A Roman Catholic's Ideal Liturgical Library
  • francis
    Posts: 10,668
    Which of these books do you use (in order of importance to your music program)? If there are others, please include them in the list. Thanks.

    Breviarium romanum [Roman Breviary]
    Liber usualis [Common Book]
    Antiphonale romanum [Roman Antiphonary]
    Graduale romanum 1907 [Roman Gradual]
    Graduale romanum 1979 [Roman Gradual]
    Graduale simplex [Simple Gradual]
    Kyriale
    Graduale triplex
    Liber hymnarius
  • Aristotle EsguerraAristotle Esguerra
    Posts: 1,185
    • Gregorian Missal for Sundays 1979 (translations for the antiphons; scriptural references for vernacular substitutes)
    • Graduale Triplex (list of ad libitum communion antiphons and references for vernacular substitutes; performance edition when singing solo)
    • Disposable missalette (responsorial psalm and Gospel acclamation texts)
    • Lectionary (to see direct and indirect connections between proper readings and proper antiphon + psalm pairings, basis for hymn selection)
    • Gather Comprehensive I and RitualSong I* (only the common repertoire/texts from both; psalter as a source for vernacular substitutes or antiphons for Offertory and Communion)


    *I serve two different churches, which explains the different hymnals. Thank goodness they are from the same publisher — I would be up a creek if the hymnals were sourced from two different publishers.
  • Jeffrey MorseJeffrey Morse
    Posts: 202
    1. GRADUALE TRIPLEX

    2. LIBER USUALIS

    3. LIBER HYMNARIUS

    4. ANTIPHONALE ROMANUM

    5. PROCESSIONALE MONASTICUM

    6. OFFERTORIALE TRIPLEX
  • Nick BotkinsNick Botkins
    Posts: 31
    1. Liber Usualis (issued to every member of the choir)

    2. Liber Brevior (issued to every member of the Ladies' Schola)

    3. Cantus Selecti (issued to every member of the Ladies' Schola)
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    - Lead Me, Guide Me
    - Gather Comprehensive II
    - Glory and Praise, First Edition
    - Spirit and Song, First and Second Editions
    - Marty Haugen, Comprehensive Paraphrased Psalter
  • bgeorge77
    Posts: 190
    http://antoinedanielmass.org
    http://isaacjogues.org

    :)
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