From The Living Church- Richard Proulx, who died February 18 at 72, enjoyed a distinguished career as an organist, conductor, consultant and hymnal editor. While these are fitting titles to describe his career, perhaps champion of congregational song best describes his ministry to the Church. He was best known for his work as director of music at Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, where he developed a music program that became a model for Roman Catholic cathedrals through the United States.
Prior to his Chicago appointment, he served at a number of Roman Catholic and Episcopal parishes in the Twin Cities and Seattle areas. He served as a consultant for The Hymnal 1982, New Yale Hymnal, the Methodist Hymnal, Worship II and Worship III, and has contributions in the Mennonite Hymnal and the Presbyterian Hymnal. Proulx was a member of the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Church Music.
He composed over 20 original hymn tunes, and was a prolific composer of hymn accompaniments, harmonizations, descants and service music. His compositional output is contained in dozens of denominational hymnals. Over 30 hymn concertatos of his are available from numerous publishers. His catalogue of hymn intonations, alternate harmonizations, and organ preludes based on hymn tunes is equally prolific.
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