Music for OT-6-C (Feb 11)

Prelude:           Prelude in Eb: Webb
Processional Hymn: 400: God Is Here
Kyrie:             -spoken-
Gloria:            Gloria de Lourdes: Lecot/Berry
Readings:          595
Intercessions:     -spoken-
Offertory:         (NCAB p 185) Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring: Bach
Acclamations:      103-104-105: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Agnus Dei:         108: Mass of Creation: Haugen
Communion Hymn:    359: Blest Are They
Final Hymn:        287: To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King
Postlude:          Postlude in A: Webb

Music Notes:


George James Webb (1803-1887) born in Wiltshire (near Salisbury)
England; was organist in Falmouth then emigrated (1830) to Boston.
Organist of Old South Church (almost 40 years), and Church of the
New Jerusalem. He collaborated with Lowell Mason (1792-1872) in a
number of enterprises (from 1832): founded Boston Academy of Music;
prepared first edition of "The Boston Academy Collection"; published
at least ten sacred and secular collection. Independently, he published
"Scripture Worship (1834)" and tune books and pedagogical texts;
was president of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society which published
"The Massachusetts Collection of Psalmody (1840)" to which he
contributed 99 tunes. He spent his last years in Orange NJ.