On visits to St. Mary's, Mother of God, Church on Fifth Street in DC over the last twenty years or so, I always noticed two or three copies of the singer's edition of the New St. Basil's Hymnal in each pew.

Gavin, I'm befuddled about that as well (among most other things.) Last I recall, many of us expressed a desire for a revised version of it. And IIRC there was a sort of consensus that of the first half century American RC hymnals that it was overall the best in content.

Torculus, thanks.
Do you know if this is a revised version of the 50's vintage, same content, new content etc.

Thanks, again. I have a handful of 58's, so I suspect its just a re-issue. It's an interesting, tempting notion to revive its standard use in a parish where the EF and OF are accepting of Latin/Greek settings as well as the low Mass strophic hymns.

Willis Music has the 1958 St. Basil Hymnal in stock for $9.95 per copy! (softcover) Their contact info is: AdminAssistant@willismusic.com or (859-283-2050).

In November, Oliver Latry performed there.

Olivier appears to have been giving quite a number of recitals recently.

"New St. Basil" was a different version than the "St. Basil" hymnal if I remember correctly. The New St. Basil has a lot of items from the original, but is also missing some pieces. I have both - I'd have to look at it to see what the exact differences are (might be an interesting cataloging project).

The New St. Basil Hymnal was published in 1958 and contains the Mass of St. Teresa by Healey Willan. Is that what you're looking for? You can try the archive.org website they might have a pdf or Abebooks.

Maybe I can dig up a "New St. Basil" somewhere.

You might try to reach out to Holy Family parish in Dayton, OH. Seems to me that they had 50 or so in the choir loft when I was there - I believe they were still there when I left and they might be willing to sell a copy here and there (they aren't using them as far as I know).

https://www.daytonlatinmass.org/

Table of Contents of New SBH here.

From what I remember, the new was a complete revision of the former edition, which was full of "old chestnuts" from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

I use this hymnal quite a bit. Overall it is very well done, especially considering the era it was created. At the same time it can be frustrating:

-many well-known melodies differ slightly from what is most familiar. For example, the "old" Saint Basil had the familiar melody for "O Queen of the Holy Rosary"; the new Saint Basil alters it slightly, omitting notes. The melody for "By the Blood that flowed from Thee" similarly seems to be simplified. Whether this is in the interest of reverting to earlier versions of tunes (as is perhaps the case with "Holy God we praise Thy Name") or intended to make the hymns easier to sing is unclear. Either way, it causes confusion as most people sing it the way everyone knows.

-There is also a fair amount of tinkering with texts. For example, the refrain in "O God almighty Father" becomes "Three in one and one in three, God of Love, God of Might, God eternal, be adored" rather than the familiar "Undivided unity, Holy God, Mighty God, God Immortal . .. " Was this necessary? Were they aiming at more theological precision?

-On top of this, the book is full of newly composed texts and melodies that are mediocre at best, and have never caught on with Catholics. They could be ignored, but they have often displaced more serviceable hymns that could have been included and did exist in the old Saint Basil.

In spite of these frustrations the Healey Willan selections alone make it worth the price, and there is plenty of other good content in there.

I think the changes seen in the New St. Basil Hymnal were greatly influenced in response to the "black list" and other characterizations made toward earlier editions of the St. Basil hymnal by the St. Gregory Society. As the credulities read in the 1958 edition "Approved by The White List Committee of the Society of St. Gregory of America"

There were several editions of the St. Basil Hymnal a few can be found at the Archive.org website, eBay and other internet sources. I favor the 1918 revised edition, it being one of the most popular hymnals used in Catholic churches at the time, it drew the most chritizsim by the Society. Many of the hymns from the 1918 edition were sung by our choir for nearly three-quarters of a century and even into the 21st century. There are some excellent mass settings, Vespers, and Litanies.