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Thánh Ca Dân Chúa
A Hymnal for Vietnamese Catholics
The first Vietnamese hymnal to contain popular English songs for worship, chords for accompaniment, selected choral parts, the newly approved Vietnamese Order of Mass, and more.
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The first to include English and bilingual songs
Many parishes in the U.S. and Canada have multicultural assemblies with significant numbers of Vietnamese speakers, but lack the resources to properly worship in Vietnamese. Finally there's a hymnal that celebrates the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of the Vietnamese Catholic community!
Provides chords for accompaniment and selected choral parts
A groundbreaking resource, Thánh Ca Dân Chúa (Hymnal of God's People) is the first Vietnamese hymnal to contain popular English songs for worship, chords for accompaniment, selected choral parts, the newly approved Vietnamese Order of Mass, and more.
Beautifully designed, expertly compiled and affordable
Beautifully designed, expertly compiled and affordable, Thánh Ca Dân Chúa provides all the hymns, songs and service music needed for liturgies in Vietnamese and bilingual liturgies in English and Vietnamese.
- More than 450 hymns, songs and service music titles
- Over 300 traditional and recently composed Vietnamese hymns
- More than 50 responsorial psalms -- unique to any Vietnamese hymnal!
- Over 30 English songs with Vietnamese translation and English texts, including many traditional hymns
- More than 55 English songs from Breaking Bread and Spirit & Song 1 and 2
- Two Mass settings in Vietnamese
- Music from over 100 different Vietnamese composers, including Kim Long, Nguyễn Duy, Xuân Thảo, Cát Minh, Phanxicô, Mi Trầm, and Thành Tâm
- Songs by Bernadette Farrell, Bob Hurd, Dan Schutte, and other favorite English-language composers
- Created with input from experts in Vietnam and Vietnamese-American composers, choir directors and liturgists, giving it accuracy and integrity far exceeding that of any other Vietnamese hymnal
- Copyright information for every song, thus guaranteeing proper (and long overdue) compensation (royalties) and credit for the Vietnamese composers—unique to any Vietnamese hymnal!
- Pew book also serves as accompaniment resource—chords for guitar or keyboard improvisation included above the melody
"Although I grew up singing Vietnamese church music in my local youth choir, I have also become very fond of the American repertoire as a result of my involvement with campus ministry since my time in college. Thus, as a second-generation Vietnamese, and as someone who was reared in the United States since infancy, I am extremely proud that Thánh Ca Dân Chúa is available for both the Vietnamese and English-speaking (and singing) Catholic communities. OCP has provided a much-needed quality resource for bilingual and bicultural worship... like no other. Thánh Ca Dân Chúa provides the Vietnamese community with 350 songs from their repertoire (including psalms), and 100 English and bilingual (English/Vietnamese) titles.
It brings me great joy that a flavor of the prayerful music which nourishes the spirit of my faith community is available to those who are not Vietnamese. An array of the most accomplished Catholic composers is represented: Nguyễn Duy, Mi Trầm, Xuân Thảo, Thành Tâm, Phanxicô, and many more. They could be considered the Vietnamese equivalent of names familiar to English-speaking Catholics in the United States: Bernadette Farrell, Michael Joncas, Dan Schutte, and John Foley—whose well-known titles are also included in this hymnal. Not only are their compositions in the original language, but a variety of their English songs have been translated into Vietnamese and can be valuable selections for multilingual celebrations. Singers, choir directors, and assembly members alike may find numerous songs quite uplifting in both languages. For example, 'My God and My All,' 'The Cry of the Poor,' 'Fly Like a Bird,' 'Mi. Caritas,' and 'Here I Am, Lord.'
The Vietnamese-American community is extremely grateful to OCP for all the years of research that went into the production of this hymnal."
—Pastoral Music Magazine
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