The Vineyard of the Lord

This is Paul Mason’s setting of Psalm 80 for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A from Psalms For All Time Vol 2. This has the the same refrain tune as the other Psalm 80 from yesterday and basically the same verse melody just rearranged to match the different text.

Refrain: The vineyard of the Lord is the house of Israel, Israel.

Verses Psalm 80: 9 and 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20.

By the way you get a lot for the A$39.95 you pay for this book. Apart from all the psalm settings (34 by my count), often with SATB refrains, descants, extra instrumnetal lines and real sheet music for those who can read it, distributed throughout the book there are conscise gems of practical instruction including:

  • Composer notes on singing Responsorial Psalms
  • Background notes on each psalm
  • Guitar chords – including easy ways of playing all his fancy chords
  • Choosing the psalm for the occasion
  • Learning and rehearsal help and support
  • General performance notes
  • Liturgical indices

It is also a delight for me as a non sight reader to hear how his tunes go, as there are few resources for listening to these psalms that I can find.

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