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We will be singing Erica Marshall’s beautiful text set to Shenandoah from this week. The sheet music can be purchased for download at As One Voice, where they also have some of the lyrics in their sample music. She has … Continue reading →

Entrance: Alleluia! Love Is Alive (Angrisano, Manibusan, Hart) Psalm 144 (McKenna) I will praise your name forever, my king and my God. Gifts: A New Commandment (Unknown) Communion: City of God (Schutte) AOV 1/57 Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185 Thanksgiving: O … Continue reading →

This is a request for a wedding song and is a challenge. I can’t find the author, the music, etc , etc. There are several You-Tube clips in different keys  with different arrangements and inexact words. One site said it … Continue reading →

Herman Stuempfle Jnr wrote the text of this, the umpteenth hymn set to Beethoven’s “Song of Joy”. It was used last week at RS’s parish. Choosing a familiar tune is an excellent way to encourage participation but I think it … Continue reading →

This is another one that RS’s parish use that is new to me.  The subject makes it a song for Holy Week especially. The text is a recent one by Kate Bluett set to CRUCIFIXUS by Kevin Keil. There have … Continue reading →

This is a delightful  hymn by Richard Hillert based on revelation 5. I love the twists in the tune and the 4/4 to 6/4 stumbles. It was used recently at RS’s parish and is a lovely surprise. The sheet music … Continue reading →

As I’m going through the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book I’m coming across a lot of older tunes that are new to me. This is a nineteenth century (John Neale) translation of an eleventh century text, Angularis fundamentum. It is set … Continue reading →

Entrance: Like a Shepherd (Dufford) AOV 1/26 * NB an error in attribution was picked up by the eagle eyed correspondents below. Psalm 99 (McKenna) We are his people, the sheep of his flock. Gifts: Shepherd Me O God (Haugen) AOV 1/33 … Continue reading →

96 Christ Be Our Light 97 Christ, Circle Round Us Continuing my survey of the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book c 2005 is this powerful hymn with a text by Genevieve Glen OSB set to SEPTEMBER HOPE by Tobias Colgan OSB. … Continue reading →

This version of St Patrick’s Breastplate isn’t to the tune of “Morning Has Broken.” This translation is by James D. Quinn SJ and is set to ST ROSE by Laura Wasson. The tune is one bar of 4/4 followed by … Continue reading →