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I looked at this less than a year ago in Catholic Worship Book I, and I thought I might find a retention of archiac language here, and yes, John de Luca has kept the older wording. I did refresh my … Continue reading →

I’ve got nothing… This is a chant setting of the Benedictus (Luke 1:68-79) arranged by John de Luca. I hope it is useful.

This is “The Beatitudes” by Peter Kearney, which I looked at years ago and is very well known and much loved in Australia. It is his paraphrase of Matt 5:3-11. The text is here, but I note he now prefers … Continue reading →

This is Edward Caswall’s C19 translation of the ancient Latin text, ~C4, by Aurelius Prudentius. It is set to a C16 tune STUTTGART by Christian F. Witt. CWB II has a variant of this one called, “Earth Has Many a … Continue reading →

I have blogged this before in a couple of forms: AOV and CWB I. The tune is traditional Irish “, SLANE, and the text is an “ancient Irish hymn” as translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne and adapted by Eleanor Henrietta … Continue reading →

I have done this one before, but never with a straight organ backing so I though I have another go at FINLANDIA. Whether BIAB should be doing Sibelius at all is another question, but it is a glorious and moving … Continue reading →

This Easter hymn is a bit much I think, I can’t imagine it being sung these days due to the militaristic overtones – let me know if you still use it. The text is a C17 Latin hymn with a … Continue reading →

Those following along will have noticed I’ve been at this hymnal for about a month and I’m still in the “A”s. I didn’t blog this Christmas song until it came up in the OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book, where it was … Continue reading →

This very old morning hymn is very new to me, but a metrical hymn makes like easy for me after a few chants. The text is C17 by Thomas Ken and it is here set to MELCOMBE (C18, Samuel Webbe). … Continue reading →

More chant. Ave Verum Corpus is a C13 song for Eucharist and Benediction and is attributed to Pope Innocent VI (or V or IV or III). It has umpteen settings and I have done Mozart’s here, but this is plainsong … Continue reading →