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Ryan’s parish had this song, funnily enough for All Saints – in case anyone still thinks music selection for Mass is a random thing! It is set to SINE NOMINE by Ralph Vaughan Williams and I’ve already blogged the tune … Continue reading →

Emma’s parish sang this song recently. It is a text by Timothy Dudley-Smith based on the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). it is set to WOODLANDS by Walter Greatorex and a stirring hymn it is. The text is at Oremus and sheet music … Continue reading →

This is another free lead sheet from Brentwood Benson advertising Chris Tomlin’s Album, Adore. It is another case of familiar out of copyright Christmas songs arranged, linked and saddled with a short piece of new music and then the whole … Continue reading →

Both RS and Ryan’s parish used this hymn written by  William J. Irons and set to Beethoven’s “Song of Joy”. It therefore needs no backing for learning purposes from the likes of me. In more modern versions the text helpfully … Continue reading →

This one was used by Ryan and RS’s parish recently. The text is mysteriously attributed to Augustine of Hippo and adapted by F.B.P (who?) then altered by Joseph Bromehead and set to this lovely American tune LAND OF REST. The … Continue reading →

This is another sung at RS’s parish. It is a translation of a twelfth century Latin text by J. M. Neale and set to the stirring Dutch tune, IN BABILONE. It is a song in praise of saints.  The text … Continue reading →

This request is for an old song from the 1930s by Daniel A. Lord S.J. which is a march of all things, rallying young Catholics. The Catholic Action movement is way before my time, but I do have an enormous Catholic … Continue reading →

This Eucharist hymn by Laurence Rosania turned up at RS’s parish recently. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP. The sample you can hear at OCP is no great shakes but I think there … Continue reading →

Brentwood Benson keep sending me e-mail links to free lead sheets from Chris Tomlin’s album “Adore”. Since it will Christmas soon I’ll keep looking at them. The words and music are by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Matt Redman. This … Continue reading →

This song turned up at Ryan’s parish when the gospel was about blind Bartimaeus. The text is by Herman Stuempfle and it is set to St Anne by William Croft, which I have blogged here. The text is in this You Tube … Continue reading →