Name: Psaume 116
Duration: P00H06M20S
Description: Here's my setting of Psalm 116, from Louis Segond's 1910 French translation of the Bible. Delightfully, this song was commissioned by a friend of mine for an original contemporary ballet piece.

Psaume 116

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Here's my setting of Psalm 116, from Louis Segond's 1910 French translation of the Bible. Delightfully, this song was commissioned by a friend of mine for an original contemporary ballet piece.

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If you wish you could follow along with the words but don't speak much French, I've got a bilingual layout of the whole song, colour-coded by musical theme, that I'm happy to share. Just click on that yellow "Contact benjamin & the bible" link over there on the right and shoot me an email.

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released June 10, 2015
Christa Seid-Graham: vocals
Benjamin Russell Vaughan: 1/4 size classical guitar without D string, slippers and wooden chair on plywood floor, vocals, full size classical guitar, tape measure, glockenspiel, 1/2 size cello (plucked and bowed), finger snaps, hand claps, pianos (upright and grand), Kidz Beats drum, open-back banjo, glass flute, plastic trombone, sandpaper, harmonica, rice shaker, lentil shaker, corrugated cardboard box, peanut butter container, wooden sticks, juice box, cow bell (dropped onto a small pile of junk); all writing, recording, editing, and mixing.
Two birds: vocals, and a small swing (swung on).

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benjamin & the bible Victoria, British Columbia

Ben Vaughan is a Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist who sets mostly Bible verses to folk-based music that aspires to be equal parts interesting and beautiful.

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