Comments on: O Christ, The Healer, We Have Come CWB I https://www.sixmaddens.org/o-christ-the-healer-we-have-come-cwb-i/ Blogging Catholic Liturgical Music Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:52:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: maddg https://www.sixmaddens.org/o-christ-the-healer-we-have-come-cwb-i/#comment-84562 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:52:08 +0000 https://www.sixmaddens.org/?p=20314#comment-84562 In reply to Gio.

Gio
I’ve become a sucker for all those shape note, Southern Harmony, simple tunes myself.

Geoff

]]> By: Gio https://www.sixmaddens.org/o-christ-the-healer-we-have-come-cwb-i/#comment-84559 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:03:13 +0000 https://www.sixmaddens.org/?p=20314#comment-84559 I wonder why they omitted verse 3…
It is a very lovely verse. It’s not happy nor clappy, but it does a really good job on the prayer side of things. Why can’t we just sing bombastic prayers that cause literal violence to sin.

The tune matching on CWB1 was way better than the sequel.
There are literally a bajillion hymn settings with Long Metre, from the countless settings of O Salutaris. The fact that nobody really knows 8.8.8.8 hymn tunes doesn’t mean you slap on a chant tune and wear it out. Why not put the effort in making sure the tue actually matches the text in an appropriate manner so it brings out the meaning, and not just a vehicle to sing the words.

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