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Alan
Jemison wrote: |
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Hi, guys —
- Where can I find information,
preferably a list, on the liturgical use of Gregorian
music
in the Mass
(Sunday by Sunday and Feast Days)?
I find lots of blah,
blah, blah about chant, its uses, etc.
on the web, but no website that shows specifically
the proper selection of:
- Psalms
- Graduals
- Sequences
- Hymns
- etc.
for specific days of the year.
- Can you point me in a good
direction?
Much appreciated!
Alan Jemison |
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Mary Ann replied:
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Hi, Alan —
Get a Liber. They are available now. They are like the old missal, only
with all the Gregorian music for the specific days. I got one from St.
Bonaventure Publications on the net.
Hope this helps,
Mary Ann
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Richard replied:
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Hi, Alan —
I sing in chant groups at a couple of parishes in the Boston area.
There are prescribed chant pieces for each day in the Church's liturgical
calendar, but the music is generally not on the web. Start with one of
these two books from the Benedictine abbey at Solesmes (France):
- The "Gregorian Missal" contains the Mass propers for Sundays
and solemnities. Helpfully,
it includes English translations of the Latin
chant texts.
- The "Graduale Romanum" has the same chants and adds material
for lesser feasts and memorial days but doesn't have the vernacular translations,
so it's not as user-friendly as the Gregorian Missal.
If a Catholic bookstore near you doesn't carry the Solesmes chant books,
you can buy them through the net from the Abbey's web site (www.solesmes.com),
or from US sources such as:
Either one has the chants for the ordinary parts of the Mass, and they
follow the calendar according to the current Roman Missal. The older book Liber Usualis, from before Vatican II, follows the old calendar, so if
you attend a Tridentine Mass, that would be the proper book.
Hope this helps!
Congratulations on your interest in the Church's sacred music.
— Richard Chonak
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Alan replied:
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Thank you, Richard —
Your response is right on the money. I had already discovered Gary Penkala's CanticaNOVA publications and had pretty much decided to go with them.
Your diligence in making
a full-blown response is much appreciated.
In Christ,
Alan
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