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

This stuck out like a sore thumb.

The answer might surprise you!

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…

This book—now available as a PDF file—is 129 pages long!

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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