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The other thing I am turning up in CWB is early Marty Haugen material that I haven’t come across elsewhere. This is by Haugen and based on Psalm 24 (25). It’s a lovely melody but the verses suggest a cantor. … Continue reading →

Slogging through the hymns that I haven’t covered already on this blog from CWB, I am a little disappointed at so few Australian hymns. I’m getting a few forgotten folk mass era songs and lots of old hymns to old … Continue reading →

This is a hymn of praise, which CWB say is a translation of an anonymous C16 work called Summa parentis filio, translated by Edward Caswell and further adapted by the editors. The particular theme of the Sacred Heart of Jesus … Continue reading →

This is a Marty Haugen song that CWB says is based on Psalm 94 (95) and 95 (96). Psalm 118 is obviously involved as well for the refrain. The verse goes into interesting melodic territory – B# in a song … Continue reading →

I’m afraid this is another obscure one from CWB. The text is by Don and Nancy MacNeill. The tune is by Daniel Moe and called OPENING HYMN. It was from a collection called Worship For Today and also was in … Continue reading →

I covered this James Quinn text while I was doing Gather Australia, but they used JESU DULCIS MEMORIA. CWB say they set it to EISENACH, but it is in fact set to JESU DULCIS MEMORIA as well. The words are … Continue reading →

This is a setting of Psalm 26(27) from the Grail by Tobias Colgan OSB. He is a Benedictine from St. Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana. They have kindly posted a songbook that includes this song’s words and music on page … Continue reading →

This is another song CWB sourced from the New Catholic Hymnal, and is a paraphrase by Anthony G. Petti of a song by Thomas Aquinas called Verbum supernum prodiens. It is both Eucharistic and Trinitarian. CWB set it to Percy … Continue reading →

This is a Dutch hymn for confirmation by Huub Oosterhuis. CWB I sets it to a traditional Dutch tune, GELUKKIG IS HET LAND. The translation is by Anthony Barr. The words and music are in this sample at Hymnary. OCP … Continue reading →

This is some 60s folk mass goodness from Joe Wise and yet another update of Psalm 22 (23). The original has an extra bar in verse 3 only but I note Marty Haugen’s arrangement for GIA smoothed things out with … Continue reading →