This week's music background from the St. Jude Bulletin:
‘BICENTENNIAL’ Hymn
The Communion song this weekend is ‘You Satisfy the Hungry Heart’ (Gather #815). This song, which is notable for its quirky, uneven rhythms, is also known by the tune name BICENTENNIAL. The music was composed by Robert Kreutz (1922-1996), and the text was penned by Omer Westendorf (1916-1997).
The name of the tune comes from the year of its composition, 1976. This hymn was the winning entry of a hymn competition the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sponsored in connection with the 41st International Eucharistic Congress. Cincinnati native Omer Westendorf founded the World Library of Sacred Music, which published the first English language collection of Catholic liturgical hymns and texts, the People’s Mass Book. For years, Omer was the choir director and organist at St. Bonaventure in South Fairmount.
Biographical information adapted from http://www.canticanova.com/articles/liturgy/art9x2.htm
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