Brian L. Penney
Biography
Brian L. Penney is a modern hymn writer whose texts appear in the Open Hymnal Project and in later online hymn resources. The project credits him with several metrical biblical paraphrases and devotional texts from the 2000s, including this Magnificat, dated 2009. Other indexed Penney material includes paraphrases of psalms and biblical passages, indicating a recurring interest in reshaping Scripture for metrical congregational singing.
For Magnificat, Penney recast Luke 1:46-55 into five Long Meter stanzas and paired the text with Jeremiah Clarke's historic tune UFFINGHAM using the setting printed in The English Hymnal of 1906. The Open Hymnal copyright notice permits the words to be reproduced or published for Christian worship if they are not altered and the required notice appears on each copy; all other rights are reserved.
Reliable public biographical information about Penney is limited. Some later hymn resources identify him as the Rev. Brian Penney, but the sources located for this verification do not establish his birth year, education, denomination, or ministerial appointments, so those details are left unspecified.
For Magnificat, Penney recast Luke 1:46-55 into five Long Meter stanzas and paired the text with Jeremiah Clarke's historic tune UFFINGHAM using the setting printed in The English Hymnal of 1906. The Open Hymnal copyright notice permits the words to be reproduced or published for Christian worship if they are not altered and the required notice appears on each copy; all other rights are reserved.
Reliable public biographical information about Penney is limited. Some later hymn resources identify him as the Rev. Brian Penney, but the sources located for this verification do not establish his birth year, education, denomination, or ministerial appointments, so those details are left unspecified.
Hymns by Brian L. Penney
Magnificat
Role: Lyricist