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Author: Omer Westendorf, b. 1916 Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 4 hymnals Refrain First Line: O most holy Trinity Topics: Challenge of Gospel; Confirmation; Guidance; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ; Praise; Song; Trinity; Unity Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-5 Used With Tune: GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN

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GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN

Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Appears in 21 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Healey Willan, 1880-1968 Tune Sources: Limburg Gesangbuch, 1838 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 51712 32561 22151 Used With Text: Sing Praise to Our Creator

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Sing Praise to Our Creator

Author: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1998 Hymnal: Singing Our Faith #160 (2001) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Refrain First Line: O most holy Trinity Topics: God Languages: English Tune Title: GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN

Sing Praise to Our Creator

Author: Omer E. Westendorf, 1916-1997 Hymnal: Christian Worship #480 (2021) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Refrain First Line: O most holy Trinity Topics: Holy Trinity Scripture: Romans 8:14-17 Languages: English Tune Title: GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN

Sing Praise to Our Creator

Author: Omer Westendorf, b. 1916 Hymnal: RitualSong #620 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain Refrain First Line: O most holy Trinity Topics: Challenge of Gospel; Confirmation; Guidance; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ; Praise; Song; Trinity; Unity Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-5 Languages: English Tune Title: GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN

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Omer Westendorf

1916 - 1997 Person Name: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1998 Author of "Sing Praise to Our Creator" in Singing Our Faith Omer Westendorf, one of the earliest lyricists for Roman Catholic liturgical music in English, died on October 22, 1997, at the age of eighty-one. Born on February 24, 1916, Omer got his start in music publishing after World War II, when he brought home for his parish choir in Cincinnati some of the Mass settings he had discovered in Holland. Interest in the new music being published in Europe led to his creation of the World Library of Sacred Music, initially a music-importing firm that brought much of this new European repertoire to U.S. parishes. Operating out of a garage in those early years, Omer often joked about the surprised expressions of visitors who stopped by and found a wide range of sheet music in various states of “storage” (read disarray). Later, as World Library Publications, the company began publishing some of its own music, including new works with English texts by some of those same Dutch composers, for example, Jan Vermulst. In 1955 World Library published the first edition of The Peoples Hymnal, which would become the People's Mass Book in 1964, one of the first hymnals to reflect the liturgical reforms proposed by Vatican II. Omer also introduced the music of Lucien Deiss to Catholic parishes through the two volumes of Biblical Hymns and Psalms. Using his own name and several pen names, Omer composed numerous compositions for liturgical use, though his best-known works may be the texts for the hymns “Where Charity and Love Prevail,” “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing,” and especially “Gift of Finest Wheat.” As he lay dying, his family and friends gathered around his bed to sing his text “Shepherd of Souls, in Love, Come, Feed Us.” NPM honored Omer as its Pastoral Musician of the Year in 1985. --liturgicalleaders.blogspot.com/2008 =========================== Pseudonyms: Paul Francis Mark Evans J. Clifford Evers --Letter from Tom Smith, Executive Director of The Hymn Society, to Leonard Ellinwood, 6 February 1980. DNAH Archives.

Healey Willan

1880 - 1968 Person Name: Healey Willan, 1880-1968 Harmonizer of "GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN" in Singing Our Faith Healey Willan (b. Balham, London, England, October 12, 1880; d. Toronto, Ontario, February 16, 1968), theory teacher, composer and organist, was born into an Anglo-Catholic family in England and served several churches in the London area, becoming known especially for his adaptations of Gregorian chant to be able to be sung in English translation. In 1913 he moved to Canada where he led the theory department and was organist at the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He also was organist at St. Paul’s, Canada’s largest Anglican church, and after 1921 at the smaller Church of St. Mary Magdalene. By invitation, he composed an anthem for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, a singular honor for one not residing in England. Emily Brink