Hymn for the feast of St. Peter & Paul (in English)
I would like to find some beautiful, orthodox and not so difficult hymn for the feast of St. Peter and Paul.Its text should be in English. Could you give me some suggestions? Any suggestion will be...
View ArticleHymns that shouldn't be.
Hymns To AvoidORThere was a reason that the Liturgy of the Mass used to be totally scripture-based and would be welcomed once again.
View ArticlePalestrina Pange lingua and falsobordone
Dear allI know Palestrina wrote a polyphonic setting of the hymn Pange lingua, but I see that Sir Richard Terry gives a falsobordone version for alternating verses in his Music for Holy Week volume....
View ArticleHymns in honour of Saint John the Baptist
Melody abstracted (yet again) from the SSPX hymn Sancte Pie Decime.
View ArticleMagne Pater Augustine (Mode 5 hymn melody).....having a hard time finding it
Anybody know where I might find it?So I'm looking for a particular melody to the hymn Magne Pater Augustine that I really liked when I first heard it. This hymn has at least three different plainchant...
View ArticleHymn to St. Luke
My school ( St. Luke ) is looking for a hymn to St. Luke to sing as a "school hymn".If you know of a text or would like to write one, let me know, either here or by pm.Thanks
View ArticleBespoke Hymnody
Having just finished yet another hymn translation commission, I wanted to mention that I'm always happy to be asked to do this sort of thing on a sliding-scale professional basis.Do you run a large...
View ArticleThird verse 'O God beyond all praising'
Third verse for Thaxted Does anyone have a third verse for 'O God beyond all praising'? I swear I have used one for an ordination, but I cannot find it. I realize there are only two verses in the...
View ArticleFirst hymn tune
My first real stab at a hymn, to John Henry Newman's paraphrase of Isaiah 64.
View ArticleHymn selections: by readings or liturgical action?
For the English Ordinary Form of the Mass, I am really curious to know your opinion on the strategy of hymn selection, specifically on choosing hymns based on...a.) readings (1st Reading, 2nd Reading,...
View ArticleSt. James Music Press
Has anyone used this online resource? I am particularly interested in it for the children. They charge a yearly subscription for $139 and you can print as many pieces off for the whole year. It looks...
View ArticleBlessed are the saints who pass from death to life
I am trying to locate a complete copy of this hymn, Blessed are the saints who pass from death to life, by Joseph Willcox Jenkins. Can anyone help?
View ArticlePD Hymn resource
For a little time, I have been creating a collection of public domain scores of traditional hymns. The Hymns in the Commons page from the CMAA is wonderful, but the collection is very small and uneven....
View ArticleVictime Divine, thy grace we claim
Can this text by Charles Wesley be read in a manner consistent with Catholic doctrine?Most commonly found verses are below:Victim Divine, thy grace we claimwhile thus thy precious death we show:once...
View ArticleHymnody: Ebenezer (Ton-y-botel)
I am now old, just shy of 80, retired and getting used to a new Jiffy Hip, and I am also isolated musically--and Church-musically! Still, there are a few things that I think should be shared. I'll try...
View ArticleJesu, salvator saeculi translation
I have found three translations of this hymn for All Saints day: "O Savior Jesu, not alone" by Lacy in The English Hymnal, and "O Jesus, Savior of the world" by St. Cecilia's Abbey. The third is Edward...
View ArticleAve vivens hostia
Does anyone here sing Ave vivens hostia? If so, to which tune? I'd like to sing it to a Gregorian chant hymn tune, but I suppose I could settle for PASSION CHORALE if I had to. The meter is 76 76 D,...
View ArticleUrbs Jerusalem beata
Here is a pairing of the text of Urbs Jerusalem, as it is given in the Liber Hymnarius, with the beautiful and perhaps more familiar mode 2 melody. Most fitting of course for the feast of the...
View ArticleWhat is the best Thanksgiving hymn?
I think of Thanksgiving Day as basically a Protestant holiday, what with its associations to legends of the Plymouth Pilgrims, who came to this country because the Church of England was too close to...
View ArticleThe Hands that First Held Mary's Child
https://hymnary.org/text/the_hands_that_first_held_marys_child Would you be comfortable with this as a Communion "meditation" during Feast of the Holy Family? There is no way our choir is ready to sing...
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