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1961 Solesmes “Graduale Romanum” Online

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 19, 2013

507 Graduale Romanum Solesmes HERE is no such thing as a “1962 Graduale Romanum.” The Rites were slightly revised in 1962 (for instance, the various classes for feasts) but Solesmes was not interested in revising their books.

Here’s a free PDF download of the entire Graduale, courtesy of the CMAA (Vatican Edition, large print):

      * *  1961 Solesmes Graduale Romanum (PDF)

Some people confuse the “Liber Usualis” and the Graduale Romanum. Basically, the “Graduale” pertains to the Mass, while the “Liber Usualis” also has chants from the Divine Office. Both contain the complete Kyriale.

Here’s a special index, giving page numbers for each INTROIT, GRADUAL, OFFERTORY, etc.

You can also download Jeff Ostrowski’s copy of the Solesmes 1961 Graduale, but his isn’t scanned as nicely as the CMAA copy above:

      * *  1961 Solesmes Graduale Romanum (1 of 3)

      * *  1961 Solesmes Graduale Romanum (2 of 3)

      * *  1961 Solesmes Graduale Romanum (3 of 3)

• GRADUALE SACROSANCTAE ROMANAE ECCLESIAE DE TEMPORIS ET DE SANCTIS SS. D. N. PII X. PONTIFICIS MAXIMI iussu RESTITUTUM ET EDITUM AD EXEMPLAR EDITIONIS TYPICAE CONCINNATUM ET RHYTHMICIS SIGNIS A SOLESMENSIBUS MONACHIS DILIGENTER ORNATUM 900 pages? (hard to reckon: various sections) 1961 Desclée & Socii : : S. Sedis Apostolicae et Sacrorum Rituum Congregationis Typographi : : PARISIIS – TORNACI – ROMAE – NEO EBORACI : : 1961 Copyright 1938 • The 1961 Solesmes Graduale Romanum. •

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Last week, I posted an SATB choral setting of the SANCTUS in a ‘contemporary’ style. You might want to consider this piece for two reasons: (1) It’s extremely brief; (2) Free rehearsal videos are available for each individual part. The piece is by Father Lhoumeau.

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When an organist accompanies Vespers, there is no time to think. It’s one thing after another: Bam – Bam – Bam. And that’s what makes Vespers difficult to accompany; there’s hardly even time to check the key signature for each piece! Therefore, although it’s far from perfect, I’m releasing this 22-page booklet:

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As time goes on, I will explain why I believe this booklet is important, my hopes for it, and why I selected the official edition, directly from the Vesperale Romanum. In spite of its imperfections, creating this (draft) booklet required much more effort than I had anticipated.

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Someone who heard the CCW plainsong recordings with NOH accompaniment says: “For years I have travelled the continents and crossed the oceans of Gregorian chant in search of a composition and interpretation as sublime as this. The text and the melody are interwoven in a game of mirrors with the interpreters, the singer and the instrumentalist, so as to confer delicacy on the jubilation. The organ is soft, humble. This is what we hear from the singer. These artists have come together to produce beauty. In 1903, Pope Pius X, by motu proprio, restored Gregorian chant in the Latin Church. In his words: Sacred music must possess, to an eminent degree, the qualities proper to the liturgy, and notably the sanctity and delicacy of form, whence another characteristic spontaneously results, universality. I stress: the holiness and delicacy of forms result in universality, time and place. That is to say, sometimes the beauty of human hands gently caresses the face of the Eternal.”

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