Another song with a text based on Psalm 103 by Janine Applegate , set by Randall DeBruyn. It is a stirring hymn and when heard in all its glory – brass, harmonies, the lot – is quite a blast. You can listen to like that here.
The sheet music is at OCP and the text is in their preview.
My backing is less grand and more rocking:
Not the Ken Canedo one: 71 Bless the Lord
No, it’s the much more restrained setting by Edward Walker, although it’s still based on Psalm 103. It is in a singable range except for the descant and is really rather lovely. I think it would merit as little backing as possible.
I didn’t bother with the descant in my backing:
Chris Brunelle with just voice and guitar – lovely:
Yola’s parish will be using this song by Bernadette Farrell this week for Gifts. It is based on the “O” antiphons for Advent but that doesn’t mean it can’t be used elsewhere.
OCP have the sheet music and a sound sample here. The text is in their preview. It nice to have something in a singable range.
I’m able to skip quite a few songs in OCP’s Guitar Accompaniment Book as they have been blogged thusly:
Which brings me to this rather interesting 9/8 oddity by James Hansen, which is a welcoming tune and also useful for Eucharist. I quite like the tune and the triplet barrage but worry that many subtle differences between the verses will trip people up.
The sheet music is available at OCP where they have made the text available in the sample.
It’s going to take a major effort to keep this light:
A song for Good Friday or Lent with a text by Genevieve Glen OSB and set to a nineteenth century American tune, BOURBON, by Freeman Lewis. It does go quite high.
OCP has the sheet music and the text is in their sample.
61 Because the Lord is My Shepherd
This 12/8 gospel belter is not for the faint hearted. It goes awfully high in the verses and might need professionals or a safety net.
The text was written by Grayson Warren Brown and the tune is by him as well as Val Parker and Larry Adams.
The sheet music is available to purchase at OCP and the lyrics are in their sample.
There is a generous sound sample to listen to there as well, which might be an antidote to my backing:
Barbara Bridge wrote this interesting song that is listed for anointing and Lent. It also syncs in well with the Year of Mercy with the line “the mercy of God is made known”.
The 2/4 bars in the verses give an urgency to the imperative towards healing.
The sheet music is at OCP. The text is in their preview.
RS has put up his parishes’ music for this week and it has a lovely Bernadette Farrell tune that is new to me. It is based on the “Love” verses from 1 Cor 13 so load it up for weddings etc.
The sheet music can be purchased for download at OCP where the text is in the sample. The melody has a touch of the Shenandoah in it so minimalist folk might work.
BIAB can knock up a backing like this in about ten minutes.
I suspect this is the original and the musical arrangement is great, but I’m not sure about the stilted style of singing.
An assembly: St. Columba Catholic Church (Oxon Hill, MD)
58 Beatitudes
Number 59 in the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book is a 16C German text based on Psalm 45 translated in to English by Joseph A. Seiss. It is set to St ELIZABETH (aka CRUSADERS’ HYMN) a traditional Silesian melody.
There is a long article from an LDS perspective here about the song. It is interesting in that it shows the major variations in translation available and then the editing to suit denominational imperatives.
A perhaps more normative text is here. Hymnary have background and sheet music.
More fake BIAB organ:
The music liturgy team selected these songs:
Entrance: Here I Am, Lord (Schutte) AOV 1/90
Psalm 137 (McKenna)
In the sight of the angels I will sing your praises, Lord.
Gifts: Do Not Be Afraid (Willcock) AOV 2/73
Communion: Table Song (Haas)
Without Seeing You (Haas) AOV 2/158
Thanksgiving: The Summons (Maule-Bell) AOV NG 149
Recessional: Galilee Song (Andersen) AOV 1/15
