Changelog

This page contains a list, in reverse chronological order, of the most recent changes to this website.

• 02/06/10:
  • After three years of unofficial retirement, website officially retired and placed into archive mode.
  • Removed long-dead email links.
  • Removed promise of 'more to come' for Pastime.
  • Removed dead link to Michael Winikoff's Online Songbook Project.
• 25/02/07:
  • After another long hiatus, made another minor change to my translation of "Ave Verum Corpus" suggested by Bartholomew de la Torre.
  • There's a lot going on in my life at the moment, and the promised updates will be delayed further - but they are still happening!
• 29/06/06:
  • Moved to a new website at Internode.
• 12/04/06:
  • After a break of over eighteen months, this collection is once again being actively maintained.
  • Fixed pronunciation guides for "Ipharadisi", "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and "Vula Botha" (special thanks to Robert Dusemund).
  • Minor Changes to my translations of "Gaudete" and "Ave Verum Corpus" suggested by several people.
  • Notes added about aqua/unda/et and the eucharist/sacrament added to my translation of "Ave Verum Corpus" after comments by several people.
• 02/10/04:
  • Added "Never Weather-Beaten Sail".
  • Fixed some minor formatting issues (and one note which had accidentally been transposed down an octave in the tenor part) in "Bogorodyitse Dyevo".
  • Fixed some minor formatting issues and misspellings in "Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie".
  • Added extra verses to "Come Again!".
  • Added composer and arranger accreditations to "Tambur".
  • Added US Letter editions of "Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie", "Bogorodyitse Dyevo" and "Tambur".
• 15/08/04:
  • Fixed some minor formatting issues with "Fine Knacks for Ladies" and "Now is the Month of Maying".
  • Added US Letter editions of "Fine Knacks for Ladies" and "Now is the Month of Maying".
• 27/07/04:
  • Removed page numbers from all those editions that had them (all US letter editions, plus the A4 editions of Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus" and "Ipharadisi").
  • Fixed some minor underlay placement errors with "Weep, O Mine Eyes".
  • Added US Letter edition of "Weep, O Mine Eyes."
• 04/06/04:
  • Fixed error in all US Letter editions which replaced the 'Soprano' label with 'Alto'.
  • Updated Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus" to correct a few minor errors.
  • Updated "Ipharadisi" to correct note errors in the alto part.
  • Added US Letter editions of Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus", "Ipharadisi", "Singabahambayo" and "Vula Botha".
  • Added update to news blurb.
• 31/05/04:
  • Added US Letter editions of Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus", "Come Again!", "Deep River", "Dindirin", "Gaudate", "Gaudeamus Igitur", "Jerusalem", "Laudate Nomen Domini", "Locus Iste", "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", "Pastime With Good Company", "The Silver Swan", and "Since First I Saw Your Face".
  • Revised the translation of "Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie" and replaced the introduction with David Barr's own.
  • Updated information about "Tambur", thanks to Jozsef Gregor.
  • Updated news blurb.
• 04/05/04:
  • Added news blurb about lack of updates, data loss and future expansion.
  • Removed blurb about, and link to, PIV 2004.
  • 'Last updated' date now spells out month to avoid confusing Americans.
• 14/01/04:
  • Added Philip Legge's SATB arrangement of "Jerusalem".
  • Corrected minor HTML error (missing paragraph tags) in index page of "Jerusalem".
• 11/01/04:
  • Updated "Bogorodyitse Dyevo" - minor corrections and layout improvements.
• 30/12/03:
  • No updates for another month and a half, due to a hard disk failure which wiped all my data. I was hoping to have another couple of pieces up by now, but it will have to wait a bit longer. Sorry!
  • Fixed spelling error in "Belle Quie Tiens" - thanks to Claudia Vink for pointing this out.
• 15/11/03:
  • And you thought I was slack before - no changes for a month and a half! This should improve from now on. No, really, I mean it!
  • Alterations to the translation for "Ave Verum Corpus" suggested by Michael.
  • Spelling correction to 'paraphrase' in all translation pages - thanks to Rob den Heijer for pointing that out.
• 29/09/2003:
  • Yes, no changes for a month! I've been busy....
  • Added "Bogorodyitse Dyevo".
  • Updated the history of "Dindirin".
  • Updated PIV blurb.
• 28/08/2003:
  • Added "Tambur".
  • Removed the blurb for those looking for my N'kosi page from the index page.
• 08/08/2003:
  • Added "Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie".
• 31/07/2003:
  • Yes, it's been a month! I was away at the 54th Australian Intervarsity Choral Festival; the 55th is to be held in Perth in February.
  • Added William Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus".
• 30/06/2003:
  • Added "Fine Knacks for Ladies".
  • Fixed title on Ipharadisi page.
• 29/06/2003:
  • Added "Ipharadisi".
• 19/06/2003:
  • Fixed a few typos in the revised edition of "Jerusalem".
• 18/06/2003:
  • Added revised edition of "Jerusalem".
  • Added link to the Perth Intervarsity Choral Festival.
• 02/06/2003:
  • Replaced Phillip Legge's "actes.pdf" (Laudate history) with updated version.
• 28/05/2003:
  • Added "Vula Botha".
  • Fixed title and meta tags for "Now is the Month of Maying".
• 24/05/2003:
  • Yes, it's been a while... I've been busy, okay? :-)
  • Added "Now is the Month of Maying".
  • Removed references to misprint in PUCS Freshers' Songbook.
• 08/04/2003:
  • Obscured mailto references to help defeat spambots, while still being usable.
• 30/03/2003:
  • Added "Jerusalem".
  • Changes to root index - website is no longer fresher's songbook support.
• 17/03/2003:
  • Added "Ave Verum Corpus".
  • Added "Singabahambayo".
  • Added Phillip Legge's updated history of "Laudate".
• 12/03/2003:
  • Added "The Silver Swan".
  • Added "Weep, O Mine Eyes".
  • Replaced all PDF and Postscript files with new output.
  • Fixed midi files for "Gaudate":
    • Voice part midi files now only include the chorus.
    • Added separate midi file for the verse(s).
• 11/03/2003:
  • Added "Gaudate".
  • Added "Locus Iste".
• 08/03/2003:
  • Added "Gaudeamus Igitur".
  • Added Phillip Legge's history of "Laudate".
  • Song list is now in alphabetical order.
  • Updated Nkosi page:
    • Better integration with rest of website
    • Download links now refer to main Nkosi files, rather than have redundant files.
    • Added doctype and meta tags.
    • Nkosi pages now fully HTML 3.2 compliant (were previously overlooked).
  • Minor formatting changes:
    • Tidied formatting with sub-headings (removed following breaks).
    • Changed from inverted commas to quotation marks when quoting common song names.
    • Italicised references to other pieces.
• 06/03/2003:
  • Added subheadings in song pages.
  • Zipped Postscript files.
  • Changed filenames to more be meaningful.
  • Tidied up HTML:
    • Capitalisation and line feeds are now consistent.
    • Added doctype and meta tages.
    • Website is now fully HTML 3.2 compliant; spiffy little image added.
• 03/03/2003:
  • Broke up website into individual pages for each piece.
  • Added PDF and Postscript files for each piece.
• 28/02/2003:
  • Added notice about, and correction to, misprint in Soprano part of Dindirin in the Freshers' Songbook.
  • Added per-part midi files for each song.
  • Commenced changelog.