strong hymn texts for Saint Joseph the Worker?
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I seem to remember one by James Quinn, S.J., but I cannot put my hands on it.Gratefully,Paul
View ArticleHymn for Sacred Heart
What favorite hymns to the Sacred Heart can y'all mention? I need to choose one for the 65 kids who will be singing at the first Chant Camp this year, which falls on the feast of the the Sacred Heart...
View ArticleHymn Text for Discussion
Would forum members please like to polish to Pluth-perfection the below draft lyrics honouring Blessed Charles of Austria. (The tune the text was written to suit is, unsurprisingly, Austria.)Blessed...
View ArticlePluth "The Son of Man" for SS Peter & Paul (29 June)
An absolutely splendid text for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Kathy Pluth's hymn "The Son of Man" was used at the 2012 Colloquium at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City (and...
View ArticleLiberHymnarius.org
I don't know that this has been posted before, nothing came up in a search so, check this place out:http://liberhymnarius.org/It has audio recordings of most (all?) of the Liber Hymnarius. Very useful!
View ArticleInteresting thread at PTB (new hymn text)
http://www.praytellblog.com/index.php/2014/06/01/hymns-these-days/Entitled "Hymns These Days," there is a growing interest about the textual content of contemporary hymnody. Already Joncas, Keil,...
View ArticleHymn text analysis and suggestions
There have been a couple of interesting discussions about hymn texts here and on that other blog.Fr. Joncas suggested that we open up discussions here about hymn texts.I'd like to offer the following,...
View ArticleCome Holy Ghost - Winchester New
If anyone so desires, here's a version of 'Come, Holy Ghost' set to WINCHESTER NEW.
View ArticleThe best of the hymnal
What's the best basic core hymns? Feel free to add your own or challenge others' suggestions.But if you challenge, say why.And if you disagree with a challenger, say why.Do not mention a text writer or...
View ArticleHymns for Sts. Peter and Paul
The Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) falls on a Sunday this year. I suppose there are a half dozen threads on this forum that have some of my texts for the feast on them, but if you're looking to...
View ArticleCore Hymnody - What do we need?
Kathy recently authored a post calling for the best hymns for core hymnody. This is not an atypical post here, and neither was the response atypical. Everyone is chiming in with what their personal...
View Article"Hymn of the Day"?
The Herman Stuempfle thread reminded me of something over which I have been puzzling.When did "hymn of the day" become a guiding principle in compiling Catholic hymnals?Until a few years ago I'd never...
View ArticleCan anyone identify this "Regina Coeli"?
At a parish where I sometimes attend Mass, the choir has been singing this setting of "Regina Coeli" longer than anyone remembers. The only sheet music for it was hand-written by a former choir...
View ArticleWhat hymnals should I review?
I have recently become DM at a parish that desires to move in a musical direction more in keeping with the musical heritage of the Church. We do not offer the extraordinary form, but are looking to...
View ArticleTwo instructive articles on the histories of Patriotic Hymns
...which can no doubt be applied, ceteris paribus, to religious and sacred hymnody.Commentator Mark Steyn writes on America the...
View ArticleJesus Keep Me Near the Cross
I stumbled onto this video of my arrangement of "Near the Cross" ... one of Fanny J. Crosby's best-known texts/hymns ... sung by a Czech choir, too! The score is attached.
View ArticlePolish Hymnal with organist accompaniment
I saw that many are looking for Polish hymns and accompaniments. There is a Polish hymnal that contains Polish hymns, along with the English hymns that translate the meanings... It is published by the...
View ArticleLooking for Standard Hymns in Tenor-Tune Format
Odd (and long and rambly) question:Since we am no longer allowed to chant much of the ordinary (Sanctus and Agnus only) or any of the proper (mode vi Alleluia w/ Lectionary verse only), and are...
View ArticleNew comprehensive "Hymnal for the Hours" available
Dear Chant-loving Friends,Anyone who has ever wished they could find good English plainchant hymns for the Divine Office/LOTH need look no further: Fr. Samuel Weber has published, in one volume, 40+...
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