God's Gift to All the World (Nguyen, Schletty, van Haren)

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Here is the result of a collaboration done in two days between me, Dan-Vi Nguyen (user asiansa09) and André van Haren. Dan-Vi's original post is here – you can see how the song progressed.

4/29/2017: A piano-guitar-voice score (PDF file) has been added to the end of this story. It is free for you to download. I am grateful to my colleague, composer André van Haren, for doing an engraving (music score) of his piano arrangement using Sibelius.

5/1/2017: I changed "I see blood" to "I saw blood." It sounded too much like "icy blood." I also decided to sing "I saw blood and water flowing" as a connected phrase. There was previously too much space in the middle of the phrase. This works out well to offset the vocal harmonies which now now provide counterpoint (polyphony). I also worked hard to thin out the mix in Apple Logic Pro. I had built up a wall of sound when I first added the piano track.

5/2/2017: I have replaced the 5-page score with a compact 2-page version (a PDF file currently available for free download). 

5/2/2017: I have recorded a different version of the song more closely based on Dan's original lyrics. It is chant styled: topcatholicsongs.com/node/903#comment-9622

5/10/2017: If you earlier downloaded free the sheet music attached to this post, please note that a revised version was posted today. A word was missing from the lyrics. I also tweaked the timing of syllables on a few sung phrases.

5/14/2017: I recorded a video at St. Mary's last night and posted it below.

5/14/2017: One of the rules of songwriting is to write, rewrite, rewrite. This evening, I changed the first line of verse 4 from "Christ knows our grief, he knows our woes" to "For us he died. For us he rose." It seems to flow better and feel better in the context of that last verse. 
 

God's Gift to All the World
(based on the messages to St. Faustina from Jesus)

[chorus]
G      Em              G        Em
 I saw blood and water flowing
         Bm       C           G
from the heart of Christ, our Lord.
C       Am    Bm          Em
 Divine mercy: His love bestowing,
      C       D  D7   G       
God's gift to all the world.

 C              D            G
1. He draws the humble to Himself,
C          D                 Em
 illumines us with truth and grace.
Bm                         Em
 The wellspring of eternal health:
    Am                        D     D7            
The Father, Son and Spirit we embrace.

 C             D                 G
2. He gives Himself to those who gaze
C         D                Em
 upon His wounds made glorious.
Bm                                 Em
 Red blood, white water, brilliant rays:
Am                                 D  D7
See His love poured out for all of us.

 C           D               G
3. For us he died. For us he rose!
C            D                  Em
 From out of darkness comes new light!
Bm                              Em
Look to Jesus Christ, you weary souls.
Am                           D     D7
Let your lives be joyful and bright!

© 2017, Dan Vi Nguyen and Richard Schletty
This article originally published May 11, 2017
AttachmentSize
God's Gift to All the World: piano track (mp3)4.52 MB
God's Gift to All the World: lead sheet (pdf)29.71 KB
God's Gift to All the World: voice, guitar, piano (mp3)6.82 MB
God's Gift to All the World: voice, guitar, piano score (pdf)52.6 KB

Comments

Thank you, I enjoyed it and

Thank you, I enjoyed it and did share on facebook
beautifully done.

god grace you so much, Praise God now and forever
Dell

Thank you, Dell.

I appreciate your sharing of the song.

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

Share song with Providence

I shared the song music sheet "God's gift to all the world," to associate members and sisters/nuns at Providence, Oregon when I went to the meeting.  I also asked them to pray upon Christ and Our Lady of Providence to pray for our team who worked on the song.
I hope that is alright with you to share the song with others.

Share the song freely!

Yes, I encourage everyone to share the song freely – both the recording and the sheet music. They are not for sale anywhere and I do not have a publishing contract with anyone. My songs posted here fall under a Creative Commons public sharing agreement. In other words, share freely but always give credit to the writers/arranger (me, you and André).

Let me know how the community in Providence likes it. Do you live in Oregon? I appreciate their prayers. I wonder if we should submit the song to OCP – Oregon Catholic Press. 

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

Oregon Catholic Press

I was going to ask you about it too.
I saw the website https://www.ocp.org/en-us/missals-and-hymnals-education
I have the same question as you ask too.  I was thinking about it a few days ago too.  But I never submit anything for publication yet.  
Will you make a phone call to them asking about the license of how to submit new song for publication.
https://www.ocp.org/en-us/submit-music

Submitting songs to OCP

Dan, I just sent an email to OCP. We'll see if they bite! I sent Enchristment and God's Gift.

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

Here is the quick reply from

Here is the quick reply from OCP:

Thank you for contacting us with your request and giving us the opportunity to serve you.
 
We would be happy to review your submissions. You can see the details of the music submission process at this link: https://www.ocp.org/en-us/submit-music
 
Please let me know if there is anything else I can assist you with.
 
Sincerely,
Paul Senz
Customer Service Representative
Oregon Catholic Press

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

Wonderful opportunity for us

This is so wonderful opportunity for us, please follow the direction of how to submit the song according to their website.  Please let me know if there is anything I can add for the cover letter.
Look like we still need the music sheet (piano arragement) for the song Enchristment.
 

Providence

here is website of Providence that you might find interested in take a look at it 
http://www.providenceiscalling.jobs/

Submitting Song at Oregon Catholic Press

Is there any news about our submitting songs to Oregon Catholic Press.  Are they accept or denied our songs?

OCP song submissions

Sorry, I have not yet submitted our two songs. André van Haren did finish the piano music score for "Enchristment" last week. We needed this engraved score in order to submit the song. We already have what we need for "God's Gift to All the World."

I'll get back to you soon, Dan.

I will post the piano-guitar score for Enchristment later today. I need to add the guitar chords above the voice staff.

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

Song publication

I have never submitted songs for publication, however, do you think that the only way for people to accept songs for publication is when the song are become popular.  Do you have any experience submitting songs for publication before?  How does it work?

Catholic songwriters submitting to GIA, OCP and WLP

Some Catholic songwriters have achieved publishing deals with GIA, OCP and WLP. I would hope that there is always room for newcomers.

A very good songwriter and musician. Paul F. Page, has been largely ignored by the leading Catholic music publishers. See Paul's bio here: https://www.topcatholicsongs.com/paul-f-page-free-music

Paul's "solution" has been to give away his music for free. I am inclined to do the same.

I will endeavor to create here a professional service that will help songwriters prepare their music in a way that is just as good as what is being offered by GIA, OCP, WLP and others. I have the able assistance of a professional music engraver, André van Haren! www.andrevanharen.com

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

Lots of airplay of "God's Gift" on Drooble.com

Dan (TCS member Asiansa09) posted this in a separate blog article. She expressed her joy:
 

Hi Richard,

I just want to share with you my joy regard to the song, God's Gift To All The World, that we worked together on the song a few years ago that I posted the song on Drooble.com that I recently received a recognition for 200 times plays on the radio. 

I am also gratified by this news. We hope and pray that our collaborative song to bless many – Richard

Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com

International Audience

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