Recent additions and changes
January 2008
New spoof:
I love the hymns...
, which is probably meaningless if you're not into poetic technique.
July 2007
New hymn:
Great Lord and God, we greet this day
, ideal for weddings.
June 2007
New hymn:
As we meet in your presence
, ideal for re-dedication and mission.
March 2007
New instrumental descant:
As water to the thirsty
, text by Timothy Dudley-Smith.
Newly available hymn:
O God of feast and festival
now downloadable by kind permission of author Rosalind Brown.
Various
Charles Wesley settings
added for this year, the 300th anniversary of his birth.
December 2006
Earth was waiting, spent and restless
. An unusually dark, and therefore valuable, hymn text for Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas.
November 2006
Amazing Grace
set to
House of the Rising Sun
for three-part singing group.
Mountjoy Eucharist
setting assembled into a single publication.
August 2006
New hymn setting:
O God of feast and festival
, text by Canon Rosalind Brown of Durham Cathedral.
May 2006
New descant:
Coe Fen
(How shall I sing that majesty?)
March 2006
New psalm setting (4):
Answer me, hear my plea
.
New hymn (psalm) setting: Timothy Dudley-Smith's new text, based on Psalm 111:
Rejoice in God, my heart
.
February 2006
All psalm settings and several other pieces tidied up (style, typography) and made consistent (text size, staff size, etc.).
Psalm settings: various descants and arrangements added.
December 2005
New hymn arrangement for choir:
Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
.
New carol arrangement for music-group:
God rest you merry, gentlemen
.
New hymn setting (Holy Spirit, Pentecost):
So free, so bright, so beautiful and fair
.
January 2005
New song of lament:
How are we to sing our songs to you?
: This seems particularly poignant and appropriate following the Asian tsunami.
August 2004
New psalm setting (137):
By the turbid waters of Babylon
.
June 2004
New descant:
Crown him with many crowns
.
April/May 2004
New descant:
Lord for the years
.
Revision:
Eucharistic Prayer H
: celebrant top notes lowered; accompaniment adjusted; guitar chords added.
New:
Crossgate Service
: provide congregational handout.
February 2004
New psalm setting (8):
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name
.
January 2004
New communion setting:
Crossgate Service
.
November 2003
New song:
God indeed is my deliverer
(Isaiah 12).
September 2003
New liturgical response text:
Yet my soul drew back
August 2003
New liturgical song:
God in Christ has revealed his glory
from
Common Worship
.
June 2003
Addition:
Broken for me
: Descant.
Addition:
All my hope on God is founded (Michael)
: Descant.
May 2003
Addition:
Eucharistic Prayer A
: Setting for congregation, president and keyboard.
Addition:
Eucharistic Prayer D
: Setting for congregation, president and either music-group or organ.
January 2003
Addition: Descant to
Angel voices ever singing
.
WWW site migrated to new, special-purpose URL
http://www.servicemusic.org.uk/
Addition:
Psalm 116:12-19
. Ideal for Maundy Thursday.
Revision: Psalms
32
,
70
,
121
,
130
: Add guitar chords.
Revision: Psalm
121
: Simplify accompaniment.
Addition: Descant to
The Church's one foundation (tune: Aurelia)
.
Addition:
Reviews
of these resources by other people
December 2002:
New canticle:
Blessed are you
.
November 2002:
Addition:
Biography
.
Revision:
Psalm 15
: Add descant; revise accompaniment.
Addition:
May my cry (Psalm 119)
: Add MIDI file.
New psalm:
Psalm 139: 1-18
: Anglican chant style.
New song:
You were in the form of God
(Philippians 2)
New song:
Great and wonderful
(Revelation 15)
Revision:
Eucharistic Prayer H
: Provide congregational handout.
Revision:
Magnificat
: Add descant; revise accompaniment.
Copyright ©
David Lee
E-mail:
t.d.lee@servicemusic.org.uk
WWW:
http://www.servicemusic.org.uk/
Last updated: 22nd January 2008