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This is another Ricky Manalow song, this time with a Japanese/Asian style in a setting based on the Pentecost sequence. The text is here and it can be purchased for download at OCP. Perhaps it could be used as a gentle … Continue reading →

This is a song by Ricky Manalo for Lent from Spirit and Son Vol 1. It is a restrained, gentle song that sounds very singable for most uses in Lent. The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased … Continue reading →

For this gospel tune Christopher Walker used a nineteenth century refrain by Caroline Noel and adapted the verses from Phillipians 2. I’m still in the gathering and sending songs in Spirit & Song Vol 1. The text is at spiritandsong and … Continue reading →

This is a P&W setting of an old anonymous American text from the nineteenth century written by Timothy R. Smith. The text and links to purchase for download are at spiritandsong. It might work as a recessional at Easter Vigil … Continue reading →

Entrance: Blessings on the King (Lynch) AOV 1/104 Psalm 22 (O’Brien) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Gifts: God of Second Chances (Haas) Communion: Tree of Life (Thompson) AOV NG 138 Were You There (trad) AOV 1/103 … Continue reading →

The main purpose of this blog is for musicians of modest talents, like myself, to have an idea how a song goes according to the actual music, so they can learn to play it. Many strummers like myself can’t just … Continue reading →

The sheet music of this piece was in a sample bag given away at one of the As One Voice conferences. “Take,Lord” is a choral piece written by Matt Wessel using the prayer Suscipe attributed to St Ignatius of Loyola. … Continue reading →

This is a Taize chant I found at the bottom of a folder of forgotten backings. The text is at Cantus Mundi. My backing is just the music of the basic chant repeated ad nauseum. Learn then discard.

I’m still in an old folder of backings for songs that I have nearly forgotten.  I don’t think we used this one too often and it fell out of use. The text is here. (scroll down) On reflection it’s not … Continue reading →

I’m renovating old posts, looking for bad links etc, and I’ve found that I never blogged this song by Christopher Willcock SJ. I made a backing and forgot all about it I’m afraid. It is a setting of Psalm 102 … Continue reading →