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A Gluttonous Feast of Rejection, Fourth Course

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Greg Scheer

Our fourth course, a dessert of dismissal and dejection, is a tune for Stephen Starke’s text, “Jesus, Greatest at the Table.” This 8.7.8.7.8.7 Maundy Thursday text was the last one of the batch I wrote, and  at first I felt it … Continue reading →

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A Gluttonous Feast of Rejection, Third Course

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Greg Scheer

Our third course of anticipated rejection is a new tune for “Blest are the Innocents” by Sylvia Dunstan. This text is about the Slaughter of the Innocents, when Herod killed every male under two in the hopes of killing Jesus, … Continue reading →

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The God of Abraham Praise

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Greg Scheer

In December I blogged about an arrangement of mine that we used in this year’s Lessons & Carols service at Church of the Servant. The hymn “The God of Abraham Praise” fits beautifully with the reading about the calling of … Continue reading →

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A Humble Mass

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Greg Scheer

A while back NPM (National Pastoral Musicians) held a contest  for new musical settings of the English Mass which was recently approved by the US Roman Catholic bishops. For those of you who aren’t Catholic, even small changes in the … Continue reading →

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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Greg Scheer

I was reading Bruce Benedict’s very excellent Cardophonia blog today, and he had a post with four different musical renditions of Isaac Watt’s text “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed.” That reminded me that I have never uploaded my choral … Continue reading →

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ALLITERATION: a new hymn tune in 8787D

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Greg Scheer

Hymn tunes are funny things. They are compact little musical expositions that are given a few dozen measures to introduce and develop a theme. But more than that they are to be sung. A hymn tune may be musical genius … Continue reading →

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Before the Cross

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Greg Scheer

One of my favorite hymn tunes is O WALY WALY (often associated with the song “The Water Is Wide”) and one of my favorite hymn texts is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” I often put them together, to the … Continue reading →

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Oh Holy Night

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Greg Scheer

On Christmas Eve we’ll sing my brand spanking new arrangement of “O Holy Night.” To help the musicians prepare, here’s an MP3, score and parts (choir/piano, strings, brass, percussion). Strings–get cracking on that high part in the refrain!

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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Greg Scheer

Here’s a little something I whipped up this afternoon: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Okay, “whipped up” and “this afternoon” makes it sound too easy. I’ve actually been carrying around a rough draft of this in my backpack for … Continue reading →

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A Great and Mighty Wonder

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Greg Scheer

Due to popular demand (okay–one request) I just wrote a piano accompaniment for my Christmas song “A Great and Mighty Wonder.” I also took the opportunity to update the text a little and write out a descant. The descant is … Continue reading →

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