VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS (Berthier)

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VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS (Berthier)

Composer: Jacques Berthier
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: Jacques Berthier

Jacques Berthier (b. Auxerre, Burgundy, June 27, 1923; d. June 27, 1994) A son of musical parents, Berthier studied music at the Ecole Cesar Franck in Paris. From 1961 until his death he served as organist at St. Ignace Church, Paris. Although his published works include numerous compositions for organ, voice, and instruments, Berthier is best known as the composer of service music for the Taizé community near Cluny, Burgundy. Influenced by the French liturgist and church musician Joseph Gelineau, Berthier began writing songs for equal voices in 1955 for the services of the then nascent community of twenty brothers at Taizé. As the Taizé community grew, Berthier continued to compose most of the mini-hymns, canons, and various associated… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS (Berthier)
Composer:	Jacques Berthier
Incipit:	11217 66765 46714
Key:	g minor
Copyright:	Music by permission of Ateliers et Presses de Taizé Ltd

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Texts

Veni Creator

Veni Creator Spiritus

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Organ Solo

The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 55 Number 5 May June 2021: A Bi-Monthly Anthology for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Carson Cooman; Lawrence P. Schreiber
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2021) pp. 6
The Organ Portfolio Volume 83 Number 5 May June 2020: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Carson Cooman; Carson P. Cooman
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 28
The Organist's Library Volume 69
Composer/Editor Carson Cooman
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2020) pp. 62
When I Survey: Hymns Settings for Lent, Easter, and After
Composer/Editor Lynn Trapp
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2019) pp. 29
Hymn Preludes for the Church Year Book 1: Feasts and Festivals
Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 300, 303, 306
Eight Chorale Preludes for Organ: Based on Well-Known Hymn Tunes
Composer/Editor Violet Archer
Published By: Cathedral Music Press (1991) pp. 30
Six Preludes on Medieval Hymns: For Organ
Composer/Editor Douglas Green
Published By: Gregorian Institute of America (1961) pp. 8

Piano Solo

The Pianist's Companion For the Church Year Book II: Easter Through Christ the King
Composer/Editors Lee Gwozdz; Lani Smith
Published By: Unity Music Press (1995) pp. 39

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