Monthly Archives: November 2020

Having looked at the Advent songs in Gather 3rd edition, almost in time for Advent, it’s time for a break. I’ve slipped past ten years of this odd hobby of blogging hymn tunes and I will see what changes Christmas … Continue reading →

This is a creation for Advent by Carol E. Browning who took Conditer alme siderum in translation as her verses, and added a refrain of her own composition every two verses. The tune of the verse is a metrical version … Continue reading →

This is another beautiful, if ridiculous in the Southern Hemisphere, song for Advent in Gather 3rd ed. William Gay wrote the heavily inculturated text and Annabel Gay the music. In Australia, we could use verses 2,3 and 5 for Advent, … Continue reading →

This is a lovely Advent gathering song in the Northern Hemisphere. It is a weird anachronism in the Southern Hemisphere. That is not the fault of Ruth Duck, the lyricist, as she is allowed quaint, inculturated songs for her local … Continue reading →

This Advent song from Michael Joncas is a bit of an oddity. It’s not sure what key it is in. BIAB suggested D but it certainly isn’t in G nor Em as notated. Verses one. three and five have roughly … Continue reading →

This is another of the Advent songs from Gather 3rd ed. and is based on the “O” Antiphons. It is by Francis Patrick O’Brien. The guitar version plays it capo 3 but since it goes to an E in the … Continue reading →

I’ve already blogged this Michael Joncas song here but I thought I’d do a less bonkers backing for it. You can purchase the sheet music at GIA , where the text is in their preview.

This is an Advent gathering song with a text by Delores Dufner and here set by Michael Joncas. GIA sell the sheet music and provide the text in their preview. The tune has more than a nod to THAXTED. I … Continue reading →

CWB II set this Charles Wesley Advent text to STUTTGART, which I blogged here, but Gather 3rd ed. uses JEFFERSON. The tune is from William Walker’s Southern Harmony. There is an arrangement, which you can purchase at GIA, that goes … Continue reading →

This is a TAIZE chant for Advent by Jacques Berthier. The song is a four part canon. There is also a secondary canon of Alleluia’s to add if you head isn’t spinning already. The text is here (bottom of page). … Continue reading →