Lo How A Rose E'er Blooming - Advent or Christmas?
Depending on the parish, I've seen this hymn used in both seasons (sometimes just the choir). The text seems somewhat prophetic, and it's based on Isaiah 11:1-10, which is read on Advent II in Year A....
View ArticleFavorite Lenten and Easter Hymn Arrangements?
I've been perusing various threads on the forum but so far have come up empty with anything resembling an accessible list good for future reference, so I would like to put it to all of you:What are...
View Article"The Dazzling Day Is Now Far Spent," a hymn on the Agony in the Garden
Grace and peace, everyone. Here is a new piece---text, tune, and harmonization mine---on the Agony of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Garden. I have named the tune CARDINAL SARAH. Meter is 8.8.8.6....
View ArticleHYMN OF THE MONTH - APRIL: REGINA COELI
This beautiful Eastertide anthem of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a regular Easter favorite of St. Mary’s Choir in Akron, Ohio. The composer was the Organist and Director of the Choir of the Cathedral of...
View ArticleSeeking "Stabat Mater" hymn descant
I am interested to find a descant option for the familiar hymn tune of "Stabat Mater", if anyone has one you are willing to share. It needs to work with the SATB harmonization from Brebeuf Hymnal....
View ArticleHymns for sext and none of Paschaltide
Today I was studying the hymns for the little hours of Paschaltide. The hymns for terce, sext and none are abbreviations of longer texts. Does anyone know anything about the hymns for sext and...
View Article"A Crown of Thorns the World Has Plaited," a hymn on the Sacred Heart
Grace and peace, everyone. Here's a new piece---text, tune, and harmonization mine---on the Sacred Heart of the Lord Jesus. I've called the tune CORONA SPINEA; it is in 9.7.9.7.3.3.7.1. A crown of...
View ArticleEnglish Translations of Latin Hymns
We have had a number of discussions that have asked for translations of hymns. To provide a one stop resource of Translators or books of translation we could list our resources. I will give a direct...
View ArticleHymn Antiphon Idea?
Oh man... gotta live this hot topic. It comes up and up again. For those fo you who are in a situation where you cannot make the case for a weekly worship aid, BUT you might have the leeway to fight...
View ArticleCorpus Christi procession hymns
I'm looking for some good rousing (as opposed to more meditative) hymns for our parish Corpus Christi procession this year. Many of the traditional texts (Ave verum, Adoro Te, Panis Angelicus) and...
View ArticleLumen Christi Hymnal: out of print?
I can't find this anywhere. Illuminare is defunct, the shop page at Source and Summit is a 404, and no luck on the used book sites I usually check. This hymnal seems to have had a short life if it's...
View ArticlePre-Urbanite Hymns
I am wondering if anyone knows of a good source for the pre-urbanite hymns. I know after Vatican II, many of them were restored in part, but I've read it was somewhat inconsistent. The 1961 Graduale...
View ArticleVernacular Hymn for Pentecost -in Public Domain: help, please
Before the Vidi Aquam on Pentecost Sunday, we sing Veni Creator Spiritus, and before that we have sung, in the past, Come Holy Ghost, in English. That seems like gilding the lily to me, so I thought I...
View ArticleCistercian hymnals
Are either the 1909 or 1952 Cistercian hymnals online as pdfs? I found a wayback link to a defunct site with scans of the 1952, but only the illegibly small thumbnails have been preserved. Gregobase...
View ArticleA Pentecost hymn that wasn't always a hymn
Some fun facts about Lux iucunda, lux insignis, the Office of Readings hymn for Pentecost:It's not actually a hymn! It was originally a liturgical sequence, ascribed to Adam of St. Victor. Originally...
View ArticleHymns for Joan of Arc
Some liturgical archaeology. The four proper hymns for the feast of Joan of Arc (which afaik has never been celebrated outside of France, but do correct me if this is wrong) first appeared in the...
View ArticleHYMN OF THE MONTH - June: Hide Thou Me
As part of my series on Catholic hymns, I chose a hymn that honors the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This hymn was composed by a Catholic musician from Cleveland, Ohio. He was a composer of both secular and...
View ArticleBrava!
Congratulations to the winners of the USCCB Eucharistic Revival Musical Competition, and in particular to our friend Kathy Pluth, whose new hymn text "Let the Earth Acclaim Christ Jesus" was selected...
View ArticleSetting one's own texts to music
Grace and peace, everyone, and a very happy New Year.I have started setting my own hymn and carol texts to music; this seems a fairly harmless occupation and need not involve leaving the house. I am...
View ArticleVespers of John the Baptist from St Meinrad's
I was watching Meinrad Abbey's stream of 1st Vespers of John the Baptist, and couldn't make out most of the words to whichever translation of Ut queant laxis they seem to be using. Could anyone point...
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