Out here in CenCA, the cogniscenti consensus regards OCP Responde y Acclama as musically even superior to Alstott's English equivilent.

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City has a VERY fine choir of men and boys that sings a daily celebration of the Holy Mass and the Office. They have a Psalter all their own that is a true treasure (think Josquin Des Prez, meets John Goss, meets Bartolucci!) I only know of a single individual in the U.S.A. whom is in possession of a copy. You might try writing to the Basilica to see if you might finagle a copy.

For about the past 3 months I have been writing and using in liturgy Spanish Responsorial Psalms and have been meaning to share them for feedback. See attached. Feedback welcome!

Thank you, everyone, and please keep it coming!

Paul, I would be interested in seeing the Spanish Graduale Simplex -- when do you anticipate it being available?

BrophyBoy, that sounds fascinating. Thank you for the suggestion!

Jeff, I've been gratefully implementing English Chabanel Psalms and would be delighted if more were available in Spanish than just a few common seasonal Psalms (for starters, the ones to go with cycle A so that they could begin to be used on a regular basis!)

ClaireH
Take a look to this resource:
http://musicasacralc.blogspot.com/search/label/El%20Libro%20del%20Salmista

I do not care much for the OCP Spanish-language psalms, especially those written by Mary Frances Reza, as they sound more like regular songs than the psalms. On the other hand, the Spanish-language psalms set by Manuel Garcia are somewhat metrical and can be sung without accompaniment.

@organista20

Yes, you are right, the label for the Alleluia is wrong on some of these. These are just working drafts that I've been using in my own parish. Notice that it took me until the 5th Sunday of Easter to figure this out and correct it!

The translation is taken directly from the Spanish lectionary that we use at my parish. I don't know much about Spanish liturgical translation issues, but I think that this is actually a book that is published for the dioceses of Spain.

Adam: Spanish liturgical translation issues

USCCB Spanish translation details are methodically presented at ...
http://musicasacra.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1081

What's that Latin phrase, "De gustibus...."?
Expounding further upon an observation I made above, I find it ironic and amusing that people I know and work with in our parishes and elsewhere often state that the settings in Responde y Acclama, to them, are on the whole superior to Alstott's in R&A. I'm sure it wouldn't take much time to cite folks' utterances that are the polar opposite to that sentiment.
There's a lovely little Ridley Scott comedy, "A Good Year," with a scene where an English stock broker who inherited his uncle's Chateau Winery employs an expert to assess the viability of the vines and that great term for its environs, terroire. Of course the snobby enologist's assessment reeked of bad Franco/Anglo resentments, so he dismissed the whole vineyard as m*rde. And, of course, the punchline of the film is that old Uncle produced a hidden vintage of legendary acclaim (oops!) I often think of that when we are quick to judge and dismiss vast sums of music, rather that to assess each varietal, each vintage, each winemaker.
Take a breath, take your time....sort out the priorities in the vineyard you're in.

Salient point, BG

Yep: you can display a JPEG image by uploading it to a web site of your own, and posting a link here (or even an tag).

I just recently tried my hand at arranging a psalm for my Spanish youth choir to sing on September 25. I would love some feedback from any experts who use Gregorio, or Spanish language experts who might tell me I have musical accents in awkward places.
Thanks!

Stephanie B.

There's a lot to be said for a do-it-yourself approach of just singing the Psalm to a simple Gregorian psalm tone. Just point the psalm, or at least the response, before hand. If you're confident you could even wing-it at Mass. This is often done at my parish where it works well and people become familiar with a psalm tone, something I think is important. In my experience people end up learning it by ear if they hear it often enough. Think of it as "stealth chant".

You can try to match the mode to the mood of the psalm, or just cycle through all 8 modes, or you could just pick 1,2, or 3 tones and stick with them week-in, week-out ( never mind if the latter is boring to the musicians, as some like to tell the peeps-in-the-pews, it's not about you ).

Spain's psalms used to be available online at a website of the Archdiocese of Madrid. Then they disappeared a few years ago. (Or the archdiocese changed the link, and I have not discovered the new one.)

But I did find the psalms this morning at:

http://www.cyberbasilica.org/salmo.htm

I only reviewed psalms 22(23) and 29(30). Psalm 22(23) is missing the accent on "tú" in "tú vas conmigo:"

Psalm 29(30) has a more serious typo: "invita" instead of the correct "visita"

The US Leccionario edits Spain's translation slightly to conform to the predominant usages by Spanish-speakers in the USA. Most of these changes have to do with the form of second person plural imperatives and related pronouns and pronominal adjectives. There are two such in psalm 29(30): "Tañan" and "den"

Unfortunately verse numbers and spaces between strophes for the psalms are not included.

Salmo 29
ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS
POR LA CURACIÓN DE UN ENFERMO EN PELIGRO DE MUERTE

Te ensalzaré, Señor, porque me has librado
y no has dejado que mis enemigos se rían de mí.
Señor, Dios mío, a ti grité,
y tú me sanaste.
Señor, sacaste mi vida del abismo,
me hiciste revivir cuando bajaba a la fosa.
Tañed para el Señor, fieles suyos, = Tañan
dad gracias a su nombre santo; = den
su cólera dura un instante;
su bondad, de por vida;
al atardecer nos invita el llanto; TYPO: visita
por la mañana, el júbilo.
Yo pensaba muy seguro:
"no vacilaré jamás".
Tu bondad, Señor, me aseguraba
el honor y la fuerza;
pero escondiste tu rostro,
y quedé desconcertado.
A ti, Señor, llamé, supliqué a mi Dios:
"¿qué ganas con mi muerte,
con que yo baje a la fosa?
¿Te va a dar gracias el polvo,
o va a proclamar tu lealtad?
Escucha, Señor, y ten piedad de mí;
Señor, socórreme".
Cambiaste mi luto en danzas,
me desataste el sayal y me has vestido de fiesta;
te cantará mi alma sin callarse.
Señor, Dios mío, te daré gracias por siempre.