This is a hymn of praise, which is a setting of Psalm 100.
The words are from a translation of The Psalms of David by Christopher Smart
(1722-71).
With meter 886.886, it has been set the hymn tune VAN QUINN by American composer Howard Helvey (b 1968), which was published in 2012.
It is a supplement to the 1986 publication "The New English Hymnal", and the hymn numbering starts at 600 where the earlier book left off.
It was edited by a committee comprised of Anthony Caesar, Michael Fleming, Gordon Knights, Simon Lindley, Christopher Moore, Michael Tavionr and chaired by Martin Draper.
It includes a selection of hymns ordered according to the Christian calendar and a selection of times and seasons, and a selection of liturgical service music, and a section of general purpose hymns.
It was printed by Clays Ltd, Suffolkm and the music engraving and typesetting was by Andrew Parker
ISBN 1-85311-730-7 / 978-1-85311-730-5
This is a children's hymn about Zacchaeus.
It is a little longer and more structured than some of the other hymns about this topic.
No on-line examples or sources of sheet music have been found.
This is a very simple short children's hymn about Zaccheus.
It has been published in many forms, and with many variations to the tune.
The original author and composer are unknown, and the song is widely regarded as being in the public domain.
It is sometimes given as "Zacchaeus was a very little man".
It is sometimes given as "Zacchaeus was a very little man".
Geoffrey Beaumont (1904-1971) studied law and qualified as a solicitor.
He was ordained as an Anglo-Catholic priest in 1932, and served as chaplain
during World War II, and then later at Cambridge University.
He composed the "20th Century Folk-Mass" sometimes called the "Jazz Mass"
which was published in 1956. (ref:
The A-Z of Sacred Music).
Originally he wrote new tunes for traditional hymn texts, but later in life he went on to write and compose original hymns.
In 1957 he co-founded the "Twentieth Century Church Light Music Group" with Patrick Appleford, to "promote the use of worship music written in a style based on popular light music of the mid-twentieth century".
He became Fr. Gerard Beaumont CR when he joined the Anglican religious order, Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield.
He published "Beaumont Meets Reflection" an original LP in 1970, just before he left England for his final posting with the Community of the Resurrection in South Africa.
He composed the "20th Century Folk-Mass" sometimes called the "Jazz Mass"
which was published in 1956. (ref:
The A-Z of Sacred Music).Originally he wrote new tunes for traditional hymn texts, but later in life he went on to write and compose original hymns.
In 1957 he co-founded the "Twentieth Century Church Light Music Group" with Patrick Appleford, to "promote the use of worship music written in a style based on popular light music of the mid-twentieth century".
He became Fr. Gerard Beaumont CR when he joined the Anglican religious order, Community of the Resurrection, Mirfield.
He published "Beaumont Meets Reflection" an original LP in 1970, just before he left England for his final posting with the Community of the Resurrection in South Africa.
Elizabeth Estelle White (1925-2011) wrote more than 160 hymns for adults and children, including Gentle as Silence, Autumn Days, Deep Calls to Deep and a setting of the Our Father.
Some of her compositions are still included in current hymn books including
Born and brought up on Tyneside, Estelle played the piano, guitar, clarinet and tenor saxophone. Her musical influences included Duke Ellington and Count Basie.
She joined the the Auxiliary Territorial Service when she was 17 and played with the HQ band on many ceremonial occasions, including the 1946 Victory Parade, and travelled entertaining the troops in the Central Mediterranean Force in Palestine and Egypt.
After the war, she trained as a physiotherapist, and moved to Canada where she joined the Roman Catholic Church.
She returning to England in 1965 and took temporary vows with the Congregation of Corpus Christi Carmelite Sisters. She trained at Digby Stuart College, Roehampton and qualified as a teacher of theology and music.
After leaving the the convent she taught in schools in the North of England. A few brief glimpses can be seen of her directing music in a televised Christmas Day Mass in this video from 1973.
In retirement, she studied Hebrew and Greek, earning an MA with Distinction from Leeds University in 1989. She was Director of the church choir at St Josephs, Dewsbury, from 1984 until 1991.
She said in 1996 (ref):
"All my hymns are very clear, very concrete. ... I think you find the transcendental in everything, so I tend to write hymns that bring in concrete things."
A biography, "Estelle White (1925-2011): An introduction to her life and hymns" was published in 2016 and is available in Kindle format on Amazon
(or UK / Ireland
), or by PayPal / mail from the publisher for UK addresses.