We Who Once Were Dead GA 188

Most of the songs for Eucharist in Gather Australia have been covered elsewhere on this blog but this one is new to me.

The text is by Muus Jacobse and translated by Forest Ingram and David Smith and can be found here.

The very interesting and challenging setting is by David Haas. We are no longer using his music locally, which is a shame, but less of a shame than his reported treatment of women. On the other hand he has not been convicted of anything and he may well be less a villain than Donald Trump, a low bar I admit. How do you balance the loss of music that is meaningful to many against the pain it causes to people who have been harmed – I have no idea. GIA have wiped all links to David Haas but the sheet music can be purchased at sheetmusicplus.

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