Alternate lyrics for Diadem (Ellor)
I recently heard (as part of a medley) the first verse of "While Shepherds watched their flocks" sung to the tune Diadem (aka All Hail the pow'r of Jesus name) by James Ellor. It got me wondering...
View ArticleHymn text on the four Marian dogmas: "Blessed Mary Ever-Virgin"
Grace and peace, everyone! It is the ex-Anglican newbie again.Here is a Marian text I wrote, meter 8.7.8.7.8.7. I rather like it with GRAFTON; it also works with ST. THOMAS (Wade) and PANGE LINGUA,...
View ArticleMacaronic hymn or simple motet: "Ubi erit domus tua"
Grace and peace, everyone. Here's a hymn or simple motet in Latin and English, perhaps for Christmas, Epiphany, Adoration, or the feast of the Sacred Heart.1. Ubi erit domus tua,Jesu Christe, born in...
View ArticleYour 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 Article"Wachet Auf" new translation (all three verses)
Nothing I've seen yet does the German of the last verse justice and makes it ring (as a good Advent tune ought) with the Nativity and the eschaton at once.Originally I translated just that verse, but I...
View ArticleSing, O sing, this blessed morn (Charles H. Giffen)
I composed the tune McShane (77. 77. 77) a long time ago, and used it to set the Christmas day hymn "Sing, O sing, this blessed morn" (text by Christopher Wordsworth). The tune in the Hymnal 1940 (and...
View ArticleSing, O sing, this blessed morn (Ronald F. Krisman)
Merry Christmas to all.I composed this tune yesterday. As I stated on another thread, it appears that hymnal editors don't value the text very much. But I did not discover that until after I had...
View ArticleOrientis Reges Tres (We Three Kings)
Hi all, I recently stumbled across a latin version of "Silent Night" and it got me wondering if there were other well known hymns with latin translations. Sure enough I discovered Orientis Reges Tres,...
View ArticleHYMN OF THE MONTH – February: Mother Dearest, Mother Fairest
As part of my series on Catholic hymns, I have chosen a hymn that was widely used by evening novena prayer groups. The text of the hymn may have been inspired by the verses of hymn written by Father...
View ArticleFleur de lys Hymnal : by Koerber : Now Available
I will be publishing a hymnal for sale which I will be making available soon. It will be a saddle stitch hymnal (initially) containing the best of hymns and chant appropriate for the liturgy. I am...
View ArticleLow Sunday/Divine Mercy hymn text
I went looking for a hymn suitable for a morning mass on Divine Mercy Sunday. That is, one which is at face value about Easter, but which emphasises God's mercy, or the Sacred Heart, or something...
View ArticleLooking for an Easter/Sacred Heart/Divine Mercy hymn
I am looking for an English hymn to use on Low Sunday. I want an Easter hymn for use in a normal OF Sunday mass (as opposed to a special 3pm Divine Mercy mass), but which has a nod to Divine Mercy....
View ArticleWho Is F. A. Judd, Hymn Writer?
Does anyone know anything about F. A. Judd, the author of the hymn "Sons of the Holy One, bright with his splendour" (New English Hymnal (1986) #192)? I found one web site that says he was ordained in...
View ArticleMetrical Lament of the Virgin
The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows and the sequence had me wondering if there is, in English, a metrical "planctus" or lament of the Virgin at the crucifixion of Christ? Something that could be used at...
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Jesus Christ is Risen Today - NOS GALAN
Jesus Christ is Ris'n Today (Surrexit Christus hodie), set to the popular Welsh tune NOS GALAN.MERRY EASTER
View ArticleHYMN OF THE MONTH – April: Mary! dearest Mother!
As part of my series on Catholic hymns, I have chosen a hymn that was written by Father Frederick Faber in 1861. Father Faber was a convert to Catholicism and began writing hymns in 1848. How many...
View ArticleHymn for the Divine Mercy?
Hello all... I'm very curious if any of you have done any work toward a hymn specifically regarding/about/in praise of the Divine Mercy?We began a time of prayer today with the hymn Love Divine All...
View ArticlePentecost Hymn : Arr. for Old Hundredth : Text by Maurus
For anyone that would like to sing the Veni Creator as a well known hymn with congregation.(Comments below was result of originally posting a different text than ascribed.)
View ArticleNew Hymn Text for the Sacred Heart
The Sacred Heart of JesusLife of God, poured out like wateron the barren hearts of men:Flood divine, like flood of Noah,sent to purge the world of sin:I am drowned in Thee, but drowningboard the Ark...
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