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Gelineau psalmody is a method of singing the Psalms that was developed in France by Catholic Jesuit priest Joseph Gelineau around 1953, with English translations appearing some ten years later. [1] Its chief distinctives are:
The New Catholic Encyclopedia points out that not only the psalm but also the gradual and alleluia were also originally 'responsorial' chants. [3] [4] "The title 'responsorial psalm' is not given because there is a response or antiphon for the people to sing. The 'response' referred to is the reflection of the assembly on the proclamation of ...
Psalm 23 is often referred to as the "Shepherd's Psalm". The theme of God as a shepherd was common in ancient Israel and Mesopotamia . For example, King Hammurabi , in the conclusion to his famous legal code , wrote: "I am the shepherd who brings well-being and abundant prosperity; my rule is just.... so that the strong might not oppress the ...
[Psalm 107:22 ESV] And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy! 3. The works and deeds of the Lord Jesus are most fully revealed in the New Testament. 4. The Psalms command new songs (Psalms 33:3, Psalms 40:3, Psalms 96:1, Psalms 98:1, Psalms 144:9, Psalms 149:1).
The invitatory (Latin: invitatorium; also invitatory psalm) is the psalm used to start certain daily prayer offices in Catholic and Anglican traditions. Most often it is Psalm 94(95), also known as the Venite. [n 1] The term derives from Medieval Latin invītātōrium, derived from invītāre, "to invite." [1]
Psalms 146 and 147 in the older versions form Psalm 147 in the Nova Vulgata; Psalms 10–112 and 116–145 (132 out of the 150) in the older versions are numbered lower by one than the same psalm in the Nova Vulgata. Psalms 1–8 and 148–150, 11 psalms in total, are numbered the same in both the old versions and the new one.
Biblical Songs was written between 5 and 26 March 1894, while Dvořák was living in New York City. It has been suggested that he was prompted to write them by news of a death (of his father Frantisek, or of the composers Tchaikovsky or Gounod, or of the conductor Hans von Bülow); but there is no good evidence for that, and the most likely explanation is that he felt out of place in the ...
A metrical version of Psalm 1 from 1628. The melody begins on the tonic note of a natural minor scale. In the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer, Psalm 1 is appointed to be read on the morning of the first day of the month. [4] English poet John Milton translated Psalm 1 into English verse in 1653.