Author Archives: maddg

As editor of the New Living Parish Hymn Book, John de Luca sparingly used the opportunity to put his own compositions in the hymn book. This is his setting of the Hail Mary. I made two backings but his work … Continue reading →

Going through John de Luca’s New Living Parish Hymn Book is an introduction to me of some traditional Catholic Hymns that I have never come across before. This one is a Lenten Eucharistic hymn with a C18 Italian text by … Continue reading →

This is a curiously affecting old Eucharist hymn that was quite new to me. It has special resonance for Holy Thursday. The text is by St Thomas Aquinas as translated by Ronald Knox and it is set to SACRIS SOLEMNIS, … Continue reading →

I did cover this song by Sister Anne Kelly in the Praise to God Parish Hymn book, but I warn you the backings I made there took the suggestion that is was a march a little too far. This is … Continue reading →

I previously looked at this one in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, which kindly made the chant metrical. The New Living Parish Hymn Book had John de Luca’s own arrangement of PLAINSONG ADORE TE DEVOTE a C17 chant. He did the … Continue reading →

I covered this from its appearance in CWB I, only last year but it also turned up here in the New Living Parish Hymn Book. It’s a French hymn with a text by Didier Rimbaud SJ and was translated by … Continue reading →

It appears that this Christmas Carol is one I have never covered. The text and music are noted to be of traditional English origin. The text below has some emendations as found in this hymnal. This is a fine tune … Continue reading →

This is a C17 text by Thomas Ken set to TALLIS’ CANNON by Thomas Tallis (C16). It is a sung night prayer that finishes with the Doxology. There are minor variations in the text and I have listed that found … Continue reading →

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 →