart Townend. It’s 5/4 time, but BIAB needs to be 4/4 2/4 … Continue reading →