There is a Foundation supporting the Psalterium Project. It is under Dutch law and info is accessible via http://www.psalterium.nl .

Awesome!!!

What an admirable project!
This has been done to Anglican chant by the English cathedral choirs, but does not, to my knowledge, exist for the Gregorian tones in Latin.

I too listened to the mp3's and am impressed by the work that has gone into this project. I wrote to them inquiring about the actual music notation they are using and to see if I can get copies, if available for our Psalm Cycle coming at the end of summer. They don't seem to be singing from the Liber U or Ordinarium of any era. If they are indeed singing from manuscripts from a Millennium ago, I'm just wondering whether they were re written into some newer format. We'll see.
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The project is completed and now at the printer (the book Psalterium Currens, 272 pages, hard cover, of all 150 psalms with 184 calligraphed antiphons, many published for the first time) and the CD manufacturer (12 CDs of all 150 psalms in Gregorian chant - 14 hours of chant) including a DVD on The Making of the Psalterium Project - Preserving a Unique European Cultural Heritage).

This DVD is now on online with English undertitling at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBboDbufE-s&feature=youtu.be

We have ordered 2,000 copies. Only 2,000? This is the reality of CD sales of Gregorian chant! We expect that it will take us 5-7 years to sell these 2,000 copies. Prove us wrong and order a copy!

This project is privately funded - to the tune of some 90,000 euros over the past 6 years. The two initiators of this project are in this for about 30,000 euros each (that's US$37,000 the man). The sound engineer and graphic artist put in hundreds - maybe thousands - of hours into the project for no or little remuneration. And the researchers - our man in Vienna and conductor - hundreds or hours of labour. The rest are sponsors from outside the Project - but no more than 6-7 persons who believe in the Project. They won't get this back, and they don't want it back! Any excess receipts will be spent on new projects to preserve the Gregorian chant heritage. There's something bigger in this for them - the hope and expectation that a unique European cultural heritage will be recorded and preserved!

A presentation of this Project is tentatively scheduled at the 13th Annual Colloquium of the Gregorian Institute of Canada, May 31-June 3, 2018, Huron College, Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.

The initial presentation of the 12-CD Box with DVD documentary and complete Psalterium Currens will be made at the XIIIth International Festival for Gregorian Chant 2018 in Watou (Belgium) May 9-13, 2018.

Preliminary orders are now being taken. See: http://psalmchant.com/progresspage1a.html

See the website for more information and sound samples (http://psalmchant.com/showcase.html) .

Here is an example of a page from the Psalterium Currens. Photo from the printer:

Print only.

To Janet: Not quite clear what you want here. All the info is on the website psalmchant.com. Any review will come from someone wanting to make one - not really something that should come from us as the makers. The project recordings will NOT be online. It's CDs or nothing - although I can imagine someone (an early subscriber maybe) plumping this on YouTube without our permission. No one wants to take this marginal music on Spotify or ITunes. Not enough demand. Only 2000 copies made. That's it for the coming decade. As noted above - we expect it will take 5-7 years to move this, at least! For info: all the material has now (as of April 23) been delivered: the book Psalterium Currens with all 150 psalms and 184 calligraphed antiphons and the CDbox. All early subscriptions will be sent out in the first week of May.

Yes, The CMAA regularly receives unsolicited books and CD's for potential review for the Sacred Music journal. The same sort of thing could be done with the managing editor (Gregory DiPippo) for the New Liturgical Movement. This type of review could give greater visibility and potentially greater sales of the book and CD set.

"Sacred Music" journal and the "New Liturgical Movement" website are, like this forum site, activities sponsored by the Church Music Association of America. Check out the journal on the main musicasacra.com website. Nederlanders zijn ook van harte welkom.

Just checked the sites of the Sacred Music journal and the New Liturgical Movement. The first states: Sacred Music accepts unsolicited submissions. We are interested in editorials on current topics in church music, analysis of current or historical documents, reports on parish life as it impacts pastoral liturgy, scholarly research concerning gregorian chant and classical polyphony, practical guides to sacred music, reports of concerts, reviews of new and older works, news reports, and letters to the editor.

No mention of CD samples or the like. Just a practical guide to managing parish life and enlightening the lay folk on developments in sacred music conducting, living with recalcitrant priests, etc. Don't think I'll send anything.

The second has no indication at all of its purpose in life or on the web. I could find no additional page at all about its goals or whatever. It just has one homepage with links to all kinds of articles on various liturgical themes, discussions, conference proceedings, vocations, ceremonial guides - you name it. But no reason for me to send them a sample of what we just made. UPDATE: just - as I write this! - got an email from the editor with the link - it's a bit far down on the left side of the homepage of the website - not very logical for a first visitor. And... it's a message from a German Cardinal and Archbishop from 1997! Hmmm. What am I to think of that as the prime purpose of this site?

But, hey, that's ok! That's life in the Catholic Church - we're still looking around to find our way home!

An additional note not related to the subject: We just hosted - here in Amsterdam - the Lay Clerks from St. Mary's Cathedral from Sydney, Australia. They sang (full choir with the boys) the Whitsun/Pentecost mass last Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican together with the Sistine Chapel Choir. The general very reserved conclusion: The Church deserves much better choral music in its home.

The choral music in the Vatican is - in other (and my) words - rather awful. And I've heard similar views from other visiting choirs as well. And I have heard it live on Christmas eves in years past. And... did you know that the Cappella Giulia singers are paid almost 3x more than the lay clerks in Westminster Abbey (the best paid in the UK)?

To the Editor: Should I start a new thread? Hmmm, maybe I will.

[Accordingly, discussion of the music at St. Peter's should please continue at the separate thread on that topic.--admin]

It was a lot of work but now all 150 psalms in Gregorian chant are available for digital distrubution.

Over 14 hours of psalm chanting for less than 30 dollars.

iTunes, Spotify etc. will follow in the coming weeks.

Since this post came up again, and while this part is likely no longer relevant, as the book itself is now just about three years old, I think it is worth a comment.

Just a practical guide to managing parish life and enlightening the lay folk on developments in sacred music conducting, living with recalcitrant priests, etc. Don't think I'll send anything.

This is an unfair characteristic of Sacred Music and ought to have been corrected at the time. Musicology, the history of chant (which sometimes is the first), and its performance are all relevant topics for the journal and the work of the CMAA at large. This obviously fits all three categories, and I think that the audience was hastily misjudged as well, something that also should have been corrected. There are many people, both active scholars and performers outside of the academy (that is, active church musicians), whether Catholic or not, who would appreciate such a work and who live in North America.

Our Community uses Latin on Sundays, Solemnities, and Feasts and English on Ferial Days. Despite what many have said, we found that it is possible to chant in English with the Monastic Tones if the tones are studied well... and accent and context are taken into consideration.

I think its a beautiful thing to keep Latin Tradition alive but at the same time making use of the Vernacular as a "Monastic Apostolate" for the laity who hear it. It would be nice if this project considered using Monastic Tones in Vernacular for other Religious Communities who might want to give it a try and forgo the invented tones.

Thanks for the info Elmar! Looking into this! Meanwhile the Psalterium Foundation's site has some basic info on the Project as well as all info on ordering. http://www.psalterium.nl/

Serviam, I got the CDs when they first came out. Well worth the money.

The Psalterium Foundation has updated all three of its sites: psalterium.nl and psalmchant.com. Including a site for a new project! gengulphus.com

Recording for the office of St. Gengulphus (the only manuscript with this office destroyed in WWII !) has been Corona delayed. Hope to record this very rare office music in May of 2022. See the page of the music here: https://www.gengulphus.com/music-for-his-office/

I have no idea how I missed this, but I am in awe. The beauty is undeniable. Perhaps it was made for the sake of artistic pursuit, but listening to the interview and the singers, you can feel that there is a little more to it. In any case, it if can be sent to South Africa, then I want a set. I know that they will, unfortunately, get lost if I try to bring them through customs here, haha.

Good news for all. We have reduced prices to move the last few hundred CD boxes and books of the Psalterium Currens - with many previously unpublished antiphons! We are now getting more income from downloads than the far better quality sound CD's! Check it out! Grab it while you can! - including the book (not online!). And the unique recording of the Easter Matins included as a bonus item! Only $55 to the USA and all addresses out of Europe for the whole bag! Great Christmas gift! http://www.psalterium.nl/the-psalterium-project/

For those in far away places: The postman is very reliable - has always arrived - in Russia, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Chili, over 150 times in the USA and Canada, and almost all of the European Union countries. Actually only ONE no arrival - in the very reliable postal place of Germany - next door just a couple of hundred kilometers down the road from us here in the Netherlands! We sent a new package which did arrive. Also only one package to Canada was very late (Covid has delayed mail deliveries big time!). Sent a new package which arrived before the first one sent. The additional package was given by the receiver to someone of his preference who he thought would appreciate it. You can count on getting it!

I have half a mind to order a second copy as a gift... The recordings really are so lovely.