Gloria! Gloria!

Here's a list of some favourite Glorias:
  • ATOK 318 / Iona (SBL) / CH762 / MV036 / WoV788 / SFFS 2033 / GtG585 / SP&P078 / URW403 / StF753 Glory to God / Gloria a dios (Peru) Good fun. Great for kids - call and response. SFFS has a good Trinitarian formula for it. Video (I normally do it more quickly, but I like his recording). Good for kids.
  • ACS911 / GWA052 Glory to God / Eer aan God (Marus Veenstra / Netherlands) A simple song, which is most beautiful if you can add harmonies. It includes a "Peace be with you" as well, and you could use them together or separately. Sound sample.
  • TiS 773 /  ATW 431 / NCH756 / CH760 / UMH072 / VU37 / WoV640 / GtG583 / GA291 / G(II)199 / GC(II)253 / G(3)426 / W&R240 / Cha034 / URW380 / StF752 Glory to God / Gloria Gloria (Jacques Berthier) The refrain is excellent - joyous, simple, a round. Everything. The verses are not great. Sound sample. Good for kids.
  • TiS 775 / ATOK 317 / Iona (M&G) / VU895 / GtG584 Glory glory glory glory be to God on high (Pablo Sosa) A simple Gloria. 
  • Iona (TI1AU) / MV038 Glory to God / Nzamuranza (Mozambique / Patrick Matsikenyiri) Simple African call and response song. Sound sample
  • CoC20 Gloria (Jillian Bray) A pretty majestic gloria in 4 part harmony.
  • CoC21 Gloria (Colin Gibson) This Latin Gloria could be sung as a simple chant, a 3-part canon or a four part chorale!
  • GC(II)190 Glory to God in the highest (Beneath the Tree of Life) (Marty Haugen) Communion response A good joyful Gloria. Older versions have "his people", but newer versions have "God's people". Sound sample
  • MV124 Glory to God in the Highest (Trinidad) A good simple Gloria from the Carribean Conference of Churches. Lyrics.
  • STB019 Glory be to You O God / Joy Probhu tomari joy (Bart Shaha, Bangladesh) Happy! The tune will need to be taught, but it's not difficult and the words are quite simple in English. The first phrase could be sung in Bengali if you would like to include some language other than English, but don't want to learn a lot of words in another language. Sheet music sample.
  • STB127 Glory to God in the highest / Ara hehelnu kulehe dhau (Justin Ekka, India) If you are unfamiliar with Indian melody lines, it would be helpful to find someone to sing it for your first. It's also in Kurukh language, which is one of the indigenous languages of India. It doesn't work so well in English. Sheet music sample.
  • ACS911 Glory to God / Gloria a Dios (Martin Heenstra) A simple and quite lovely four part Gloria. Sound sample.

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