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 >
Tune Title: [Call upon the Lord and he will hear you]First Line: You who dwell in the Most High's hidden placeComposer: Joseph Gelineau, SJ; Richard ProulxKey: B♭ MajorDate: 2016Source: Gelineau tone: Mode Ti
Tune Title: [Call upon the Lord and he will hear you]First Line: Those who dwell in the shelter of the Most HighComposer: Joseph Gelineau, SJ; Richard ProulxKey: B♭ MajorDate: 1996
Tune Title: [Call upon the Lord and he will hear you]First Line: He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighComposer: Gregory J. Polan, OSB; Joseph Gelineau, SJKey: d minorDate: 2011Source: Conception Abbey tone: Mode 1; Gelineau tone: Mode Ti