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Transfiguration Hymn
Maybe too late to add it to your programs for this Sunday. But maybe not...Eternal is Your promise, LordAnd all-consuming is Your grace.You give to us Your Holy LightAnd show to us Your holy Face.Held...
View ArticleHymn writing, challenges, competitions, etc....
While wanting to share my opinion and ask my questions, I will attempt to do so without intending any insult to modern hymn-writers...Historically (it appears to me) that hymn-writing has always been...
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Funeral Hymn - I Am The Resurrection
I wrote this a few years ago. (It's on the Chant Cafe.... somewhere.)But I just freshly engraved it so I thought I'd post it.This is a metrical paraphrase of the 1979 BCP Funeral Procession text.
View ArticleFavorite Eucharistic Hymn Texts: Hive-mind go!
Hi Friends,Earlier today a dear friend (and fellow forum member) and I were discussing hymns that were appropriate for communion, and that got me wondering about collating a list of everyone's favorite...
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 ArticleHymn tunes that need new texts
Asking in my capacity as a writer of new hymn texts...Are there any tunes you feel are really great, but:- you don't LOVE the text(s) commonly in use with them- the good text you like has been...
View ArticleDivine Office Hymnal
Well, here it is! Available in hardback and accompaniment editions starting next month, as per Bishop Lopes!https://www.giamusic.com/store/resource/the-divine-office-hymnal-hymnal-11000Gaudete in...
View ArticleHymn "Praecessor almus gratiae" vs "Praecursor altus luminis"
What is the relationship between the hymns "Praecessor almus gratiae" (Liber Hymnarius page 426, for the Passion of John the Baptist, 5 stanzas including doxology) and "Praecursor altus luminis" (St....
View ArticleHymn of the Month: September – Mother Dear, O Pray for Me
This Marian hymn along with “Holy God We Praise Thy Name” were two of the best-known Catholic hymns of the 20th century. Not familiar with this hymn? Then take a few moments to read about the author...
View ArticleSerdecza Matko (Stainless the Maiden)
Hello! I'm looking for an SATB setting of the Polish and /or English version of this beautiful hymn.I was looking online, but wasn't too pleased at what I was finding. If anyone has any leads, or a...
View ArticleHymns for the Chair of Peter
Can someone recommend hymns in English for the Feast of the Chair of Peter? Something referring to Matthew 16.16-19, "You are Christ ... You are Peter", would be especially good.
View Article"Queen of Angels Far and Nigh" (Fairfield Magnificat)
Grace and peace, everyone. Here's a new hymn suitable for Visitation, Advent, and feasts of Our Lady. Text, tune, and harmonization are all mine. The piece contains six verses with a refrain, as well...
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 ArticleReharmonization of BEACH SPRING
Does anyone have or know of a reharmonization for this tune before I take (not-so-good) stab at it? Thanks!
View ArticleEnglish Hymns for St. Francis
Any hymns in English (not Latin, although translated hymns are fine) that could be sung for St. Francis of Assisi, that is NOT Canticle of Creation, or Make me a channel of your peace? I'd like to draw...
View ArticleHymn of the Month: October – Jesus, Keep Me Close to Thee
The melody for this hymn was composed by one of the leading contributors to American Catholic music during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her contributions to Catholic music, however, have...
View ArticleLooking: Something to Sing About: A Book of Original Hymns, 1967
I am trying to locate a copy (in any form) of a book, "Something to Sing About: A Book of Original Hymns", 1967, which was produced by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Albany Province. Long...
View ArticleCould use help finding this Welsh hymn
I know this comes from the Welsh hymnal Canuen FFYDD,and I have a copy but it's over 1,000 pages thick. While it comes from a Welsh hymnal that doesn't preclude its appearance in other non Welsh...
View ArticleHymns about the Eucharist
I'd like to invite discussion of my article on Eucharistic hymnody. https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/how-to-sing-about-the-blessed-sacrament/I list a few priorities there. One is based on St. Thomas...
View ArticleNew text for a funeral hymn: "For All God's Children Fallen"
Grace and peace, everyone. Here is a funeral-hymn text of mine: "For All God's Children Fallen." It is in 76. 76. D (iambic) and so works with several tunes, most notably PASSION CHORALE, though I also...
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 ArticleWhen is it appropriate to sing the Pange Lingua?
Hi all—I'd love the hive-mind's opinion on this: when is it appropriate to sing the Pange Linga (if ever) outside of Corpus Christi and Maundy Thursday?Some hymns have very strong associations with...
View ArticleEucharistic Revival hymns
Perhaps Christ the King would be a good date for premiering these in your parish.
View ArticleAlternate 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 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 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 Article"Savior of the Prophets' Dreaming," a Christmas text
Grace and peace, everyone. Here's a Christmas text in 8.7.8.7. that I wrote for John Stainer's melody CROSS OF JESUS. This absolutely lovely tune, which is # 160 in the 1982 Episcopal Hymnal, seems to...
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