I’m currently making backings for the many Advent songs of whose existence I have been made aware by correspondents.
This text by Charles Coffin is set to WINCHESTER NEW is a John the Baptist song fine for the second week of Advent last Sunday. The text is here. The sheet music is at hymnary.
Some BIAB fake organ:
I’m still catching up with songs for Advent and this song is sometimes “King” and sometimes “God” in the title. The text is by Charles Coffin and the tune is ST THOMAS. I have a copy in Together In Song.
Hymnary have the text, sheet music and information on the authors here.
This is another song for Advent used at RS’s parish this time written by G. Westphal. It is a nice easy one for an assembly to sing or for children.
The text is here (scroll down) and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP.
Just about everything sounds country to me, which explains this backing:
A children’s choir:
At a school mass:
St. Clements Church Choir
Solo + guitar
This Advent song has a text by Mary Louise Bringle and is sung to the tune of MORNING STAR.
Ryan’s parish sang it today and are very organised because they were doubtless familiar with the tune having sung “The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns” recently, which has the same tune.
I found the text for this song here (page 2) but had no luck at GIA, who hold the copyright, finding any sheet music.
This is another of the Advent songs new to me that appear in the liturgies posted here by our correspondents.
I’m not sure Fr Ricky Manalo has near as much of a profile here in Australia as he does in the US. Here he provides three verses for each week of Advent.
You can find the text of the song here. You can listen to a sample of the song and purchase the sheet music at OCP. These songs using the word “maranatha” tap into the aspect of Advent that honours our waiting for Jesus to come into our world in the eternal present.
I have made another slightly odd sound sample with BIAB for learning purposes:
The crew from our parish that went to the APMN conference were very impressed with Marty Haugen’s “Be Merciful” that he introduced to us all. We will use it from next weekend and I suspect it will be in high rotation for the Year of Mercy. The sheet music did indeed arrive in time.
It is from a collection called Here Among Us and you can hear a sample of the song here and purchase the sheet music at GIA. You can preview the text at the GIA page for the sheet music.
Here’s my backing to help with learning the piece:
They do a whole lot of Advent songs at RS’s parish that are new to me, but appear popular in the US.
One of them is this stately song is by Dan Schutte and it is a wonderful tune for Advent and Christmas.
Cantus Mundi have posted the text and some YouTube clips for us. The sheet music can be purchased at OCP.
BIAB does some pretty good backing piano improvising here:
Dan Schutte:
St. John the Baptist Choir:
Chris Brunelle:
Swasmota Choir & Reiner Svento:
Entrance: Advent Song (Browne – Wood) GA 281
Wreath: Christ Circle Round Us (Schutte)
Psalm: To You O Lord, I Lift Up My Voice (Hurd) AOV 2/14
Gifts: Be Merciful ( Haugen) – if the sheet music arrives in time!
Communion: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG 1
Our Supper Invitation (Bates) AOV 1/185
Thanksgiving: Emmanuel (Angrisano) SAS 2/290
Recessional: Shout to the Lord (Zschech) AOV NG 114
This chant is used for general intercessions in Advent, and it came up for that purpose at one of Chris’s parishes. It is by Gabe Huck. Hymnary have information on the piece and it can purchased as part of a collection at GIA. It is a call and response by the cantor and assembly before and after each prayer.
I found an interesting article about Gabe Huck from a critic and reading against the grain of the condemnation there appears much to admire. Oddly his biographer page appears blank in the usual places.
My backing runs the whole thing together but there is meant to be a gap in the middle for each intercession. So for learning purposes only:
Chris’s parish recessed to this lovely Taizé chant recently. It is by Jacques Berthier. Apart from Gather Australia it is available in the hymnals noted at Hymnary and my version is in Songs & Prayers from Taizé. There they have the English and Spanish texts and a cantor line that goes over the chant of the assembly. They also have flute, trumpet and cello parts.
Cantus Mundi have the text and have aggregated You Tube clips and links and the sheet music can be purchased at GIA.
