These historic volumes, one of the modern treasures of sacred music, are finally in print again, completed with volumes 3... More > and 4, which cover the proper of saints and votive chants for the Church year, set to English with traditional Gregorian melodies and notation. They are useful for modern Catholic parishes and Anglican/Episcopal congregations that use propers of the Church year. They are set by G.H. Palmer and Francis Burgess, and are time tested through many decades of use. The CMAA has cooperated with the Community of St. Mary in Wantage in the republication of these books. < Less

Joseph Robert Carroll has written the best, perhaps even the only, complete tutorial in conducting chant according to the... More > Solesmes method, which is known as chironomy. This guide was first published in 1955 by the Gregorian Institute of America, and is republished in 2009 by the Church Music Association of America. It is no substitute for a live lesson but it is the best tutorial in print. < Less

Psallite Sapienter: A Musician's Guide to the 1962 Missal, by B. Andrew Mills, addresses a critical need in today's Catholic... More > Church. In one volume, the author provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-understand guide to providing music for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. It covers the types of sung Masses and and what is required of the organist and choir, and the expectations and needs of the full liturgical year, plus weddings, funerals, and Benediction. It combines an explanation of the rubrics with the author's own extensive experience with the 1962 Missal, which is particularly useful since the author understands the ordinary form as well and the differences. This one book does the work of a full library on the topic of the extraordinary form, telling musicians just what they need to know. The author is the organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. Agnes in New York, New York. < Less

Marie Pierik devoted her scholarly life to the explanation, defense, and promotion of Gregorian chant in line with the... More > method and practice of the Solesmes tradition. In this learned and erudite work, she provides a complete overview of its history, theological meaning, and practice in the framework of Catholic liturgy. At once deeply informative and startlingly poetic, this book is a an expression of intellectual accomplishment and deep faith. There is so much that our current generation can learn from her research and enthusiasm. This was first published in 1939. < Less

Many generations of experience after the chant revival went into producing this 157-page book. The idea of the author,... More > Joseph Robert Carroll, is to provide just what the singer needs to know to sing the entire corpus of chant within the context of a parish. It also helps prepare a person to lead chant. The tutorial is so much more clear than any of the guides that were previously produced before this book made its appearance in 1957. It avoids arcane issues and gets right to the subject of how to sing and sing beautifully. < Less

Dom Daniel Saulnier is the masters of Gregorian chant at the Solesmes monastery in France, and this is his book of... More > historical, musicological, and spiritual reflections on the science, art, and prayer of the sung prayer of the Roman Rite of Catholic liturgy. His text incorporates the latest scholarship on this ancient tradition of music. This edition was translated by Edward Schaefer, published by Solesmes in 2003 and then again in 2010 by the Church Music Association of America. < Less

These historic volumes, one of the modern treasures of sacred music, are finally in print again, completed with volumes 3... More > and 4, which cover the proper of saints and votive chants for the Church year, set to English with traditional Gregorian melodies and notation. They are useful for modern Catholic parishes and Anglican/Episcopal congregations that use propers of the Church year. They are set by G.H. Palmer and Francis Burgess, and are time tested through many decades of use. The CMAA has cooperated with the Community of St. Mary in Wantage in the republication of these books. < Less

These historic volumes, one of the modern treasures of sacred music, are finally in print again, beginning with volumes 1... More > and 2, which cover the proper of season and the main ordinary chants for the Church year, set to English with traditional Gregorian melodies and notation. They are useful for modern Catholic parishes and Anglican/Episcopal congregations that use propers of the Church year. They are set by G.H. Palmer and Francis Burgess, and are time tested through many decades of use. < Less

This exceedingly rare book appeared in 1935 to provide the complete offertory verses for the Offertory chant in the Roman... More > Rite of Mass. These are not Psalm tones but thoroughly composed chants that add a beautiful dimension to the chant at this point in Mass. It is a much-valued addition to the CMAA's liturgical library, applicable to the ordinary and extraordinary forms. < Less

Joseph Robert Carroll has written the best, perhaps even the only, complete tutorial in conducting chant according to the... More > Solesmes method, which is known as chironomy. This guide was first published in 1955 by the Gregorian Institute of America, and is republished in 2009 by the Church Music Association of America. It is no substitute for a live lesson but it is the best tutorial in print. < Less