GELINEAU PSALM 23

Composer: Joseph Gelineau 1920-

Joseph Gelineau (1920-2008) Gelineau's translation and musical settings of the psalms have achieved nearly universal usage in the Christian church of the Western world. These psalms faithfully recapture the Hebrew poetic structure and images. To accommodate this structure his psalm tones were designed to express the asymmetrical three-line/four-line design of the psalm texts. He collaborated with R. Tournay and R. Schwab and reworked the Jerusalem Bible Psalter. Their joint effort produced the Psautier de la Bible de Jerusalem and recording Psaumes, which won the Gran Prix de L' Academie Charles Cros in 1953. The musical settings followed four years later. Shortly after, the Gregorian Institute of America published Twenty-four Psalms… Go to person page >

Composer (Antiphon II and III): Anthony Gregory Murray 1905-

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Tune Information

Title: GELINEAU PSALM 23
Composer: Joseph Gelineau 1920-
Composer (Antiphon II and III): Anthony Gregory Murray 1905-
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 13566 53233 561
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Music © The Grail (England)

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The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #98

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