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| Short Name: | Robert J. Batastini |
| Full Name: | Batastini, Robert J., 1942- |
| Birth Year: | 1942 |
Robert J. Batastini is the retired vice president and senior editor of GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago. Bob has over fifty-five years of service in pastoral music ministry, having served several parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago and one in the Diocese of Joliet. He served as executive editor and project director for the Worship hymnals (three editions), Gather hymnals (three editions), Catholic Community Hymnal, and as executive editor of RitualSong.
In 1993 he became the first recipient of the Father Lawrence Heimann Citation for lifetime contribution to church music and liturgy in the U.S., awarded by St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana, and was named "Pastoral Musician of the Year-2000" by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM). At its 2006 conference, he was named a Fellow of the Hymn society in the United States and Canada.
In his retirement he is active in the music ministry of St. Francis de Sales Parish, Holland, MI.
Nancy Naber, from www.giamusic.com/bios/
Tunes by Robert J. Batastini (98) | As | Instances | Incipit |
|---|---|---|---|
| [You are a priest for ever] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (antiphon)) | 2 | |
| WHATSOEVER YOU DO | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 2 | 13556 54322 31761 |
| WERE YOU THERE | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 7 | 51333 21321 13555 |
| [We see the Lord] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 16513 23211 21355 |
| [We proclaim your Death, O Lord] (Missa Emmanuel) | Robert J. Batastini (Adapter) | 4 | 35775 45 |
| [Turn to the Lord in your need] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (acc.)) | 3 | 24561 76 |
| [Today is born our Savior] (Hughes) | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (psalm tone)) | 1 | 55432 3431 |
| [To the upright I will show the saving pow'r of God] | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 26564 53 |
| [Though I walk in the valley of darkness] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 2 | 12333 43455 |
| [There is one God] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 3 | 11153 4 |
| [Then where can we stand justified] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger (acc.)) | 3 | 12333 21235 55653 |
| [The virgin Mary had a baby boy] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 6 | 51111 21725 54444 |
| THE TOMB IS EMPTY | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger (vocal)) | 1 | 12353 15314 31223 |
| [The Lord will bless his people with peace] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (antiphon)) | 2 | 63142 7671 |
| [The Lord is near] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (antiphon)) | 2 | |
| [The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 51625 6 |
| [The just will live in the presence of the Lord] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 4 | 51511 23 |
| [Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 4 | 54365 45654 32554 |
| [Shout to God, all you heavens] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 2 | 11713 41171 11713 |
| [Rest in God alone; rest in God alone] (Batastini) | Robert Batastini (Composer) | 7 | 51111 |
| [Praise the Lord and call upon his name] | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 53413 21 |
| [Let us pray to the Lord] (Byzantine) | Robert Batistini (Composer) | 16 | 11577 11271 |
| [Our Father, who art in heaven] (Snow) | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger) | 14 | 33332 32121 23244 |
| OH QUE BUENO | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 2 | 33314 44333 12223 |
| O WALY WALY | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 51232 16551 71234 |
| [O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth] | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (psalm tone)) | 1 | 16715 216 |
| [O bless the Lord, bless the Lord] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 2 | 57642 175 |
| NEW BRITAIN | Robert J. Batastini (1942- ) (Arranger) | 2 | 51313 21655 13132 |
| [My soul rejoices, my soul rejoices] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 6 | 13321 |
| [My prayers rise like incense] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer (Antiphon)) | 3 | 25432 2 |
| [My part I have resolved, O Lord] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 2 | 15434 32 |
| MUELLER (Murray) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 7 | 55433 21176 55565 |
| MORNING SONG (Dare) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 9 | 51234 32175 51234 |
| [May God bless us in his mercy] | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 45655 45655 |
| [Make me a channel of your peace] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 5 | 33333 45353 3333 |
| [Lord, I love your commands] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 2 | |
| [Lord, come to my aid] (Batatstini and Proulx) | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 36717 6 |
| [Lord, come and save us] | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 51765 |
| LOBET UND PREISET | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 55554 34321 33332 |
| [Let us come before the Lord and praise him] | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 53531 23 |
| [Let all praise the name of the Lord] (Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 4 | 25431 |
| [Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world] (Vatican Edition XVIII) | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (acc.)) | 5 | 55566 66656 345 |
| [O Lamb of God] (Stewart) | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger) | 4 | 56111 2123 |
| KOMT NU MET ZANG | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 4 | |
| KAS DZIEDAJA | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 3 | 12351 23511 54321 |
| [In you, Lord, in you, Lord] | RJB (Composer) | 4 | 56757 656 |
| [I will sing, I will sing, I will sing] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 2 | 54517 1545 |
| [I shall live in the house of the Lord] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 4 | 13555 66665 3 |
| [I rejoiced when they said to me] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 2 | |
| [I rejoiced when I heard them say] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 8 | 55534 555 |
| [Chant] (Batastini 56434) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 2 | 56434 5 |
| [How great is your name, O Lord our God] | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (Psalm tone)) | 3 | 51612 12416 |
| HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 8 | 51231 21651 35332 |
| HOUSTON (Thomerson) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 9 | 13455 56545 1345 |
| [Holy, holy, holy Lord] (Sacramentary) | Robert J. Batastini (Adapter) | 4 | 12234 23212 |
| [He is over all, and through all] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 2 | 11153 43 |
| [Have mercy on me, Lord; my strength is gone] | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 56717 5 |
| GUIDE MY FEET | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 16513 11611 31313 |
| [Great is the Lord, worthy of praise] | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (Psalm tone)) | 3 | 21612 161 |
| GOTT VATER SEI GEPRIESEN | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 1 | 51712 32561 22151 |
| [God, you are merciful and kind] | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 12343 212 |
| [God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 24325 |
| [God alone is my rock] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 2 | |
| GO TELL IT | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 6 | 33216 51222 12323 |
| GO NOW IN PEACE (Sleeth) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 55455 54515 15154 |
| [Go and listen to the Word of God] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer) | 6 | 11554 3223 |
| [Give the Lord glory, glory and honor] | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (psalm tone)) | 1 | 45616 |
| [Give him/her eternal rest, O Lord] | RJB (Composer) | 4 | 11143 171 |
| [Gentle Mary laid her child] (Piae Cantiones) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1952 (Arranger) | 2 | 11712 33217 77121 |
| ONE BREAD, ONE BODY | Robert J. Batastini, 1942- (Arranger) | 1 | 11215 55431 24321 |
| GELOBT SEI GOTT (Vulpius) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 2 | 17655 67111 25176 |
| GELINEAU PSALM 4 | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 2 | 11142 |
| [From the voices of children, Lord] | RJB (Arranger (Psalm tone)) | 2 | |
| [For the sake of your name, O Lord, save my life] | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 12345 423 |
| GRACE (Dutch) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 55554 33321 1171 |
| [Fill us with your love, O Lord] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 6 | 61767 55 |
| FENNVILLE | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Composer) | 8 | 55515 54345 55551 |
| [Do not forget the works of the Lord] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 4 | 25672 |
| DIADEM (Primitive Baptist) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Harmonizer) | 1 | 51112 35651 33321 |
| [Cry out with joy and gladness] (Batastini) | RJB (Composer) | 3 | 11111 31 |
| [Come to him and receive his light] | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 51767 1 |
| [Christ has die, Christ is risen] (Sacramentary) | Robert J. Batastini (Adapter) | 4 | 12234 22 |
| [Chatter with the angels soon in the morning] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 2 | 11116 55556 11111 |
| [Chant] (Tone 6F) | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger) | 7 | 12323 1 |
| BUNESSAN | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 18 | 13512 76565 12356 |
| [Bring an offering and enter his courts] (Howell) | RJB (Arranger (Psalm Tone)) | 3 | 65456 12171 |
| [Blessed, blessed are they] | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (Antiphon)) | 2 | 41321 7 |
| [Blessed be the name of the Lord for ever, and ever] | RJB (Composer) | 2 | 12345 665 |
| BEDFORD PARK | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Composer) | 6 | 51232 34321 25123 |
| BALM IN GILEAD (Spiritual) | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 6 | 32321 51231 33432 |
| [Awake from your slumber] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 8 | 33455 42234 53345 |
| [At the Last Supper with His disciples] | R. J. Batastini (Arranger) | 3 | 17656 54345 64615 |
| [As I went down to the river to pray] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 2 | 55611 11111 22232 |
| [Alleluia / Praise to you / I am the light] | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (I am the light)) | 4 | |
| [Alleluia, alleluia] (Duncan / Batastini) | Robert J. Batastini (Composer (verses)) | 2 | |
| [All night, all day] | Robert J. Batastini, b. 1942 (Arranger) | 1 | 56113 32112 11111 |
| [Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world] (XVIII) | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (acc.)) | 3 | 11122 22212 71212 |
| [A sacrifice you accept, O God] | Robert J. Batastini (Arranger (refrain)) | 4 | 26665 4562 |
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