Joseph Gelineau, SJ (31 October 1920 – 8 August 2008) was a FrenchJesuit priest and composer, mainly of modern Christian liturgical music.[1] He was a member of the translation committee forLa Bible de Jérusalem (1959).[2]
Heavily influenced byGregorian chant, he developed hisGelineau psalmody which is used worldwide. His psalm tones were designed to express the asymmetrical, three to four line design of the psalm texts. He collaborated with theDominicanRaymond-Jacques Tournay and Raymond Schwab to rework the Jerusalem Bible Psalter. Their joint effort produced thePsautier de la Bible de Jerusalem and recordingPsaumes, which won the Gran Prix de L' Academie Charles Cros in 1953. Later he composed numerous chants for the ecumenical FrenchTaizé Community.[3] He was associated with theInstitut Catholique de Paris.[4]
^French music since Berlioz - Page 195 Richard Langham Smith, Caroline Potter - 2006 "During the 1950s, Joseph Gelineau (b. 1920) wrote a vast number of short responsorial psalm settings, using the vernacular texts of La Bible de Jerusalem. Gelineau trained as a musician at the Ecole Cesar Franck in Paris, before becoming ..."
^The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion - Page 138 LindaJo K. McKim, LindaJo H. McKim - 1993 "Joseph Gelineau (b. 1920), a French Jesuit, was a member of the translation committee for La Bible de Jerusalem ( 1959). He worked with the Psalter in an effort to reproduce the Hebrew rhythm patterns in French."
