Simple Music for Worship

………….and other hopefully useful bits

This is my personal site – here as a place to share music. Most of what you will find here has been written for use in Church of England liturgy, using texts from (or adapted from) Common Worship, the Book of Common Prayer and biblical texts. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t be useful in other worship settings. It’s all meant to be super easy to use – not just for musicians but for anyone who would like to make a joyful sound as they worship God in their community of faith.

Rev Canon Rachel Firth

Psalm 108 : NRSV

 “I will sing and make melody. Awake, my soul!
Awake, O harp and lyre. I will awake the dawn.
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples,
   and I will sing praises to you among the nations.
For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
   and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.”

Relaxed & Friendly

Things you will find here:

My personal blog:

I’ve had a blog for quite a while – and the only thing I’m going to duplicate from there is any sheet music or texts. For now the blog stays for chatting about ideas. It’s officially the only thing that’s not waiting to be built.

New Hymn Texts

One of the best ways to bring in new ideas and inspiration to the worship of a church is to bring fresh texts to well known tunes. You’ll find some of these here.

Mass Settings

I’ve written several mass settings – from the Christmas Carol Mass (liturgy to the tunes everyone loves), those that only need a cantor/voice to lead, and some other bits – mostly arranged for piano but with simple guitar chords also available.

Worship Songs & Hymns

You’ll find a song based on the Collect for Purity from the BCP, a modern version of the evening hymn from Compline – and even a few bits that aren’t lifted from Anglican liturgy (Methodist Worship Book anyone?). I’m working on getting some simple recordings done so you can hear how things sound to help imagine how they might be useful in your context.

Randomers

For the things that don’t fit in the box. Random responsorials, odd antiphons, stray psalms and anything else that doesn’t have an obvious home on the other pages.