Author Archives: maddg

I’m looking at hymns from the Australian Catholic Worship Book, that I haven’t covered from other sources to date. This is the Benedictine nuns of Stanbrook Abbey’s translation of of the c4 Nunc sancte nobis Spiritus, attributed to St Ambrose. … Continue reading →

This is a pretty and joyful hymn with words by Sr Lucia Fay, Jean-Paul Lecot and R.B. Kelly based on St Paul according to CWB I. It is set by Paul Decha, so it is likely there is a French … Continue reading →

This is a song by Jean Lebon, the French liturgist, with the text translated by Pamela Stotter. It is the whole Easter story in song. I’ve had no luck finding the sheet music outside of CWB I, but I don’t … Continue reading →

This is a version of the Breastplate of St Patrick and CWB I chose to set this version’s text by Cecil Francis Humphries Alexander to an old old Irish tune, DEIRDRE. I have already blogged this from the Praise to … Continue reading →

This is another Canticle where CWB II decided to use the more usual setting, in this case KINGSFOLD, which I blogged here, instead of the more out there choice of David Clark Isele‘s setting for the Benedictus. Hymnary has suggestions … Continue reading →

This was also in CWB II set to BANGOR, but the earlier edition used CONSOLATION aka MORNING SONG. This tune is more likely by Elkanah Dare than “Mr Dean” – see Hymnary. The text is by Frank Quinn, which is … Continue reading →

This has the same Michael Joncas tune MAGNIFICAT that I blogged here, but the text is listed as written by John Theodore Mueller, based on Luke 1:46-55. Except that it is actually his translation of Hermann Bonuss’s text as noted … Continue reading →

CWB II set this to RENDEZ A DIEU, which I blogged here, but CWB I chose WEISSE (GOTTOB, ES GEHT). Hymnary lists ten possible settings for this text but none are this tune. They list 26 texts linked to this … Continue reading →

This is a c17 translation by Walter Kirkham Blount of Victimae paschali laudes, attributed to Wipo of Burgundy c11 and set here to LASST UNS ERFREUEN, so you know the tune. It is an Easter hymn in Catholic Worship Book … Continue reading →

This is something special. This is a fairly early work by Christopher Willcock SJ. It has all his hallmarks – gorgeous off kilter melodies, modulations all over the place and suitable texts – what’s not to like if you are … Continue reading →