St. John the Baptist Book for Catholic Worship
  • Bobby Bolin
    Posts: 419
    Compiled and Edited by G. Paul Parr
    St. John the Baptist Publishing Company
    Canton, OH

    I came across this when going through some things that were given to me. Has anyone else encountered this hymnal? Some of the stuff in here looks pretty good and it has quite a range of styles, everything from chant to Marier to Peloquin to different types of drums and cymbals.
  • Bobby Bolin
    Posts: 419
    Guess not! If you come across one let me know.
  • denroden
    Posts: 25
    I have one in my office. My grandfather was the organist at St. John the Baptist: Edward Roden (1934-1959) and the uncle of our interim pastor gave the Nihil Obstat: Donald Reagan.

    Resurrecting this old post as I just picked up this hymnal to peruse this morning.
    Thanked by 2CHGiffen MatthewRoth
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 2,311
    Twelve years! Horrible!

    Seriously I do love forums for this. I assume that it's post-conciliar? And does the parish still exist, or has it closed?
  • denroden
    Posts: 25
    Yes, it is post conciliar. And it is now a basilica, with a marvelous organ.

    http://www.stjohncanton.com/music.html
    Thanked by 2CHGiffen a_f_hawkins
  • RoborgelmeisterRoborgelmeister
    Posts: 174
    I saw copies of this in a few libraries here in the Pacific Northwest. It seemed to be similar in content to the Peoples Mass Book by Westendorf. It included a few items that had been poorly edited... attempts to modernize texts; or inept accompaniments. The only really important item was an Epiphany Hymn by J. Singenberger. For all of the importance of Singenberger's work, it is odd to the extreme that so very little is used. One of his Sacred Heart hymns gets used. But, if you want a taste of Singenberger, look at St. Rose Hymnal, or the Alverno Hymnals. As to SJB Hymnal, it is rather typical of vernacular hymnals that were published from about 1966-1970. But the changes in the liturgical texts and the order of mass made these sincere, if perhaps otherwise pedestrian efforts, obsolete before the binding wore out!
  • Mattspmusic0320
    Posts: 69
    I have a copy. I paid an arm and a leg for it on ebay. I have NEVER seen it anywhere else. It has some good stuff in it!
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