There is a song that the men of Moody Chorale sing in our concerts called O Speak To Me which was a Chopin piece that Dick Anthony put words to. In the words of our director, Gerald Edmonds, "You're not going to get any better with words, and you're not going to get any better with music..." This is good stuff!
Here are the words:
O speak to me from heav'n above,
Fill Thou my soul,
That I may know Thy love,
Thy wondrous love,
Hush my heart to hear Thy faintest whisper.
Speak dear Lord, speak dear Lord.
O may my will be lost in Thine
My yielded heart to Thee I now resign
Speak Lord I pray
Let the flood-tide of Thy glory
Like a mighty sea sweep o're me
While I worship and adore Thy name,
Precious Holy name
Thru eternal years the same.
O speak to me from calvary
Where Thou, O Christ,
Didst shed Thy blood for me, in agony
Speak of Thy undying mercy to me
There out poured, precious Lord
O melt my heart,
With Calv'ry love
Burn out the dross with fire from above
Speak Lord I pray,
Speak from Calv'ry I implore Thee
Keep that vision e'er before me
While I worship and adore Thy name!
Thy matchless name,
Precious Holy name
Thru eternal years the same.
I previously had information on this song which I now cannot locate. The information was that some women wrote the words to this song and it is set to a Chopin piece. Dick Anthony did a beautiful arrangemeent of this song with his 16 Singing Men on an LP album (Vol 1-Songs That Touch The Heart).
ReplyDeleteCan anyone fill in the blanks: What is the mane of the woman who wrote the words?, what is the name of the Chopin piece?
Thanks,
Burl Becker, Littleton, CO
The name of the person who wrote the song's lyrics is: Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen
ReplyDeleteUpdate: The Chopin piece is: Lento ma non troppo in E. Op. 10 No. 3
ReplyDeleteLearned this song at Prairie Bible Institute in the 70's. Wish I could find an accompaniment track for it, or the sheet music of this arrangement.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,
ReplyDeletewhen the Moody Chorale sang O Speak to Me the pianist played a Chopin piece as the accompaniment. I don't think he had any sheet music for the arrangement. You could get the recording of this sung by the Moody Chorale if you call (312) 329-4080 and ask to order the most recent cd: O Come Let Us Worship. You can also go to the website www.moody.edu and look up information on the Chorale and their recordings.
I hope this information is helpful!
Anne-Marie -
ReplyDeleteThank you so much.