Your Christmas present, for home use
Grace and peace, everyone. Here is my Christmas present to you and your families, designed to be sung at home in the presence of a Christmas tree! Text, tune, and harmonization all my originals. I've...
View ArticleNew Hymn for Advent: "Shout for Joy, O Daughter Zion!"
I recently completed a new hymn text based on the Advent Mass of The Visitation from the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Although the Feast of the Visitation is celebrated on May 31,...
View ArticleHymn for Pope Leo XIV
The Lord Works Marvels for Us AllHymn for the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIVThe Lord works marvels for us all!His words and deeds our hearts recallAnd come to know His saving waysIn thankfulness and...
View ArticleBogurodzica
Im wondering if anyone happens to know where I can find a good notation for this Hymn to Our Lady in Polish--Bogurdozica. It would be nice if it was notated in square notes, but classic notation is...
View ArticleHymn of the Month: O Queen of the Holy Rosary
As we enter October, I wanted to share a deep-dive research piece I put together on the classic Marian hymn, "O Queen of the Holy Rosary".Written in 1882 by English convert and author Emily Mary...
View ArticleReplacement for over-used tunes?
I deliberately made the title more generic, as there are several hymn tunes Im looking to replace. But to start - the only 76.76 D tunes that I end up using are ELLACOMBE (aka The Day of Resurrection)...
View ArticleNew Hymn: Sing With Joy Our Lady's Psalter (for the Feast of the Holy Rosary)
https://catholicsacredmusic.com/blog/new-hymn-sing-with-joy-our-ladys-psalter-2026Some of you may know Josh Mansfield; he pops up on sacred music groups on FB; he wrote a phenomenal text (IMHO) which...
View ArticleName Your Ten Favorite Common-Meter (86.86) Hymn Tunes*
Please share your ten favorite Common Meter/CM/8686 hymn tunes below. Well-known, obscure, even overdone tunes are welcome...as long as they're among your favorites.If you wish, give a reason why a...
View ArticleHymn text: "O Queen of Sorrows, Weeping Rose"
Grace and peace, everyone.Here's a text of mine especially suitable for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. I've set it to REPTON. You can hear it performed (for the Feast of the Assumption) at this...
View ArticleMagnificat chant in English (traditional tone, current Office translation)
I have reviewed some other threads on the topic of the Magnificat, but cannot find this. I am looking for the Magnificat in English (current LoTH translation), set to the traditional mode 8 tone. Can...
View ArticleHymn text: prayer of St. Michael the Archangel
Esteemed colleagues: I know many of you are hymn writers...I would like some feedback on my attempt at arranging the prayer of St. Michael for 7676D. I have in the mind the tune AURELIA and to use it...
View ArticleSequence for the Dedication of a Church
Today is a local solemnity at the seminary where I teach, the 63rd anniversary of the dedication of our chapel. In addition to the propers, the seminarian Schola will sing my English-language...
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St. Gregory Hymnal and Choirbook Treasury - www.sacredmusiclibrary.com
https://sacredmusiclibrary.com/_product/IJt14frX1efpvvsV?variant=mfKG5l3H0PgOteh5Free download, no licensing fees...special choir price now in effect for printed books. For generations, The St. Gregory...
View ArticleSource of hymn tune REGINA CAELI
The hymn tune REGINA CAELI (used for ‘Be joyful, Mary, heav’nly Queen’) is attributed to Johann Leisentritt’s Catholicum hymnologium Germanicum (1584). But in the original 1584 edition, I can’t find...
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"Virgo Dei Genitrix", translated
We sang the hymn "Virgo Dei Genitrix" on Sunday, so I experimented with making an English text for it:source:https://gregobase.selapa.net/chant.php?id=3320
View Article"Amazing grace" in French?
Hello,I just received a phone call from my former organ teacher. She is looking for a translation of "Amazing grace" in French for a baptism coming up in August. The baptism is taking place in a small...
View ArticleVoice of Syriac Maronite Hymns
database of Maronite hymnsSyriac script with Latin script transliteration, French and English translations:The Voice of Syriac Maronite Hymns
View ArticleIdentify this hymnal, please.
CC Watershed has featured a German hymnal a few times but has not posted the name of it or a PDF. Can someone please identify the name of it and attach a PDF if you can? Pictures are attached.Thank you...
View ArticleGaude Mater Polonia Poetic Translation
One person's tedious work may be another's fun hobby, so I figure it doesn't hurt to ask...Would anyone be willing to help me come up with a singable English translation of the hymn to St. Stanislaus:...
View ArticlePentecost Sequence : Hymn : adapted by Koerber (ADDED EDITION)
Here is a sequence hymn as I was attempting to post yesterday but had the wrong text.
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