tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post114867338797671866..comments2023-06-08T11:21:10.878-04:00Comments on EPISTLES FROM THE SCRIPTORIUM: HYMN BY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENTBrian Michael Pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09836644567939527991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1148843441147396162006-05-28T15:10:00.000-04:002006-05-28T15:10:00.000-04:00I might be remembering wrong, Brian, but I think V...I might be remembering wrong, Brian, but I think Vincent Persichetti, or someone of that ilk, (you know, someone you read about in History of Music, a REAL composer, not a religious one)* set the JQ Adams text.<BR/><BR/>* This is only half facetious -- it was a shock to realize that there actually were real, respected composers, working in the modern day, (Rorem, Persichetti, Hovhaness, etc.) who wrote music that was both suitable for and intended for realistic use in church -- that publishers still push composers of the Haagen-Hasz ilk when they actually have a CHOICE!<BR/><BR/>The LeperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1148702883711547452006-05-27T00:08:00.000-04:002006-05-27T00:08:00.000-04:00Can't seem to get it to start cleanly. Oh, well, y...Can't seem to get it to start cleanly. Oh, well, you get the idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1148702788653018502006-05-27T00:06:00.000-04:002006-05-27T00:06:00.000-04:00The link above has a bit of a hiccup at the beginn...The link above has a bit of a hiccup at the beginning. Try this <I><A HREF="http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.www/eternal_father.mp3" REL="nofollow">Eternal Father</A></I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1148695911600168592006-05-26T22:11:00.000-04:002006-05-26T22:11:00.000-04:00Bad music, bad lyrics, bad theology. I'm counting ...Bad music, bad lyrics, bad theology. I'm counting on you guys to get us all back on track.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, here's my favorite "non-Catholic" hymn, written (1860) by William Whiting of Winchester, England, with music composed by an Episcopalian clergyman named John Bacchus Dykes.<BR/><BR/>I love this hymn, despite some rather tragic memories I associate with it (funerals). It's trinitarian structure always struck me as a very Catholic doxology. These are the original four verses with a link to the Navy choir singing the first (at the bottom):<BR/><BR/><B>Eternal Father — The "Navy Hymn"</B><BR/><BR/><I>Eternal Father, strong to save,<BR/>Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, <BR/>Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep<BR/>Its own appointed limits keep;<BR/>Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,<BR/>For those in peril on the sea!<BR/> <BR/>O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard<BR/>And hushed their raging at Thy word,<BR/>Who walked'st on the foaming deep,<BR/>And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;<BR/>Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,<BR/>For those in peril on the sea!<BR/><BR/>Most Holy Spirit! Who didst brood<BR/>Upon the chaos dark and rude,<BR/>And bid its angry tumult cease,<BR/>And give, for wild confusion, peace;<BR/>Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,<BR/>For those in peril on the sea!<BR/> <BR/>O Trinity of love and power!<BR/>Our brethren shield in danger's hour; <BR/>From rock and tempest, fire and foe, <BR/>Protect them wheresoe'er they go;<BR/>Thus evermore shall rise to Thee<BR/>Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/.www/eternal_father.mp3" REL="nofollow">The Navy Choir sings Eternal Father</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002745.post-1148673944746271122006-05-26T16:05:00.000-04:002006-05-26T16:05:00.000-04:00Or a Catholic hymnal could feature good hymns from...Or a Catholic hymnal could feature good hymns from Catholic text writers, such as humble <I>moi.</I>Kathleen Pluthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658348042905287557noreply@blogger.com