Music Suggestions
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Liturgical Music

Official texts

Entrance Antiphon [Introit]:
1. (A) Sitientes venite ad aquas [Graduale Romanum, p.114]
2. (A) Sitientes venite ad aquas [Gregorian Missal, p.515]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad introitum and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. (A) All you who are thirsty [Simple English Propers, p.265 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. God, come to my help [Simple Choral Gradual, p.197 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. O God, come to my assistance [Lumen Christi Missal, p.941 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. O God, come to my assistance [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.67, Mode 7 / OCP]
8. O God, come to my assistance [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 5 versions, pp.573-576]
9. O God, come to my assistance [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.143, with Psalm 70[69] / Liturgical Press]
10. O God, come to my assistance [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #270, with Psalm 70 / Illuminare Publications]
11. O God, come to my assistance [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. (A) You Thirsty Ones, Approach [tune: Tallis' Canon] from Introit Hymns 54 (Christoph Tietze)
Gradual (Responsorial Psalm):
1. (A) Oculi omnium [Graduale Romanum, p.316]
2. (A) Oculi omnium [Gregorian Missal, p.343]
3. Choose one Psalmus responsorius from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. Choose one Responsorial Psalm from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [By Flowing Waters (Paul Ford) p.148-182 / Liturgical Press]
5. Chabanel Psalmody
6. Parish Book of Psalms (Arlene Oost-Zinner)
Alleluia (Gospel Acclamation):
1. Domine Deus salutis meæ [Graduale Romanum, p.317]
2. Domine Deus salutis meæ [Gregorian Missal, p.518]
3. Choose one Alleluia or Psalmus alleluiaticus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. 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. (A/B) Precatus est Moyses [Graduale Romanum, p.317]
2. (A/B) Precatus est Moyses [Gregorian Missal, p.519]
3. Choose one Antiphona ad offertorium and Psalmus from any of the eight Masses for Ordinary Time [Graduale simplex, pp.215-252]
4. (A/B) Moses prayed to the Lord [Simple English Propers, p.268 (Adam Bartlett)]
5. (A/B) Moses pleaded with the Lord [Simple Choral Gradual, p.198 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
6. Choose one Offertory Antiphon from any of those suggested in #144-157 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.945-949 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
7. Moses prayed in the sight of the Lord [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 2 versions, pp.576-579]
8. I will extol you, O Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #292, with Psalm 30 / Illuminare Publications]
9. Moses implored the Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.5, with Psalm 27]
10. 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. Panem de cælo dedisti nobis [Graduale Romanum, p.319]
2. Panem de cælo dedisti nobis [Gregorian Missal, p.521]
3. Panem de cælo dedisti nobis [Communio, p.178 (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. You gave us bread from heaven [Simple English Propers, p.270 (Adam Bartlett)]
6. You gave us bread from heaven [Choral Communio, p.150 (Richard Rice) Hostia Laudis Co]
7. You gave us bread from heaven [Simple Choral Gradual, p.199 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
8. The Lord says: I am the bread of life [Simple Choral Gradual, p.200 (Richard Rice) CMAA]
9. Choose one Communion Antiphon from any of those suggested in #158-186 [Lumen Christi Missal, pp.949-956 (Adam Bartlett) Illuminare Publications]
10. You gave us bread from heaven [Laudate Dominum Communion Antiphons (Andrew Motyka)]
11. You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.67, Mode 5 / OCP]
12. I am the bread of life, says the Lord [Saint Meinrad Antiphons for the Church Year (Columba Kelly OSB) p.68, Mode 5 / OCP]
13. You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven [The Proper of the Mass (Fr. Samuel F. Weber OSB) 4 versions, pp.580-582]
14. You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven [English Proper Chants (John Ainslie) p.144, with Psalm 78[77] / Liturgical Press]
15. You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #312, with Psalm 78 / Illuminare Publications]
16. I am the bread of life, says the Lord [Lumen Christi Simple Gradual (Adam Bartlett) #313, with Psalm 36 / Illuminare Publications]
17. You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.9, with Psalm 34]
18. I am the bread of life, says the Lord [Mass Propers for Ordinary Time / Summer (Penkala) p.9, with Psalm 34]
19. 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

Adoro te devote: A Communion Processional (arr. Gary Penkala)
Faith, Hope and Love (Alexander Peloquin) [GIA Publications]
Gloria Vaticana (Gary Penkala)
Graduale Romanum [Solesmes edition]
Graduale simplex [Vatican edition]
May Christ Be Our Life from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Gary Penkala)
Psalm for Communion: Taste and See (David O'Donnell)
Psalm 34 (Gary Penkala)
Renaissance Alleluia (Gary Penkala)
Taste and See (Gary Penkala)

Hymns

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (HPSC #112, ICEL #130, WIII #737, CBW #536, AH #601, PMB #663, CH #504, CHB #112, SMH #426, EH #347, VII #277, LCH #86)
At the Lamb's High Feast (WIII #459, ICEL #65, HH #102, CBW #563, AH #411, CH #268, CHB #73, SMH #437, EH #89, VII #353, LCH #66)
Christ Be beside Me (CBW #541, PMB #231, HH #160, SMH #468)
Christ Is Alive (WIII #466, PMB #79, CBW #504, CH #269)
Come and Let Us Drink of That New River (WIII #723, HH #123, CH #351)
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life (WIII #569, CD #899, CH #532, SMH #487, LCH #101)
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (CD #922, ICEL #40, CHB #212, EH #435)
Father, We Thank Thee, Who Hast Planted (WIII #558, HPSC #156, CH #374, PMB #121, CBW #676, AH #515, CHB #116, SMH #521, EH #195, VII #322, LCH #131)
Gift of Finest Wheat (WIII #736, HPSC #360, PMB #665, CBW #570, CH #389, SMH #528)
Give Thanks to God for He Is Good (HPSC #162)
God, My King, Thy Might Confessing (ICEL #226, CH #564, SMH #536, EH #280, VII #325)
God's Holy Mountain We Ascend (PMB #233)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (WIII #607, HPSC #192, ICEL #157, CH #453, AH #579, SMH #572, EH #424, LCH #44)
Let All Things Now Living (WIII #559, HPSC #208, CH #567, SMH #612)
Lord of All Hopefulness (WIII #568, CH #524, HH #226, CHB #239, SMH #622, EH #363)
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (ICEL #152, WIII #588, AH #470, CH #454, CHB #242, SMH #627, EH #479, VII #276, LCH #93)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (WIII #606, ICEL #163, CH #458, SMH #634, LCH #108)
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 God of Loveliness (PMB #136, ICEL #96, AH #608)
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 Lord with Woundrous Mystery (PMB #656, SMH #673)
O Lord, You Are My God and King (HPSC #252)
O Praise Our Great and Gracious Lord (HPSC #258)
Praise God from Whom All Blessing Flow (ICEL #166, CBW #622, AH #621, PMB #206, EH #139)
Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens, Adore Him (WIII #529, ICEL #243, HPSC #282, PMB #662, CBW #656, CH #573, CHB #259, LCH #83, SMH #718)
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)
Shepherd of Souls, in Love, Come Feed Us (PMB #653, SMH #745)
Tell Out, My Soul, the Greatness of the Lord (HPSC #311, CD #846, CBW #638, CHB #264, WIII #534)
Thy Hand, O God, Has Guided (CD #924, CHB #188, VII #213)
Word of God, Come Down on Earth (CBW #559, WIII #513, HPSC #355, PMB #105, CH #654)

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

Christ Is the Heavenly Food (Roger Petrich)
Come to the Waters (Luigi Cherubini)
Come unto Him (H. Leslie)
Deus in adjutorium (Ludwig Senfl, Johann Pachelbel, Michel de la Lande)
Esurientes implevit bonis from Magnificat (Vivaldi / Stultz) [Morning Star Music Publishers]
Eucaristica (Pablo Casals)
Every Eye Waiteth upon Thee (Heinrich Schütz)
Father, We Thank Thee (Claude Goudimel) [GIA Publications]
Haste Thee, O God (Adrian Batten) [Oxford]
Humbly I Adore Thee; (J. David Hart)
I Will Magnify Thee (Joseph Corfe)
Jesu dulcis memoria (Gregorian chant)
O sacrum convivium (Eugene Englert)
Sitientes, venite ad aquas (Tomas Luis de Victoria) [Ricordi]
The Eyes of All (Jean Berger) [Augsburg]
Therefore We, before Him Bending (James Morrison)
What Can Come between Us? (Daniel Burton) [Shawnee]
Who Shall Separate Us? (Heinrich Schütz)

Organ Music

Adagio (Felix Mendelssohn)
Adagio in a minor (J.S. Bach)
Adoro te devote (Sr. Teresine Fonder) [Twenty-Six Miniatures]
Alle Menschen müßen sterben (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
Alle Menschen müßen sterben (C. Karow) [Organist's Companion, February 1986]
Alle Menschen müßen sterben (J.L. Krebs) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
Alle Menschen müßen sterben (Johann Pachelbel) [Collected Works IV - Kalmus 3763] [Seasonal Chorale Preludes for Manuals, Bk 2 - Oxford] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Alle Menschen müßen sterben (G.P. Telemann) [Organist's Companion, January 1990]
Alle Menschen müßen sterben(J.G. Walther) [Organist's Companion, January 1992]
Andante from Pastoral Sonata in G (Josef Rheinberger)
Ash Grove (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, October 1980]
Ash Grove (Paul R. Otte) [Organist's Companion, October 1988]
At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing (Ralph Schultz) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Butresses from Gothic Suite (Gordon Young)
Canzona III in sol (Girolamo Frescobaldi)
Chorale Prelude on Lobe den Herren (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, May 1999]
Concert Variations on Old Hundredth (John Knowles Paine) [Collected Works - McAfee Music]
Crusaders' March (T. Carroll Andrews) [Marches]
Duet and Trio on Hyfrydol [Organist's Companion, August 1982]
Fanfare on Austrian Hymn (Gordon Young) [Collage for Organ - Flammer HF-5011]
Fantasia on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Selah Publ Co]
Five Versets on Old Hundredth (Henri Carol) [Consoliere IV-4]
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VI - Peters 245]
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (Johann Pachelebl) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Herr Gott, dich loben wir (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Humbly I Adore Thee (Myron Casner) [Parish Organist XI - Concordia]
Hyfrydol (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, November 1999]
Improvisation / Elevation from Suite medievale (Jean Langlais)
Intonation on Old Hundredth (Jan Bender) [Organist's Companion, April 1984]
Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes]
Kingsfold Trumpet (Alfred Fedak)
Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter (J.S. Bach) [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Liebster Jesu (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, May 1996]
Liebster Jesu (David Polley) [Organist's Companion, June 1985]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Carl Kuntze) [Organist's Companion, January 1998]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.C.H. Rinck) [Organist's Companion, October 1984]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (Randall Thompson) [24 Chorale Preludes, 4 Inventions & a Fugue - E.C. Schirmer]
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J.G. Walther) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, May 1990]
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 - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères]
Lord of All Hopefulness (Ronald Arnatt) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
Meditation on Adoro te devote (Alfred Fedak) [Selah]
Meditation on Adoro te devote (Jack Goode) [Organist's Companion, June 1983]
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Alice Jordan) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
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 Cantate 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]
O Gott du frommer Gott (Johannes Brahms)
O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort (J.S. Bach)
Old Hundred (Dudley Buck) [Organist's Companion, May 1996]
Our God, Our Help in Ages Past (George T. Miles) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
Partita on Adoro te devote (Anthony Giamanco) [Organist's Companion, May & September 2000]
Partita on Lobe den Herren (Don Freudenberg) [Organist's Companion, June 1986]
Partita on Lobe den Herren (David Gell) [Organist's Companion, March 2001]
Partita on Lobe den Herren (Dennis Johnson) [Organist's Companion, June 1987]
Partita on Old Hundredth (David Gell) [Organist's Companion, March 2001]
Partita on Old Hundredth (Dennis Johnson) [Organist's Companion, June 1987]
Partita on Old Hundredth (Kathleen Scheide) [Organist's Companion, July 1997]
Partita on Saint Anne (Paul Manz) [Concordia 97-5307]
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (J.C. Bach) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Hymns of Praise - Morning Star Music Publ 10-750]
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Piet Post) [Triptych for Organ - Augsburg]
Praise to the Lord (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, October 1986]
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 and Fugato on Crusaders' Hymn (Gordon Young) [Seven Chorale Preludes]
Prelude & Fugue in d minor (Felix Mendelssohn)
Prelude on Ash Grove (Paul Otte, G.W. Cassler)
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Iteke Prins) [Organist's Companion, March 2002]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Ralph Vaughan Williams) [Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Galaxy Music Corp]
Prelude on Hyfrydol (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
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 Old Hundredth (Healey Willan) [Ten Hymn Preludes, Set I - Peters 6011]
Prelude on Saint Anne (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, June 1983]
Prelude on Saint Elizabeth (David Gell) [Organist's Companion, May 2000]
Prelude on Slane (Gerre Hancock) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
Processional (Martin Shaw)
Recessional (Charles Talmidge) [J. Fischer]
Rendez à Dieu (Robert J. Powell) [Eleven Chorale Preludes on Hymn Tunes - Flammer]
Saint Thomas from Two Trios on Catholic Hymn Tunes (David Lasky)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (J.S. Bach)
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele from Two Communion Pieces for Manuals (Donna N. Robertson)
Siciliana (John Stanley)
Slane: A Partita for Organ (Robert W. Jones) [Organist's Companion, January 1995]
The Kingsfold Trumpet (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, August 1987]
Thee We Adore (Daniel Burton) [Organist's Companion, March 1999]
Thee We Adore, O Savior (G. Winston Cassler) [This Is the Victory - Augsburg 11-9497]
Thee We Adore, O Savior (Healey Willan) [Organ Music for the Communion Service - Concordia 97-1395]
Toccata and Variation on Hyfrydol (Gordon Young) [American Organ Music, Vol 2 - Sacred Music Press]
Toccata in fa (Michelangelo Rossi)
Toccata on Lobe den Herren (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata on Old Hundredth (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata on Saint Anne (Gordon Young) [Five Toccatas - Flammer HF-5009]
Toccata per l'elevazione (G.M. Trabacci)
Toccata-Prelude on Saint Anne (Garth Edmundson) [J. Fischer & Bros]
Trumpet in Dialogue (L.N. Clerambault)
Variations on Adoro te devote (Dale Wood) [Music for Organ - The Sacred Music Press]
Variations on Austria (John Knowles Paine)
Variations on Liebster Jesu (J.C.H. Rinck)
Variations on Old Hundredth (Dorothy Sheets) [Organist's Companion, March 2000]
Variations on Pange lingua (Alfred Fedak) [Selah Publ Co]
Variations on Saint Anne (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, January 2001]
Variations on Slane for violin and organ (Jan Bender)
Verset and Postlude on Old Hundredth (Henri Carol) [Consoliere VII-3 - World Library Publ]
Voluntary on the Doxology: Old Hundredth (Henry Purcell)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Andreas Amrsdorff) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (J.C. Bach) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (J.S. Bach) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern from Five Chorale Preludes (Colin Brumby)
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Victor Klauss) [Organist's Companion, November 1989] [Organist's Companion, November 1997]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Flor Peeters) [Thirty Chorale Preludes]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Stephen Rohde) [Organist's Companion, December 1985]
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Russell Schulz-Widmar) [Organist's Companion, December 1980]

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.

-- Graduale simplex --

While the Graduale Romanum is the Church's official book for the choir, some beginning scholas (chant choirs) may not be up to the full, extensive chants presented in this book. For them the Church offers the Graduale simplex for use in smaller churches.

The General Instruction on the Roman Missal (2002) indicates this book as a secondary source for the processional music at Mass (Entrance, Offertory, Communion) and for the chants after the First Reading and before the Gospel. The number of Mass propers has been streamlined and the music has been simplified considerably, making the Graduale simplex accessible to beginning choirs and to the congregation.

CNP's version is the 1999 reprint from Libreria Editrice Vaticana (Vatican Editions), the official press of the Holy See. Unlike the Graduale Romanum which sets each text of all the Mass propers throughout the year, the Graduale simplex includes simplified versions of texts for most Sundays of the liturgical year, as well as for major solemnities and feasts. During Advent, Eastertide and Ordinary Time the Graduale simplex offers a few "composite" Masses, from which one may choose a Mass to use during any Sunday of that season.

Contents (515 pages):

from the Kyriale
- Music for chanting all the Mass texts
- 5 Mass settings (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Agnus Dei)
- 3 Credos
Proper of the Seasons

2 Advent Masses, All Masses of Christmastide

All Masses of Lent, Holy Week & Triduum

2 Eastertide Masses plus Ascension & Pentecost

8 Masses for Ordinary Time & Solemnities of the Lord

Each Mass Proper has these chants:
1. Antiphona ad introitum (Entrance Antiphon)
  1a. Psalmus (use to extend the Entrance Antiphon)
2. Psalmus responsorius (including refrain & several verses)
3. Alleluia or Tractus (refrain with 2 verses)
4. Psalmus alleluiaticus (refrain with many verses)
5. Antiphona ad offertorium (Offertory Antiphon)
  5a. Psalmus (use to extend the Offertory Antiphon)
6. Antiphona ad communionem (Communion Antiphon)
  6a. Psalmus (use to extend the Communion Antiphon)
Proper of the Saints
with Mass Propers arranged by calendar date (e.g. November 1 - All Saints)
Commons (e.g. Dedication of a Church, BVM, Martyrs)
Ritual Masses (e.g. Marriage, Religious Profession)
Various Masses (e.g. For Vocations, For Christian Unity)
Votive Masses (e.g. Sacred Heart, Holy Eucharist)
Services and Mass for the Dead
Tones for the Gloria Patri
Tones for the Responsorial Psalm
Appendix (with Sprinkling Rite, Te Deum, various hymns, Litany of the Saints)
Indices

All the texts in the Graduale simplex are in Latin, the official liturgical language of the Roman Rite. 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.

As an exclusive feature, when you order a copy of the Graduale simplex from CNP you also get our handy Guide to the Graduale simplex. This free booklet leads the uninitiated musician/liturgist through the complexities of the book's format and Latin titles and rubrics.

Unlike the larger Graduale Romanum, the Graduale simplex is definitely a book that invites congregational participation. The short refrains allow the congregation an easily-learned phrase, which can be sung between the choir's or cantor's verses.

The Vatican edition of the Graduale simplex has a heavy, flexible green cover and is printed on quality ivory paper in black and red ink. Each serious schola member would be proud to purchase and own this volume, making the financial impact of outfitting a chant choir negligible on the parish. Gregorian chant is due "pride of place" in our liturgy, and this is the practical book to actualize that!

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