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View ArticleBy All Your Saints Still Striving - Public Domain?
Is the Hymn "By All Your Saints Still Striving", commonly sung to AURELIA a public domain hymn?It seems to be an adaption of "For All Thy Saints in Warfare"
View ArticleSongs of Thankfulness and Praise
Hello, everyone, I thought I would post an old essay of mine about Songs of Thankfulness and Praise. ********** There is a hymn that captures very well the sentiments of the Magnificat antiphon for the...
View ArticleRoi d'Orient lyrics
Does anyone post the French lyrics of this carol?1. Kings from the Orient, Magi royal,Called by the star to that blest door.Here 'tis your God claims homage loyal;Hasten your Savior to adore;Give Him...
View Article¿traditional hymnal en Español?
What is a good, traditional, Spanish hymnal?Muchas gracias
View ArticleAll Creatures Of Our God And King
I thought I'd share this, since it is our entrance hymn at a few of the Masses this weekend.
View ArticleHymn: O Mother Mary of the Cross (MacKillop)
Note: 2013-01-28, the attached PDF score and the sound file link have been changed to reflect minor changes in the descants.In honor of Australia's (first) Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop (observed...
View ArticleMetric Funeral Propers
This morning I played a funeral which I would like to be the last time that I ever have to play "Be Not Afraid" ever again. I find that mostly when people pick out music for funerals they select music...
View ArticleLooking for 88. 77 hymn tune
In the Dutch Liturgy of the Hours is a hymn for February 22 which has stanzas with 88. 77 meter. I just can't find a good (dignified) hymn tune to sing this hymn to. Does any one know of one?Edit:...
View ArticleWestminster Hymnal - Ed. 1952
Does anyone know the 1952 edition of the Westminster Catholic Hymnal from the UK? Does anyone have a pdf file of this extremely fine hymnal? With all the talk about quality Catholic hymnody, I would...
View ArticleAnglican/Episcopal Liturgical Question
When I arrived at the Episcopal parish I currently work in, they were singing a (random) Hymn in the place I know of as "the Gospel Acclamation." As a guest to their denomination, I did not want to...
View ArticleChrist, the fair glory
Hello all, with the (now combined, sadly) Feast of the Archangels tomorrow, Sep. 29, in the OF calendar, I thought I might remind of a wonderful hymn for the day. If you're so inclined and your parish...
View ArticleHelp Identify this Hymn Tune
Could you please help me identify this hymn tune? I've heard a few different texts set to this tune: "Great God of Mercy, Lord of Consolation" and "Father we Praise thee, now the night is over" (office...
View ArticleNeed translation of Regina Caeli Jubila
Can someone please translate Regina Caeli Jubila (Praetorius)? Not an English singing version, but a translation so that I can tell the school choir the meaning of the words. Here they are:Regina caili...
View ArticleWords of "Rex immortalis gloriae"
Can anyone supply me with the words of the above hymn, which appears to be a 20th-century composition in honour of Hildegard of Bingen? I have it on disc, but can only pick out the odd phrase here and...
View ArticleRecessional Hymn : orgin and practice?
Does anyone know how the practice of a recessional hymn got introduced into the liturgy and what documents (if any) even discuss its inclusion?
View ArticleThere's a Wideness in God's Mercy - New tune
If anyone would like : Here's a new tune for "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy". Comments, suggestions welcome.
View Article"Glory be to Jesus" - Appropriate for Lent?
The Hymn "Glory be to Jesus who in bitter pains poured for me the life blood from his sacred veins"Is this appropriate for use in the Lenten Season or is this something which really should be reserved...
View ArticleI am the Bread of Life
Today I sang "I am the Bread of Life" by Sister Suzanne Toolan during Communion in an Episcopal church. The arrangement, by Betty Pulkingham, was mediocre in my mind (how can this be in an Anglican...
View ArticleTypical Parish Recessional ("Reform of the Reform" edition)
A few years ago, we discussed a Typical Small Parish Recessional.Most of us have experienced some changes in our parishes since then.Here's a different parish trying the same recessional more recently....
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