Melodic Snippets Index

Find and filter melodies in the Brébeuf Hymnal

Page 751

Summi Parentis Filio (“To Christ, the Prince of Peace”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
Tune: “Festal Song” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.

66 86 (SM)
Page 725

“O Lord, I Am Not Worthy”
Tune: “Non Dignus” • 76 76

76 76
Page 693

“Lift High The Cross” by George Kitchin (originally published in 1887, but revised in 1916)
Tune: “Crucifer” • 10 10 R

10 10 R
Page 695

“Jesus, Meek And Lowly” by Fr. Henry Augustine Collins, Cistercian
Tune: “St Martin” • 66 66 Trochaic

66 66 Trochaic
Page 680

“As With Gladness, Men Of Old” by William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Dix” • 77 77 77

77 77 77
Page 662

Huron Carol of St. Jean de Brébeuf (“Upon the birth of Jesus”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Une Jeune Pucelle” • 86 86 88 R
This famous Christmas carol was possibly written around 1642AD, when Saint Brébeuf was in Quebec, recuperating from a broken collarbone, which had left him in excruciating pain for many months.

86 86 88 R
Page 656

Instantis Adventum Dei (“The coming of our God”)
Translation: Fr. Charles Coffin
Tune: “Seán 8M” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.

66 86 (SM)
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