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Facts about "Laudete Dominum"

• This CD was fully recorded in the basement of the Woods home - our "recording studio!"  Effects were used to make it sound like it was recorded in a church.
• All songs are in "Public Domain" - this means that they're no longer under copyright and free for creative use.
• The recordings and arrangements on this CD, however, are copyrighted.
• "Laudete Dominum" is Latin, and it means "Praise the Lord."
• All photography from the CD casing and the CD label itself are by my mom, Margie Woods, taken on the pilgrimage she and my dad went on this summer to Italy and Medjugorje.
• My sister Elizabeth Woods plays the piano accompaniment on every track of the CD.
• Elizabeth also plays the Irish Whistle on Come Thou Font, and she sang all the vocal harmonies on Doxology!
• The CD was duplicated and produced by Formats Unlimited, Inc., 'just around the corner' in Farmingdale, NY!
• The album will also available for download from iTunes, the Google Play Store, Amazon MP3, and CDBaby.com; for streaming from Spotify and the iHeartRadio app; and for physical purchase from CDBaby.com, along with many lesser-known options as well.
• The best value is to get a copy directly from Chris!
• The running time of the CD is about 35 minutes.
• Coming Soon: The number sold!  Check back after release.

    Praise God
         from whom all blessings flow;
    Praise Him,
         all creatures here below;
    Praise Him above,
         ye heav'nly host;
    Praise Father,
                Son
        and Holy Ghost!
                                Amen!

(From "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow," called "Doxology" on this album)

Detailed Song Information

This information is here for you to learn more about these great songs and the people that wrote them!  When you hear some of the music on the CD, you might recognize the melody, but not connect it with the song name.  This is actually pretty common - so many of our songs in the church can easily be "swapped out" with different words or a different melody.  For example, the music for "Come Thou Font" is called "Nettleton," which is also used in the song "God We Praise You."

1. Amazing Grace
   Music: "New Britain," published in 1829.
   Words: John Newton, 1779.
2. Come Thou Font
   Music: "Nettleton," by John Wyeth, 1813.
   Words: Robert Robinson, 1757.
3. Hail, Holy Queen
   Music: "Salve Regina Coelitum" by Melchior Ludwig Herold, 1808.
   Words: Written in 1080, Translated in Roman Hymnal, 1884.
4. Holy, Holy, Holy
   Music: "Nicaea" by John B. Dykes
   Words: Reginald Heber, 19th Century
5. Pange Lingua
   Music: "Chant, Mode III," Liber Hymnarius, 1983.
   Text: "Pange Lingua Gloriosi" and "Tantum Ergo," written by St. Thomas Aquinas in the 13th Century.
   The 5th & 6th verses of Pange Lingua are generally the two verses of the Tantum Ergo that we sing at adoration.
6. O Lord, I Am Not Worthy
   Music: "Non Dignus," Catholic Youth Hymnal, 1871.
   Words: Based on Matthew 8:8, Landshuter Gesangbuch, 1777.
7. Come, Holy Ghost
   Music: Louis Lambillote, SJ, 19th Century
   Words: Rabanus Maurus, 9th Century
8. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
   Music: "Picardy," Traditional French Melody, 17th Century.
   Words: Liturgy of St. James, 4th Century,
   paraphrased by Gerard Moultrie, 19th Century.
9. Immaculate Mary
   Music: Lourdes Hymn (traditional Pyrenean Melody) 1882.
   Words: Parochial Hymn Book, Boston, 1897.
10. The Summons
    Music: "Kelvingrove," Traditional Scottish Melody.
    Words: John J. Bell, ©1987, The Iona Community.
11. Doxology
    Music: "Old Hundredth," 1551, attributed to Louis Bourgeois.
    Words: "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow," by Thomas Ken and Issac Watts, early 18th century.

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