This song by Rory Cooney is a solo vehicle with no discernible liturgical use. It is, however, a song of encouragement, hope and solidarity.
Those with an annual licence from WLP can download the sheet music there, but everyone else will need to get “Voices As One” because I can’t find it anywhere else. The song can be heard here.
My backing has a John Denver vibe about it.
This song with a text by Deborah D. Smith and music by Michael W. Smith is not for liturgy but is the sort of song that makes everyone cry at the end of a school year or for other partings. It is very much a solo vehicle and shares some music ideas with “Lying Eyes” by the Eagles and “You’re My Home” by Billy Joel. It is apparently very popular.
According to this story it was written quickly and it has hallmarks of that. (eg “and friends are friends forever if the Lord’s the Lord of them”)
The text is here and the sheet music can be purchased for download at various sites on the net including musicnotes.
Entrance: God of Day and God of Darkness (Haugen) AOV 1/56
Psalm 137 (O’Brien)
Let my tongue be silenced if I ever forget you.
Gifts: Heal Me O God (Norbet) AOV 2/52
Communion: Isaiah 49 (Landry) AOV 1/89
Will You Love Me (Boniwell) AOV 1/40
Recessional: Amazing Grace (Newton/Rees) AOV 1/29
This song is another request. It is a song with lyrics by Dan Schutte and J-Glenn Murray SJ and a tune by Dan Schutte. The text is inspired by Psalm 8 and has liturgical usefulness as a Eucharist song and for praise and thanksgiving.
The text is here.
I really like Dan Schutte’s work, but this one suffers from pedestrian verses although the refrain is nice and reminds me of the song “Shannon” by Henry Gross.
You can hear a snippet and look at a sample of the sheet music before you purchase it for download from OCP.
This is obviously a song for Eucharist by Paul Hillebrand. The text is here, but you might want to look at the sample at WLP where you can purchase the sheet music, to see that the verse are written as a conversation between the cantor and the assembly. There is also an echo in the refrain the kicks in after the second verse. The verse takes interesting musical detours that sustain interest in the piece. If we were doing it without a cantor we would sing the lot as an assembly and perhaps have a soloist do the echoes.
My backing has the echo piece as well over a guitar heavy backing (but not a heavy guitar backing).
This is a communion hymn with music by Steven R. Janco. The text is a translation done in the 1800s by John M. Neale of a seventh century latin hymn. It is a non syncopated singable (mostly – one short Eb only) song that will annoy some people for having 5 flats. Guitarists will play it capo 1 and be grinning at the discomfort of the keyboard player.
If you want a song for the assembly this ticks all the boxes.
The text is in the sample at WLP where you can purchase the sheet music and also on page ten of this parish worship aid.
This was a request for a Marty Haugen song for Eucharist. I have it in Gather Australia 197 where it has optional refrains for Advent and Lent.
I’m always after good Eucharist songs but this one has a fair old vocal range and five different tunes over six verses, which is a bit much, so I suppose it is meant for cantors. The refrain is singable (if too high) and suitable as a canon if you are game.
The text is here (scroll down). The sheet music can be purchased at GIA.
I’ve guessed and simplified the chords somewhat in my backing.
This song has a text adapted from the Constitution of the Congregation of the Holy Cross and a tune by Steven C. Warner of the Notre Dane Folk Choir. I would be very pleased to hear this choir piece as an accompaniment to veneration of the Cross on Good Friday.
The text is available in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased. It appears to be an improvement of the text in translation noted here.
John Michael Talbot has written some beautiful songs. This setting of Psalm 95 isn’t his best as the verses ramble a bit and I don’t really think they suit usual cantoring styles. The refrain is gentle and singable if that’s all you need.
The text is here. You can purchase the sheet music for download at OCP.
This sounds a fine celebratory song by Paul A. Tate suitable for Easter or other celebratory liturgies. The chorus has overlapping song lines for cantor and the echoing assembly and the verses are listed for a cantor. That is not a lot of participation so I’d just have the assembly do the cantor line and just have an echoing voice in the chorus. It’s a nice tune that has hints of “Calypso” by John Denver. It’s fine to play on guitar with capo on the first fret and ignoring some of the fancier chords.
The text is available in the sample at WLP where the sheet music can be purchased.
My backing puts the two melody lines at opposite ends of the stereo spectrum.
