Music Suggestions
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. Deus in loco sancto suo [Graduale Romanum, p.310]
2. Deus in loco sancto suo [Gregorian Missal, p.509]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. God is in his holy dwelling place [Simple English Propers, p.258 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. God is in his holy dwelling [Simple Choral Gradual, p.193 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. God is in his holy place [Lumen Christi Missal, p.940 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. God is in his holy place [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.65, Mode 5 / OCP]
8. God is in his holy place [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.564-566]
9. God is in his holy place [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.140, with Psalm 68[67] / Liturgical Press]
10. God is in his holy place [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #269, with Psalm 68 / Illuminare Publications]
11. God is in his holy place [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.2, with Psalm 63]
12. Choose one Entrance Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
13. God in His Holy Dwelling Place [tune: Old Hundredth] from Introit Hymns 53 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (A/C) In Deo speravit [Graduale Romanum, p.311]
2. (A/C) In Deo speravit [Gregorian Missal, p.510]
3. In Deo speravit cor meum (Claudio Merulo)
4. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
6. Chabanel Psalmody
7. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Exsultate Deo adiutori nostro [Graduale Romanum, p.312]
2. Exsultate Deo adiutori nostro [Gregorian Missal, p.512]
3. Exultate Deo (Pierre Bonhomme, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
4. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. Choose one Alleluia or Alleluia Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Offertory:
1. Exaltabo te Domine [Graduale Romanum, p.313]
2. Exaltabo te Domine [Gregorian Missal, p.512]
3. Exaltabo te Domine (Giovanni Croce, Orlando di Lasso, Alessandro Scarlatti)
4. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. I will extol you, O Lord [Simple English Propers, p.259 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. I will praise you, Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.194 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
7. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of those suggested in #144-157 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.945-949 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
8. I will extol you, O Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.567-569]
9. I will extol you, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #292, with Psalm 30 / Illuminare Publications]
10. I will extol you, O Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 27]
11. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Communion:
1. (A) Simile est regnum cælorum [Graduale Romanum, p.519]
2. (A) Simile est regnum cælorum [Gregorian Missal, p.512]
3. (A) Simile est regnum cælorum [Communio, p.247 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
4. Choose one Antiphona ad communionem and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
5. (A) The kingdom of heaven [Simple English Propers, p.260 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. (A) The kingdom of heaven [Choral Communio, p.144 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. O bless the Lord, my soul [Simple Choral Gradual, p.195 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. Happy are those who show mercy [Simple Choral Gradual, p.196 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. (A) The kingdom of heaven [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
10. Bless the Lord, O my soul [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.66, Mode 5 / OCP]
11. Blessed are the merciful [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.66, Mode 5 / OCP]
12. Bless the Lord, O my soul [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.570-572]
13. Bless the Lord, O my soul [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.141, with Psalm 103[102] / Liturgical Press]
14. Blessed are the merciful [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.142, with Psalm 37[36] / Liturgical Press]
15. Bless the Lord, O my soul [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #311, with Psalm 103 / Illuminare Publications]
16. Bless the Lord, O my soul [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 34]
17. Blessed are the merciful [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.8, with Psalm 34]
18. Choose one Communion Antiphon and Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
Mass settings:
1. Latin Chant Masses VIII (De angelis) & XI (Orbis factor)
2. Latin Gregorian Chant Masses XI (Orbis factor) & VIII (De angelis)
3. Latin Missa sanctorum angelorum (Calvert Shenk)
4. Latin Mass of Saint Jerome (Christopher Bord)
5. Mass of Our Lady, Help of Christians (Richard Connolly)
6. Mass of Saint Agnes (B. Andrew Mills)
7. Mass of the Angels (Richard J. Clark)
8. Mass of the Redemption (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
9. Modal Mass (Calvert Shenk / Adam Taylor)
10. Stirling Bridge Mass (Gary Penkala)

Other liturgical music

Gloria Vaticana (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Jan Vermulst) [World Library Publications]
Lord, I Love Your Commands (Robert Hutmacher) [GIA Publications]
Lord, to Whom Shall We Go (Eugene Englert) [World Library Publications]
O How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place (Randall DeBruyn) [OCP]
Psalm for Communion: Taste and See (David O'Donnell)
Psalm 30 (Stephen McManus)

Hymns

All Creatures of Our God and King (WIII #520, HPSC #103, CBW #620, PMB #120, HH #186, AH #600, CH #555, CHB #198, SMH #410, VII #206, LCH #87)
All People That on Earth Do Dwell (WIII #669, HPSC #107, ICEL #166, AH #622, CBW #621, PMB #206, CHB #201, SMH #418, EH #278, VII #204, LCH #85)
Be Thou My Vision (HPSC #121, HH #231, AH #623, CH #531, SMH #452, LCH #123)
Come Down, O Love Divine (WIII #472, HPSC #133, CBW #517, PMB #93, HH #140, AH #440, CH #498, CHB #92, SMH #482, EH #376, VII #364, LCH #76)
God Who Spoke in the Beginning (CD #856)
God's Blessing Sends Us Forth (PMB #153, CH #605, SMH #543)
High in the Heavens, Eternal God (HPSC #184)
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (WIII #524, ICEL #134, HPSC #180, CBW #631, PMB #127, AH #461, CH #568, CHB #222, SMH #561, EH #273, VII #217, LCH #81)
I Sing the Mighty Power of God (WIII #502, ICEL #228, HPSC #197, AH #616, CH #565, SMH #575, VII #218, LCH #96)
Now Thank We All Our God (CBW #674, PMB #30, WIII #560, ICEL #235, HPSC #231, CBW #674, PMB #130, AH #607, CH #570, CHB #246, SMH #641, EH #276, VII #221, LCH #115)
O Be Joyful in the Lord (HPSC #234, CD #905)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (HPSC #241, WIII #579, ICEL #237, CBW #640, CH #457, PMB #128, HH #169, AH #624, CHB #249, SMH #661, EH #289, VII #203, LCH #92)
O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising (WIII #646, CH #611)
Praise to the Holiest in the Height (CBW #651, PMB #131, ICEL #50, HPSC #285, CBW #651, AH #615, CH #514, CHB #260, SMH #719, EH #343, VII #287)
Praise to the Lord (WIII #547, ICEL #245, HPSC #284, CH #592, PMB #122, CBW #653, AH #612, CHB #110, SMH #721, EH #279, VII #205, LCH #79)
The God of Abraham Praise (WIII #537, ICEL #239, HPSC #320, EH #285)
The Kingdom of God (WIII #615, CH #550)
Thy Love, O God, Has All Mankind Created (CD #914, WIII #638])
Wake, O Wake, and Sleep No Longer (WIII #371)
When Jesus Came Preaching the Kingdom of God (WIII #614, CH #647)
You Are the Way (ICEL #216, HH #216, CH #520)
You, Living Christ, Our Eyes Behold (CD #890)

AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press

CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.

CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press

CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers

EH = The Hymnal 1940 (Episcopal), used by many Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes

HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.

HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent

ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.

LCH = Lumen Christi Hymnal, Illuminare Publications

PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.

SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal – 4th Edition 2011, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN

VII = Vatican II Hymnal, Corpus Christi Watershed

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

Choral Music

All Things Bright and Beautiful (arr. Jonathan Brannon)
All Things Work Together (Daniel Burton)
Bless the Lord, My Soul (J.S. Bach)
Bless the Lord, O My Soul (M. Ippolitoff-Ivanoff, Antonio Lotti)
Blessed Are They (Heinrich Schütz) [GIA Publications]
Blessed Jesus, at Your Word (Henry Lebedinsky)
Give Thy Servant an Understanding Heart (Virgil T. Ford) [Carl Fischer Co]
Jesus, Be Our Delight (Dan Tucker) [World Library Publications]
O Grant Me Wisdom (Gary Penkala)
Praise the Lord, O My Soul (Thomas Tomkins, Jeremiah Clarke, Maurice Greene)
Praise Ye the Lord, My Soul (Heinrich Schütz)
Prayer of Saint Richard (Alan Smith)
Prayer of the Venerable Bede (Robert Benson)
Psalm 84 (Paul Langston) [Howard Publications]

Organ Music

Alleluya (William Faulkes) [A Victorian Organ Album - Oxford]
Andantino (César Franck)
Be Thou My Vision (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Great Hymns of Faith - Morning Star Music Publ 10-839]
Butresses from Gothic Suite (Gordon Young)
Cantabile from Symphony No.6 (Charles-Marie Widor)
Chorale Fantasie on Lasst uns erfreuen (Flor Peeters) [Novello]
Chorale Improvisation on Wachet auf (Paul Manz) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
Choral Prelude (Healey Willan)
Chorale Prelude on Lobe den Herren (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, May 1999]
Chorale Toccata on Lasst uns erfreuen (R. Evan Copley) [H.W. Gray]
Come Down, O Love Divine (Ronald Arnatt) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Come Down, O Love Divine (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season - Concordia 97-5517]
Ebenezer from Two Hymn Tune Postludes for Manuals (Donna N. Robertson)
Echo Fantasia (Jan Pieterson Sweelinck)
Ellacombe (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, March 1999]
Fantasia on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Selah Publ Co]
Festival Intrada on Ellacombe (Roger Bailey) [Consoliere V-2]
Grosser Gott from Two Trios on Catholic Hymn Tunes (David Lasky)
Grosser Gott wir loben dich (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Heinrich Fleischer) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Pentecost Season - Concordia 97-5517]
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for Pentecost & Trinity Sunday - Morning Star Music Publ 10-500]
Hymn Prelude on Down Ampney (Peter Pindar Stearns) [Eight Hymn Preludes for Ascension & Pentecost - Flammer]
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (J.S. Bach)
Jerusalem from Two Preludes on British Hymns (John Ignatowski)
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Lasst uns erfreuen (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, May 2001]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.S. Bach)
Lobe den Herren (Johann Pachelbel)
Lobe den Herren (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Lobe den Herren (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II -
Now Thank We All Our God (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
Now Thank We All Our God (Wilbur Held) [Hymn Preludes for the Autumn Festivals - Concordia 97-5360]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Five Hymn Improvisations for Wedding or General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Now Thank We All Our God (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
Now Thank We All Our God (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
Now Thank We All Our God (David Schack) [Nine Chorale Preludes - Concordia 97-5045]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.S. Bach) from Cantata No.79 [Mercury Music W-142; H.W. Gray Publ - St.Cec.No.868]
Nun danket alle Gott (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Joyce Jones Christmas Album]
Nun danket alle Gott (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, September 1995]
Nun danket alle Gott (Sigfrid Karg-Elert) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
Nun danket alle Gott (G.F. Kaufmann) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Kellner) [Organist's Companion, September 1994]
Nun danket alle Gott (M.F.A. Koehler) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
Nun danket alle Gott (Michael Krentz) [Organist's Companion, September 1991]
Nun danket alle Gott (Selmar Müller) [Organist's Companion, October 1983]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.C. Oley) [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford]
Nun danket alle Gott (Max Reger) [Thirty Short Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Nun danket alle Gott (J.E. Rembt) [Organist's Companion, September 1989]
O God, Our Help in Ages Past (Heinrich Fleischer) [Wedding Music, Part II - Concordia 97-1370]
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
Partita on Lobe den Herren (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
Partita on Saint Anne (Paul Manz) [Concordia 97-5307]
Postlude and Chorale on Grosser Gott (Michael Sullivan) [Organist's Companion, May 1991]
Postlude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Praise to the Lord (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, October]
Praise to the Lord (Paul Manz) [Five Improvisations for Wedding and General Use - Morning Star Music Publ 10-850]
Praise to the Lord (Friederich Zipp) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Prelude and Chorale: Now Thank We All Our God (G.F. Kauffmann) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ]
Prelude on Down Ampney (Wilbur Held, Ronald Arnatt)
Prelude on Ellacombe (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, March 1991]
Prelude on Grosser Gott (Michael Sullivan)
Prelude on Lasst uns erfreuen (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, June 1980]
Prelude on Leoni (Richard Proulx) [Augsburg]
Prelude on Nun danket alle Gott (Bach, Kaufmann, Karg-Elert, Manz, Held, Schack, Buxtehude, Krentz, Oley)
Prelude on Old Hundredth (Paul Manz, Jan Bender)
Prelude on Richmond (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
Prelude on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1983]
Prelude on Samanthra (Rev. Brian K. Muzas) from Three Hymn Tune Preludes
Prelude on Slane (Gerre Hancock) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
Processional (Martin Shaw)
Slane: A Partita for Organ (Robert W. Jones) [Organist's Companion, January 1995]
Solemn Prelude on Leoni (Wilbur Held) [Organist's Companion, July 1989]
Suite for Worship on Slane (Kevin Norris) [Organist's Companion, October 1981]
Suite for Worship on Truro and Duke Street (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1985]
The Beatitudes: Eight Miniatures for Flute and Organ (Stephen McManus)
The God of Abraham Praise (Fritz Lubrich) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Toccata II (Bernardo Pasquini)
Toccata IV (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
Toccata on Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (Kevin Norris) [H.W. Gray]
Toccata on Lobe den Herren (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata on Saint Anne (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata-Chorale on Slane (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, February 1986]
Toccata-Prelude on Saint Anne (Garth Edmundson) [J. Fischer & Bros]
Trumpet Sonata (Petronio Franceschini)
Trumpet Voluntary (John Stanley)
Two Variations on Wachet auf (Edward Beals) [Organist's Companion, November 1996]
Variations on Ellacombe [Organist's Companion, September 1996]
Variations on Lasst uns erfreuen (Thomas Bohlert) [Organist's Companion, June 1988]
Variations on Saint Anne (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, January 2001]
Variations on Slane (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, January 2000]
Variations on Slane for Violin & Organ (Jan Bender)
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (John G. Barr) [Organist's Companion, November 1998]
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (J.L. Krebs) [Treasury of Shorter Organ Classics - Merrymount Music Press]
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes]
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, December 1986]
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes, Book 1 - Peters 6023]
Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying (Frank Speller) [Three Organ Settings for Advent - Concordia]

Liturgical Hints & Ideas

Various tools are extremely useful to the musician responsible for planning liturgical music. During the summer Sundays in Ordinary Time we will explore these tools. The more of these you own or have access to, the easier and more complete will be your planning.

-- Gregorian Missal --

The full Graduale Romanum is the Church's official book for the choir. Every Proper chant for the year, both Sundays and weekdays, is contained in this volume. This may be more music than the "weekend" liturgist and musician needs. Also, all the titles, rubrics and instructions are in Latin. For this reason, the monks of Solesmes Abbey in France publish the Gregorian Missal.

The book is like a streamlined version of the Graduale Romanum. It has all the material one needs to chant the Propers for Sunday and major solemnities and feasts, but not the weekdays. Titles, rubrics and instructions are in English, and a non-singing translation is given for all the Gregorian chants in the book, including the elusive Offertory antiphon. The English Mass translation matches the Roman Missal — Third Edition (2010).

Contents (717 pages):

The Order of Mass, including music for all Mass parts not found in the Kyriale, as well as music for the Sprinkling Rite
The Chants of the Mass Ordinary [Kyriale]
- 18 full Mass settings (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
- 6 Credos
- Extra individual Mass movements
Proper of Time

Advent

Christmas Time

Lent

Holy Week

Easter Time

Ordinary Time

Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time

Each Mass Proper has these chants:
1. Introit
2. Gradual
3. Alleluia or Tract
4. Offertory
5. Communion Antiphon
Proper of the Saints: Solemnities and Feasts
Common of the Dedication of a Church
Masses for the Dead
Indices

All the titles, rubrics and instructions are in English. All music is in neums (chant notation). A textbook on singing Gregorian chant, A Plain and Easy Introduction to Gregorian Chant, is available from CNP.

A non-singing translation is given for every chant in the book. The Ordinary of the Mass uses translations from the 2010 Roman Missal.

The Gregorian Missal is definitely a choir book, not meant for congregation.

The Solesmes edition has a hard back, navy blue cover and is printed on quality ivory paper in black ink. This is definitely the most "user-friendly" of the complete chant books for Mass, a must-have for anyone serious about using Gregorian Propers at Sunday Mass.

Music SuggestionsSeventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)