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We Sing to You, O God

Author: Gracia Grindal Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: We sing to you O God

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DARWALL

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 487 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Darwall Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13153 17654 32231 Used With Text: We Sing to You, O God
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LOVE UNKNOWN

Meter: 6.6.12.8.8 Appears in 82 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Ireland, 1879-1962 Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 35632 12345 36676 Used With Text: We Sing to You, O God

CAMANO

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Proulx, 1937- Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 67127 31432 126 Used With Text: We Sing to You, O God

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We Sing to You, O God

Author: Gracia Grindal Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #9 (1995) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Topics: Adoration and Praise God; Comfort and Assurance; God Strength and Refuge of; Year A Proper 6; Year C Proper 13 Languages: English Tune Title: CAMANO

We Sing to You, O God

Author: Gracia Grindal Hymnal: Voices Together #80 (2020) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Topics: Exodus; Faith; Faith Journey; Gathering; God Faithfulness of; God Feminine Language and Images for; God Images and Names of; God Power of; God Presence of; Protection Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:11-12 Tune Title: DARWALL’S 148TH

We Sing to You, O God

Author: Gracia Grindal, b. 1943 Hymnal: Evangelical Lutheran Worship #791 (2006) Meter: 6.6.12.8.8 Topics: Expanded Images for God; Trust, Guidance; Expanded Images for God; Praise, Thanksgiving; Trust, Guidance Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE UNKNOWN

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Richard Proulx

1937 - 2010 Composer of "CAMANO" in The New Century Hymnal Richard Proulx (b. St. Paul, MN, April 3, 1937; d. Chicago, IL, February 18, 2010). A composer, conductor, and teacher, Proulx was director of music at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois (1980-1997); before that he was organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Seattle, Washington. He contributed his expertise to the Roman Catholic Worship III (1986), The Episcopal Hymnal 1982, The United Methodist Hymnal (1989), and the ecumenical A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools (1992). He was educated at the University of Minnesota, MacPhail College of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota, St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, and the Royal School of Church Music in England. He composed more than 250 works. Bert Polman

John Darwall

1732 - 1789 Composer of "DARWALL" in Sing the Faith John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789) The son of a pastor, he attended Manchester Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, England (1752-1756). He became the curate and later the vicar of St. Matthew's Parish Church in Walsall, where he remained until his death. Darwall was a poet and amateur musician. He composed a soprano tune and bass line for each of the 150 psalm versifications in the Tate and Brady New Version of the Psalms of David (l696). In an organ dedication speech in 1773 Darwall advocated singing the "Psalm tunes in quicker time than common [in order that] six verses might be sung in the same space of time that four generally are." Bert Polman

Gracia Grindal

b. 1943 Author of "We Sing to You, O God" in Sing the Faith Gracia Grindal (b. Powers Lake, ND, 1943). Grindal was educated at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the University of Arkansas; and Luther-Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since 1984 as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From 1968 to 1984 she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Included in her publications are Sketches Against the Dark (1981), Scandinavian Folksongs (1983), Lessons in Hymnwriting (1986, 1991), We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations (1996), Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home (1994 with Karen E. Hong), Lina Sandell, the Story of Her Hymns (2001 with John Jansen), and A Revelry of Harvest: New and Selected Poems (2002). She was instrumental in producing the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and The United Methodist Hymnal (1989). Bert Polman