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Thread #39343 Message #557495
Posted By: Haruo
24-Sep-01 - 03:10 AM
Thread Name: A bit of hymnic braggadocio
Subject: A bit of hymnic braggadocio
I am bragging to everybody, why should Mudcat be exempt? I just received a copy of the new Esperanto-language ecumenical hymnal Adoru (copublished by the International Catholic Union of Esperantists, IKUE, and the International Christian Esperantist League, KELI [a predominantly Protestant group]) and it has 13½ of my pieces in it, to wit (with links to my online hymnal's relevant pages):
Kristanoj, kuraĝiĝu (The Huron Carol - 'Twas in the moon of wintertime - but they only gave the first two stanzas, sadly; no rabbit fur for the Christ Child)
Ho kantu nun pri Betleĥem' (O Sing a Song of Bethlehem) sorry - webpage is down
Ni nune por kune adori kunvenas (We Gather Together; this is the "½" in 13½, since they used my version as one of two bases for a new composite version)
Venu do, matenmanĝu (Come Then, Let's Have Breakfast - original sacred ballad from John 21)
Three of these are songs I wrote myself (the rest are translations); and Charles Wesley himself is only represented by three items, which makes me feel very very superior. If you know anybody (e.g. college or cathedral libraries) that collects significant off-the-beaten-path hymnals, by all means recommend they get Adoru. It's about 1450 pages, and only about $19 (20 euros, I think) - well worth the investment for anyone not afraid of non-English texts (it's a good source of Polish, Hungarian, Finnish and Czech materials, e.g., contains an interesting mass from Korea, etc. etc. As well as (not to brag or anything) 13½ pieces from the pen or keyboard of yours truly,