Category Archives: Hymnody

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Fanfare on ‘National Hymn’

BNSMQU Michael FaceOn Sunday, September 29, a new statue of St. Michael will be dedicated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe. Discovering that there would be an additional procession of banners, music director Bill Picher asked if I would make a short fanfare arrangement of the tune “National Hymn’ to provide music for the extra procession. With only a few days to complete the project, I got to work as quick as I could. Until I get a live performance recording, here is the audio file generated by the Finale music notation program.

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Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise

A simple hymn accompaniment arrangement for organ and brass quartet commissioned by Mary Gant in 2014 for St. Paul Catholic Church in Tampa, Florida. The introduction is a full verse of the hymn and the organ part is basically the standard hymn harmonization. Send an email to contact@wmglennosborne.com for information about obtaining score and parts.

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Alphabetical list of Hymn tunes

For a list of tunes sorted by meter, please click here.

  • Azure Blue – CM
  • Advent Beginnings – 10 10 11 10
  • Bitterwood – 76 76D
  • Casser – 11 11 11 11
  • Changing Words – 77 77D
  • Classic Unity – CM
  • Demon Driven – 87 87D
  • Double Unity – CMD
  • Easter Morn – 88 88 88
  • Elm Street – LM
  • Extended Cloud – 77 76
  • Faithful Church – 11 11 11 11 with refrain
  • Farewell Friend – LM
  • Friends Today – 87 87D
  • Glad Acclaim – CM
  • Green World – 77 77 with refrain
  • Hillside Wheat – 87 87D
  • Hubbard – 66 67D
  • Idle Depths – 85 75
  • Light Unfading – 87 87 87
  • Living Church – LM
  • Love Me Not – CM
  • Matinal – 86 88
  • Merciful Shadow – SM
  • Mystic Spirit – 87 87 77
  • No Royal Crown – LM
  • Present Here – CMD
  • Proud Wisdom – 10 9 10 9
  • Refuge Call – SM
  • River’s Child – 7777
  • Rooted Chain – 87 87D
  • Sea Fishing – 88 88 88
  • Sea Walk – LM (w/repeat)
  • Sent Forward – 11 8 11 9 with refrain
  • Steadfast Mercy – SM
  • Trampled Shame – SM
  • Trusting Christ – CM
  • Unfading Light – 87 87
  • 1 more unnamed tune
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Hymn Tunes by meter

Listed below are the named hymn tunes I have written sorted by meter. For an alphabetical list, please see my post here.

CM

  • Azure Blue
  • Classic Unity
  • Glad Acclaim
  • Love Me Not
  • Trusting Christ

CMD

  • Double Unity
  • Present Here

LM

  • Elm Street
  • Farewell Friend
  • Living Church
  • No Royal Crown

LM with repeat

  • Sea Walk

SM

  • Merciful Shadow
  • Refuge Call
  • Steadfast Mercy
  • Trampled Shame

66 67D

  • Hubbard

76 76D

  • Bitterwood

77 76

  • Extended Cloud

77 77

  • River’s Child

77 77 D

  • Changing Words

77 77 with refrain

  • Green World

85 75

  • Idle Depths

86 88

  • Matinal

87 87

  • Unfading Light

87 87 77

  • Mystic Spirit

87 87 87

  • Light Unfading

87 87D

  • Demon Driven
  • Friends Today
  • Hillside Wheat
  • Rooted Chain

88 88 88

  • Easter Morn
  • Sea Fishing

10 9 10 9

  • Proud Wisdom

10 10 11 10

  • Advent Beginnings

11 8 11 9 with refrain

  • Sent Forward

11 11 11 11

  • Casser

11 11 11 11 with refrain

  • Faithful Church
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O Sons and Daughters

This is an arrangement of the Easter Hymn O Filii et Filiae for SATB choir, organ and brass quintet. It was originally written for the 25th anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Howard Hubbard as Bishop of the Diocese of Albany. The event was celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter and needed a lengthy piece for the entrance procession. In addition to including all nine verses of the hymn there are interludes between each verse. This arrangement served as the basis for the later arrangement used at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the Papal visit to New York City.

The score packet includes a full score, choral score, and parts for organ, horn, trumpet 1, trumpet 2, trombone 1, and trombone 2. Purchasers are granted permission to print or reprint scores as necessary for performance.