Author Archives: maddg

Getting back to the New Living Parish Hymn Book, I find a song I haven’t looked at before, “Glory Be to Jesus” a hymn for Holy Week or Body and Blood of Christ. It’s the sort of traditional Catholic hymn … Continue reading →

I will close out my latest look at Paul Taylor’s Mass with his Agnes Dei. It is an outlier being in 2/4 time and in Bb (or Dm). I have trouble bringing this in so I just strum the opening … Continue reading →

I am having a further look at Paul Taylor’s Mass of St Francis, which is the only mass my current parish knows and is very popular all around Australia. You can buy his mass at Willow. We are up to … Continue reading →

These all take a similar form, which makes switching between them to mark different seasons pretty seemless. I don’t know that these sort of acclamations give composers a lot of kudos, but Taylor’s are perfectly functional and appropriate. The sheet … Continue reading →

After the Gloria, the high point of a mass setting is often the Sanctus and it is definitely so in this mass. Here Taylor starts with more than a nod to NICAEA and it’s “Holy, Holy, Holy”, to establish a … Continue reading →

TAs discussed yesterday, the published sheet music for Paul Taylor’s “Mass of St Francis” didn’t have a Gospel Acclamation and unsurprisingly didn’t have a Lenten one either. My last parish used this mass and also Paul Mason’s, “Mass of Glory … Continue reading →

When Paul Taylor published his “Mass of St Francis” in 2010, there was no Gospel Acclamation included and when you buy the collection at Willow, there still isn’t one. So we used the Celtic Alleluia for many years and all … Continue reading →

This is a sung through Gloria from Paul Taylor’s, “Mass of St Francis”. It has interesting triplets and arresting chords that sustain interest and yet it remains most singable. I play it a little slower than set in the sheet … Continue reading →

I’ll have a brief interlude away from the New Living Parish Hymn Book to look at this fine mass by Paul Taylor. Chris suggested I have another look at this mass, which I originally blogged in 2011 here. It is … Continue reading →

I was away in Queensland last week visiting family and then staying at Coolangatta on the beach for a week. I went to Sunday 8am mass at St Augustine’s just up the hill from our accomodation. I fell in with … Continue reading →