Previous posts for April 3rd may be found here: Reginald De Koven (2019), Alessandro Stradella (2020), Wayne Newton (2021), and Watkins Shaw (2022)
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Richard Proulx (b. 3 April 1937 - 18 February 2010) was an American composer and editor of church music, including anthems, service music, and music for handbell choir.
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Modern Liturgy Magazine called him the "most significant liturgical composer of the last twenty years." -- www.csbsju.edu
If you’re in parish music, you
Will know the work of Richard Proulx,
Who wrote for choir loft and pew.
His bio, as you might recall,
Was early centered on St. Paul,
But then his worship work unfurled
To edify the worship world.
There’s music easy to admire
In anthems that he wrote for choir,
And simpler music for the hymnal,
Eschewing to get too sublim’nal.
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