Church Music

This song turned up at Ryan’s parish when the gospel was about blind Bartimaeus. The text is by Herman Stuempfle and it is set to St Anne by William Croft, which I have blogged here.

The text is in this You Tube clip:

RS’s parish have done this song with a text by Michael Perry, which is yet another hymn set to the wonderful tune THAXTED by Holst (blogged here).

Hymnary have the text here. You can get an SATB version of the sheet music at Hope Publishing.

This was a request for a MIDI file for this old chestnut, that my wife could sing from memory. It was written by Father John Lingard and my backing is just a render of the MIDI file.

Godsongs have helpfully aggregated the lyrics, the sheet music and You Tube clips so there is nothing more for me to do with this one.

This is the second song with words by Maria Millward and music by Damien Halloran that is scheduled for a family mass next Sunday. Like, “Welcome to God’s House”, it is from the collection Great Stories and Songs available at As One Voice where you can also hear a snippet of the song and purchase the MP3.

The music appears to suggest a repeat of the chorus each time, but I’m not sure if that is a great idea.

The text is here (scroll to page 5).

This is one of two songs that we will be singing next Sunday that the school children know. They both have words by Maria Millward and music by Damien Halloran. This is where BIAB comes into its own for strummers like me, allowing me learn from the backing.

It is what the label says, a welcoming song that children will be happy to sing.

The text is in this document. As One Voice have a link to buy the MP3 and the sheet music is in the collection Great Stories and Songs that can also be purchased at AOV. Once we’ve established that you are buying this at AOV, I also note that GIA has it for sale with some extra background details that you may wish to look at.

This is pretty specific request for the Alleluia from Steven Janco’s Mass of the Angels and Saints.

You can preview and purchase the whole thing at GIA and it does sound very grand.

I’ve done a simple backing for “Alleluia” repeated six times.

I haven’t had a serious look at the rest of the mass – does anyone use or recommend this one?

Entrance: Christ be Our Light (Farrell) AOV 2/3

Psalm 146 (O’Brien)

Praise the Lord, my soul,

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Gifts: The Cry of the Poor (Foley) AOV 1/83

Communion: Come to the Table (Burland) AOV NG 33

Take and Eat (Mantra) (Russell) AOV 2/162

Thanksgiving: Two Small Coins (Michael Herry) – this will be a recording.

Recessional: Sing of the Lord’s Goodness (Sands) AOV 1/131

…except that the Sunday morning is a mass especially for the children at the school and their families so that means some substitutions:

Gathering: Welcome to God’s House (Halloran- Millward)

Clap Hands Gloria (Anderson)

Gospel Acclamation: Halle Halle Halle (trad)

Gifts: Gifts (Mitchell)

Communion: The Table of the Lord (Mangan)

Thanksgiving: We Will Bring Your Peace (Halloran- Millward)

Recessional: Shine Jesus Shine (Kendrick)

Getting back to the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book from 2005, there is this song with a text by Patrick Lee set to a tune by Ernest Sands. The refrain has an echoing harmony line that would seem necessary to make it work.

The text is in the sample and the sheet music can be purchased at OCP.

I got an e-mail from Brentwood Benson with a link to a free lead sheet of this song. Like “Night of Silence- Silent Night” it is a traditional Christmas song linked with new material.  Here the traditional song has a chorus written by a committee of Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Jonas Myrin. It from Chris Tomlin’s album “Adore”.

The original hymn, uncredited in this version, which is scandalous, is by Edmund H. Sears. Hymnary have his details and sheet music for the original hymn and the full text as this version has only the first two verses.

The text is here along with the recording. The full sheet music is available from Brentwood Benson.

My backing has a jazz influence:

At the recent APMN conference I attended a session about the Catholic Worship Book II that is coming out soon.  Sr Jenny O’Brien went through some of the highlights and there were some very good songs. I worry they have missed the boat by a decade or so and the overall style of music is not going to work in the suburbs.

This song by John Bell and Graham Maule will be in the collection and I gather was written as a response to the Dunblane massacre.

If you need a song for a child’s funeral and someone can sing this all the way through without crying uncontrollably then it may be useful.

The marvellous text is here. The sheet music is available at GIA or in a collection at Willow Publications.