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Author: Helen Otte Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I cried out to God to help me Topics: Affliction; Comfort; Despair; Distress; Doubt; Mercy; Peoples; Strength; Stress Scripture: Psalm 77 Used With Tune: GENEVAN 77

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GENEVAN 77

Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Appears in 47 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Claude Goudimel Tune Sources: Genevan Psalter Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 11712 32111 71232 Used With Text: I Cried Out to God

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I Cried Out to God to Help Me

Author: Helen Otte Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #77 (1987) Meter: 8.8.7.7 D Topics: Biblical Names & Places Egypt; Deliverance; Doubt; Afflictions; Biblical Names & Places Egypt; Confession of Sin; Deliverance; Doubt; Mercy; Providence; Wisdom Scripture: Psalm 77 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVAN 77

I Cried Out to God

Author: Helen Otte Hymnal: Christian Worship #77A (2021) Meter: 8.8.7.7 D First Line: I cried out to God to help me Topics: Affliction; Comfort; Despair; Distress; Doubt; Mercy; Peoples; Strength; Stress Scripture: Psalm 77 Languages: English Tune Title: GENEVAN 77

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Claude Goudimel

1514 - 1572 Harmonizer of "GENEVAN 77" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) The music of Claude Goudimel (b. Besançon, France, c. 1505; d. Lyons, France, 1572) was first published in Paris, and by 1551 he was composing harmonizations for some Genevan psalm tunes-initially for use by both Roman Catholics and Protestants. He became a Calvinist in 1557 while living in the Huguenot community in Metz. When the complete Genevan Psalter with its unison melodies was published in 1562, Goudimel began to compose various polyphonic settings of all the Genevan tunes. He actually composed three complete harmonizations of the Genevan Psalter, usually with the tune in the tenor part: simple hymn-style settings (1564), slightly more complicated harmonizations (1565), and quite elaborate, motet-like settings (1565-1566). The various Goudimel settings became popular throughout Calvinist Europe, both for domestic singing and later for use as organ harmonizations in church. Goudimel was one of the victims of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots, which occurred throughout France. Bert Polman

Helen Otte

b. 1931 Versifier of "I Cried Out to God to Help Me" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Helen Ann (Brink) Otte Walter (b. Grand Rapids, MI, 1931) versified this psalm in 1982 for the Psalter Hymnal. She received her education at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has worked as a teacher, proofreader, and librarian. She was a member of the Poets' Workshop that worked with the revision committee to prepare psalm versifications for the 1987 Psalter Hymnal. After her first husband died and she remarried, she remained active as a freelance writer, especially of children's stories and dramas, some of which have been published in Reformed Worship under the name Helen Walter. Bert Polman