This is another song from Voices As One Vol 2 that sounds like private prayer and I can’t see a liturgical use. It is by Jack Parker and David Crowther.
The text is here. The sheet music can be purchased at praisecharts.
Continuing in Voices As One Vol 2, I have come to a happily noisy P&W song by Michael Gleason. Like many songs in this collection, I don’t think its going to find a place in any liturgy (WLP disagrees), but as solo vehicles or part of celebrations outside of mass they have a place.
I can’t find the text anywhere, but there aren’t many words in any case. WLP subscribers can download the sheet music. I still made a backing.
These are the songs the music liturgy team chose for next week.
I have found that having gone round the cycle, between our previous selections and those from correspondents over the years, I’m getting a good resource for music selections by patience and bloody minded persistence. I’ve always though there should be a wiki-liturgy page for people to put up their independently arrived at music selections for each week. While there are many online resources and I’ve linked to some of these, I’ve never seen a central gathering place for suggestions.
Entrance: All the Ends of the Earth (Dufford) AOV 1/76
Psalm 97 (McKenna)
The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.
Gifts: You Are Mine (Haas) AOV 2/2
Communion: Gift of Finest Wheat (Westendorf/Kreutz) CWB II 651
Thanksgiving: A Trusting Psalm (Bates) AOV 1/115
Recessional: Lift Up Your Hearts (O’Connor) AOV 1/156
This is one for the other sort of Latin mass. It is a samba, which unless your assembly is expert in Latin rhythms and syncopation, is for soloist and choir.
I can’t see this being other than a solo vehicle. It is written by Paul A. Tate and Paul L. Berrell, and because of the latter has been wiped from WLP.
The sheet music can however be purchased at sheetmusicplus where the text is in the preview.
This is a John Flaherty song with lots of Pauline sources. It is singable despite the syncopation and was a nice song to come across that was new to me.
The text is here. WLP don’t seem to have it on sale online but you can down load it from them if you have an annual licence.
This song from Voices As One Vol 2 is by Joseph Vogels and I’m struggling to think what it is for.
The call and response text is here and I worry about the triumphal tone here as much as in some of the traditional repertoire. Are we really happy with “conquer in your name” in a post colonial world?
On the other hand I don’t think I’ve used a punk rock backing in BIAB for a hymn before.
I've worked my way through the As One Voice books and other collections making backings on Band in a Box to help me (& you if you're interested) learn new songs for church. This is aimed at churches and musicians that own the collections but haven't exploited them fully. If you don't have them they are certainly worth buying. This site is educational, nonprofit and designed to enhance the commercial prospects of songwriters. This site does not distribute copyrighted sheet music.
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Mason’s “Mass of Glory and Praise”
To access my backings for Paul Mason's mass go to Feb 2011 in the archive.