Breaking news...
Word was just received that the well-known sacred music company MorningStar will be publishing an anthem that I wrote in collaboration with Glenn Rudolph. The piece is entitled. “Whosoever on the Night of Christ’s Nativity”.
It is an anthem for Christmas Eve. My words were inspired by an anonymous quotation. Here's the quotation. My words will have to wait for the anthem's publication...
This Christmas Eve Hymn was inspired by the following anonymous quotation:
Whosoever on the night of the nativity of the young Lord Jesus, in the great snows, shall fare forth bearing a succulent bone for the lost and lamenting hounds, a wisp of hay for the shivering horse, a cloak of warm raiment for the stranded wayfarer, a bundle of brushwood for the shivering widow, a garland of bright red berries for one who has worn chains, a dish of crumbs with a song of love for all huddled birds who thought that song was dead, and various lavish delicacies for such children’s faces that peer from lonely windows, to them shall be offered and returned gifts of such an astonishment as will rival the hues of the peacock and the harmonies of heaven; so that though they live to the great age when they go stooping and querulous because of the nothing that is left of them, yet shall they walk upright and remembering, as those whose hearts shine like blazing stars, in their chest.
- Author unknown,
Glenn took my lyrics in hand and crafted the music to go with it. As I like to say, Glenn is the George (music) and I am the Ira (words). It is a joy to share in this - and a treat that it will be published.
The anticipated publication date is April 2024, in time to promote it for use at Christmas 2024.
I have another piece published by MorningStar, called "God of Wonder" with music by Donna J. Butler.
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