PDF Download • “Rare Hymnal” (1966) by Monsignor Hayburn and Others — 632 Pages!
In 1979, Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn published an important book called: “Papal Legislation on Sacred Music.”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

In 1979, Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn published an important book called: “Papal Legislation on Sacred Music.”

We have a wide range of expertise: from experienced choristers (some with music degrees) to a gentleman who’d never sung in a choir in his life before joining.

From what I have seen, musicians tend to be the best liturgists…

Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I prepared…

Doesn’t it stand to reason that we should sing from this edition in the manner its creators intended?

Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I prepared…

Fully harmonized, including fabulous (optional) verses from the New Testament.
The authentic Gregorian Chant version begins the same way “Salve, Sancta Parens” begins…

Download this book—129 pages!—free of charge as a PDF: “The Trapp Family Book of Christmas Songs.”

Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I have prepared for the Feast of the Holy Family.

Imagine blaming the rise of Adolf Hitler on the Church’s immemorial use of a ‘lingua sacra’ during Mass!

This 2024 collection incorporates responsorial psalms by many composers, particularly Catholic composers associated with Cambridge University.
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