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[Stay here and keep watch with me]

[Stay here and keep watch with me]

Composer: Jacques Berthier
Published in 9 hymnals


Composer: Jacques Berthier

Jacques Berthier (b. Auxerre, Burgundy, June 27, 1923; d. June 27, 1994) A son of musical parents, Berthier studied music at the Ecole Cesar Franck in Paris. From 1961 until his death he served as organist at St. Ignace Church, Paris. Although his published works include numerous compositions for organ, voice, and instruments, Berthier is best known as the composer of service music for the Taizé community near Cluny, Burgundy. Influenced by the French liturgist and church musician Joseph Gelineau, Berthier began writing songs for equal voices in 1955 for the services of the then nascent community of twenty brothers at Taizé. As the Taizé community grew, Berthier continued to compose most of the mini-hymns, canons, and various associated… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Stay here and keep watch with me]
Composer: Jacques Berthier
Meter: Irregular
Incipit: 53335 12334 12256
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1984, 2011, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent.

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)

Gather (3rd ed.) #502

Gather Comprehensive #411

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #433

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #421

Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship #170

RitualSong (2nd ed.) #592

RitualSong #565

Santo, Santo, Santo #156

With One Voice #667

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