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This has not been sung, so instruments are used for voices. (MIDI String Ensemble_1 for SATB)

These may be used as stand-alone anthems or responses.

CD:	Page:	Cover	In English, unless noted.
		Index
		Recitative
		Performance  Notes
1.	1.	Prelude	Guitar
2.	2.	Cantate Domino      (Sing to the Lord a new song)	A Cappella SATB in Latin
3.	3.	Come Sing Unto the Lord	Leader, SATB, All Instruments
4.	8.	Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father	A Cappella Leader
5.	9.	Kyrie Eleison     (Lord have mercy)	A Cappella SATB in English & Greek
6.	10.	God be in my Head     (Sarum Primer, 1558)	SATB, Guitar
7.	12.	The Lord is my Shepherd	Leader, SATB, Drum, Guitar
8.	18.	Glory to God in the Highest      (The Angelic Hymn)	SATB, Guitar
9.	21.	My Redeemer Soprano: Aileen Jones Alto: Donna Williamson, Guitar: Bill Foster @ Asbury UMC Raleigh, NC	SA Duet, Guitar
10.	31.	Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow	SATB, Tube Bells
11.	32.	The Apostle’s Creed	A Cappella TB, or with Harp or Guitar
12.	35.	Out of the Depths	Leader, SATB, Guitar
13.	36.	Lift up Your Hearts	Leader, SATB, Guitar
14	38.	Holy, Holy, Holy	A Cappella, SATB in English & Latin
15.	41.	The Mystery of Faith	Leader, SATB, Guitar
16.	43.	The Lord’s Prayer Soprano & Guitar: Lynda Wittig Alto & Violin: Amber Hitchcock Speaker: Michael J. Glasgow, Minister of Music @ N. Raleigh UMC	SA Duet, Leader, Flute or Violin, Guitar
17.	46.	Lamb of God     (The Agnus Dei)	SATB, Guitar
18.	48.	Receive the Body of Christ	A Cappella SATB
19.	51.	Lord Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant      (The Canticle of Simeon / Nunc Dimittis)	Leader, SATB, Guitar
20.	55.	Postlude	Guitar
		Lyrics, Sources & Part Assignments
		Credits

This was the first music that I ever wrote. After the fourth piece, I realized I almost had a Mass. The original version, known as "A Mass For All Christians," because it included the prayers said by all Christians, had just the lyrics and guitar chords shown as letters. Then came unison notes that I picked out on my Wife’s piano. Next came four-part closed harmony, entirely in parallel fifths and eights. After that I began to learn something about music and it's timing, harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration. Finally, I revised and renamed it “Every Tribe & Tongue, A Communion Cantata.” It could be performed as a concert, or with the Bread and Wine that made it a sacrement.

Let’s look at what a Mass is.
All Christians meet from time to time for "A sequence of prayers and ceremonies constituting the commemorative sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ under the appearance of bread and wine."  (Webster)

 
This rite is called The Divine Liturgy by the Eastern Orthodox Churches, a Mass by the Roman Catholic Church, and Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper by the Protestant Churches.  They all accept the presence of God, and of Christ, and of God's Holy Spirit at the rite.   Some like more and some like less ceremony, but only in their views of the changing of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ do they really differ. 

When portions of the rite are set to music, that composition is also called a Mass..  The pageantry and music of the full Communion Liturgy, with it’s processionals, incense, and chants has a dramatic impact.  We feel the presence of God!  Belief is perhaps more feeling than logic.  Setting the rite to music adds to the intensity of our feelings...and helps us to remember...in ways that are still valid now that most Christians can read.

The diversity of these songs ranges from Orthodox to Charismatic, but all are based on the age-old Christian Communion prayers and texts that are shared by all Christians. Together they form a Cantata that can be performed whole, in part, or with a Minister or Priest to serve Holy Communion…Follow the rules of the church you are in. We all want some form of Christian unity. It is my hope that showing how much we have in common, can be one of the cords that bind us together.

Listen to “Every Tribe & Tongue” and call it what you will, but I warn you, if you listen to all eighteen songs at one sitting,  while reading the lyrics, you will most likely share some of the feelings that Christians have shared down through the ages.