I need to pass on a recent brief message from Leo Watt, a local songwriter that has been kind enough to let me put up backings of his songs:
All my hymns (48) are listed with One License in Chicago. Many include pdf of sheet music and mp3 of recordings to give people some idea of how the hymns sound.
Leo’s site is here.
One Licence is here and so the good news is that if you are using his hymns they can be properly recorded and remuneration applied.
Entrance: Gather Us In (Haugen) AOV 1/12
Psalm 94 (McKenna)
O that today you would listen to his Voice!
Harden not your hearts.
Gifts: A New Commandment (Unknown)
Communion: Bread Broken Wine Shared (Horner) AOV 2/155
Take and Eat (Russell) AOV 2/162
Thanksgiving: Who Will Speak (Haugen) AOV 2/102
Recessional: You Are Mine (Haas) AOV 2/2
It might be time for another break from the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book after this one.
This is a gentle tune from Randall DeBruyn that could be used for Gifts. It is based on John 3:16-21.
The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where the text is in their preview page.
My backing is more sensible than usual today.
This is from Bernadette Farrell’s Mass of Hope and wouldn’t pass for an actual Agnes Dei but with eleven (count ’em) verses there are choices that would work for entrance, gifts, communion and recessional if you wished.
The sheet music can be purchased at OCP where they have hidden the text in their preview.
This is Martin Jahn’s text (translated by Robert S. Bridges) and set to WERDE MUNTER by Johann P. Schop.
The text and public domain sheet music are available at Hymnary.
It can also be purchased at OCP.
Of course what you really wanted was Bach’s setting but lovely as it is, WERDE MUNTER is easier for an assembly.
Another carol I don’t seemed to have blogged anywhere. The text is for the downtrodden to find reasons to rejoice in the Christmas story and you can find the text by Edmund H. Sears here.
The public domain sheet music for CAROL by Richard S. Willis is at Hymnary. It can also be purchased at OCP.
We haven’t had a music meeting locally yet so our music coordinator has kindly picked songs for next weekend and we will meet after that to sort out some selections for upcoming weeks.
Hymns 2/3 September
Entrance: All Are Welcome (Vs 1,3,4)
Psalm: Sung- A MacKenna
Gospel Acclamation: Sung Spoken Sung (Paul Mason)
Offertory: The Fullness of God (All)
Communion: Will you Love Me?/ Unless a Grain of Wheat- All
Thanksgiving: The Summons (Vs 1,2,5)
Recessional: Lord, the Light of your Love (Vs 1, 3)
Meanwhile. I’m playing in Tasmania where the songs are:
Here I am Lord
We Remember
Prayer of St Francis
Create a New Heart
This song by Grayson Warren Brown is based on Psalm 91 and is a fine piece but because it is sung freely and has no metrical music nor melody for much of the verse isn’t suitable for BIAB and so I’m not doing a backing.
OCP have the sheet music and the text is hidden in their preview.
After skipping several songs already blogged in the Guitar Accompaniment Book c2005 from OCP, I am up to this lovely Polish Christmas carol.
Hymnary has the public domain tune by W Zlobie Lezy and the two traditional verses translated by Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed. OCP have an additional two verses by Daniel Schutte.
This is a lively song by Roc O’Connor SJ that would be a good entrance song. It is based on Psalm 100 and 148.
Each verse has a different tune, which might make it a problem for the assembly. There is a descant for the second verse if you are up for it.
The sheet music can be purchased at OCP. Cantus Mundi have the text.
