Does anyone know of some good singable settings for the Psalms? I'm looking for distinctive but "classic" tunes the kids could use for the Psalms. I guess this would also entail metrical settings of the Psalms, huh? For this project I'd like to avoid Gregorian-style psalm tones in which a single tone can be used for any Psalm; the point here is to have a different tune associated with each Psalm.
Perhaps what I'm really looking for are metrical translations of the Psalms, if there are such things. Any suggestions?
Update: that sound you heard was my jaw dropping to the floor. Take a look at this: metrical psalms!
Speaking of metrics, the prayer before meals "Bless us O Lord..." is in 8.8.8; we sing it to the tune of Dies irae with a homegrown psalm tone for the Sign of the Cross. I hope we don't sing it before a meal cooked by someone who knows the words to Dies irae:
Before You, humbled, Lord, I lie,
my heart like ashes, crushed and dry,
assist me when I die.
Full of tears and full of dread
is that day that wakes the dead,
calling all, with solemn blast
to be judged for all their past.
On the other hand, the Dies irae Grace might be quite appropriately sung by college students before eating in the dorm cafeteria, or by Dylan in his hospital room. If anyone actually does this, please let me know!
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