Monthly Archives: September 2015

This is another request from Frenzy Cool for a song by Moses Catan. It is for Eucharist. The text is here and a recording can be heard here. The only sheet music I can find is an SATB arrangement by Ray … Continue reading →

This song comes in Spanish, English and Bilingual versions and musically is recommended as a South American dance. I suspect it works better in Spanish as the tune has some extra triplets to match the Spanish text. The Spanish text … Continue reading →

This song is a request from Frenzy Cool who seems to be looking for wedding songs. The lyrics are by Timothy Dudley-Smith and can be found here. The setting she asked for is the tune COMFORT by Michael Joncas. The … Continue reading →

This is another song from Emma’s parish, which was written by the wonderful team of James Phillip McAuley and Richard Connolly. You just don’t get texts like this very often. Read it here. You can purchase the sheet music in … Continue reading →

Emma has started putting up music selections and this song by Michael Mangan is a lovely choice. It is based on Micah 6:8 and I remember singing it in the year 2000 because it was in the collection Sing Jubilee, … Continue reading →

Entrance: Send Down the Fire (Haugen) AOV 2/164 Psalm 19 (O’Brien) The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart. Gifts: Holy Spirit Come (Mangan) AOV NG 67 Communion: Seed, Scattered and Sown (Feiten) GA 195 The Beatitudes (Kearney) Thanksgiving: Enemy of … Continue reading →

So much for my hope that this book would find missing OCP songs post AOV 1996-2006. However, this version in OCP’s “Guitar Accompaniment Book” raises some interesting questions. They give the first two verses on the original text by Martin … Continue reading →

This is a noble simple text from Genevieve Glen OSB, set in this case, to PROSPECT an old tune from William Walker’s The Southern Harmony. If you need a song for St Joseph this will do nicely. The sheet music can … Continue reading →

Ryan’s parish use this song set to OLD HUNDREDTH. The text is at Hymnary that notes other settings that appear more popular. The words are by Charles William Everest. I’ve already blogged the tune here.  

I have bought a second hand copy of OCP’s “Guitar Accompaniment Book” on Abe Books. It is the 2005 edition but has some songs from the 2006 and 2007 supplement inserted into the loose leaf binder. It appears to be … Continue reading →