Liber usualis question
  • Michael O'Connor
    Posts: 1,635
    A friend sent me a note about an interesting Liber Usualis that came across his desk. It is all in Latin (including the introduction on neume interpretation), but all the chants are printed in modern notation.

    Does anyone know of this animal?
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 8,972
    I've seen them before; there's a web site offering PDFs.
  • Arthur Connick
    Posts: 496
    The modern notation versions are indicated with a "c" after the edition number: 780c, 801c, 800c, etc.
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  • Michael O'Connor
    Posts: 1,635
    So, they made this as an option? I wonder why.
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,240
    Perhaps because of those who complained that the old LU looked like Greek ... er Gregorian ... to them.
  • RagueneauRagueneau
    Posts: 2,592
    Michael, Corpus Christi Watershed has made numerous modern notation editions available for free and instant download.

    Numerous Solesmes editions in modern notation can also be found there, along with thousands of pages of rare chant books.
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