Peter Clark Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Tmorrow's Gospel reading is the encounter with Jesus by the two disciples on the road to Emmaus; there is a delightful hymn about this event in the hymnal Praise the Lord (now alas out of print) called Jesus himself drew near, words by AR Habershon (1861 - 1918), and music by Richard Dubois - a most enchanting, almost ethereal tune, in free rhythm with some seriously spooky chording. I'm using it tomorrow as a simple communion reflection. The tune is called, naturally enough, Emmaus. I can find out nothing about this composer - not even his dates - and so I wonder if anyone has come across him or his music anywhere? Thanks Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 My Google-based guess is that he is the Richard DuBois that retired about the year 2000 from the Faculty of Music in the University of Massachusetts Amherst; he conducted the Massachusetts Chorale. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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