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This is a list of original Roman Catholic hymns. The list does not contain hymns originating from other Christian traditions despite occasional usage in Roman Catholic churches. The list has hymns in Latin and English.
Gotteslob ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium.First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaking Catholics, succeeding the first common German hymnal, the 1975 edition of the same name.
Catholic Community Hymnal (1999) RitualSong (1996) RitualSong II (2018) Lead Me, Guide Me (1987) Lead Me, Guide Me, 2nd ed. (2011) Hymnal for Catholic Students; Singing Our Faith; Hymnal for the Hours; Cross Generation (2009) Oramos Cantando/We Pray in Song (2011) Resource Collection of Hymns and Service Music for the Liturgy [I.C.E.L.] (1984)
[1] [2] Its uplifting melody and repeated "Alleluias" make this a favourite Anglo-Catholic hymn during the Easter season, the Feast of All Saints, and other times of great rejoicing. The hymn was also notably adapted for the final movement of The Company of Heaven (1937), a cantata by Benjamin Britten .
The hymn-writer Maria Luise Thurmair was active in the preparation of the first common German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob, published in 1975. She wrote three new stanzas, which were taken as stanzas 2 to 4 of a hymn beginning with the medieval first stanza and ending with the second stanza from the Vehe version.
They also became part of other hymnals and songbooks, such as Junges Gotteslob, the hymnal for young people, [3] the 2013 choral songbook Die Träume hüten (Guarding the dreams), published by Dehm-Verlag, [4] [5] and the Freiburger Kinderchorbuch (children's choir book), commissioned by the Diocese of Freiburg and published by Carus-Verlag.
" Wir weihn der Erde Gaben" (We dedicate the gifts of the earth) is a Christian offertory hymn with text by Petronia Steiner to the melody of the 1529 "Lob Gott getrost mit Singen". It appeared in the first edition of the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob and is part of its second edition. Several composers wrote settings for use in church.
The Westminster Hymnal [1] was published in 1912, the only collection of hymns then authorised by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church of England and Wales. It was edited by Sir Richard Runciman Terry. The notable feature of this hymnbook is the attempt to restore the authentic tunes to hymns that had changed over time and varied with location.