My soul cries out with a joyful shout (‘Canticle of the Turning’)

My soul cries out with a joyful shout (‘Canticle of the Turning’). Rory Cooney* (1952-  ).   Carl P. Daw, Jr.* correctly notes: ‘From the very beginning it is evident that this is no tame paraphrase of the Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55). . . [This setting of the Magnificat*] identifies with, and draws energy from, the deeply revolutionary implications of what it means for the mighty to be put down from their thrones and the lowly to be lifted up’ (Daw, 2016, p. 100). First published as the ‘Canticle of the Turning’, a choral octavo (Chicago, 1990), it appeared in Gather Comprehensive (Chicago, 1994) and RitualSong (Chicago, 1996) and later editions of these Catholic hymnals. Subsequently the...

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