About The Music The music of The Hymn Book was written betweeen 1995 and 2013. Most of the music however was written between 1999 and 2001 when I was the Music Director at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Delta, B.C., Canada. The story goes (and it is a true story) that one Sunday afternoon I found a very old Hymnbook at the back of the church in a closet next to the music library. I opened the book and found such interesting, beautiful words; some familiar to me and some not. As a means of relaxing, I started spending my Sunday afternoons playing through this old hymn book and was inspired by the words to write some new melodies, so I did. Most of the hymns in this current hymnbook are known to people. However I also found many beautiful words that were not commonly known. I did not put many of the very old words to music, except one or two. Of special interest is Shepherd of Tender Youth which has words written around 220 A.D. by Clement Alexandria. Looking back I wish I had focused more on music that was written long before our time. When I left being Music Director at Trinity Lutheran, I left the hymnbook at the church. Thou Shalt Not Steal . Looking back, I wish I had kept it, since I would very much like to re-visit it and keep writing from it. From Trinity Luthern Church, I moved on to do concerts at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Vancouver and then to England where many of the hymns found in this hymnbook are now sung in various churches. Some of the music that was written prior to 1999, found its way into two concerts. One at the Lutheran Campus Centre, Vancouver, Canada and the other in 1998 at St. Mark s Church, again in Vancouver. For these concerts I wrote many of the hymns out in parts for various chamber ensembles. Mostly for singers, strings, flute and piano, with the odd percussion instrument added for fun. These arrangements can be found in another book called Old Familiar Hymns With New Tunes . I hope you enjoy the music found in this book and that it encourages and inspires you. If you would like to contact us about this book or other pieces of music we might be able to send you, please send an email to colleenmuriel@hotmail.com Colleen Agnus Dei (CM266) Traditional Liturgical Words (melody with piano accompaniment) All Hail the Power of Jesus Name (CM21) Words by Edward Perronet (melody with chord chart) All Things Bright and Beautiful (CM22) Words by Cecil F. Alexander (melody with chord chart) Beautiful Saviour (CM23) Words from Gesangbuch Münster, translation by Joseph A. Seiss (melody with chord chart) Come Unto Me Ye Weary (CM24) Words by William Chatterton Dix (congregational hymn, or vocal solo with chord chart) Come Ye Thankful People Come (CM25) Words by Henry Alford (melody with chord chart) Draw Us To Thee Words by Friedrich Funcke (melody with piano accompaniment) Draw Us to Thee in Heart and Mind (CM26) Words by Friedrich Furche (melody with chord chart version 1) Draw Us to Thee in Heart and Mind Words by Friedrich Furche (melody with chord chart version 2) Draw Us to Thee in Heart and Mind Words by Friedrich Furche (melody with piano accompaniment) Draw Us to Thee in Mind and Heart (CM26a) Words by Friedrich Furche (2 part women/men a cappella arrangement version 1) Draw Us to Thee in Mind and Heart Words by Friedrich Furche (2 part women/men a cappella arrangement version 2) Good King Wenceslas (CM28) Words by J. M. Neale (melody with chord chart) Good King Wenceslas Words by J. M. Neale (melody with chord chart version 2) Good King Wenceslas (CM28) Words by J. M. Neale (melody with piano accompaniment version 1) Good King Wenceslas (CM28) Words by J. M. Neale (melody with piano accompaniment version 2)
