PDF Download • 1895 “Liber Responsorialis” by Solesmes Abbey
This free PDF was provided courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.
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.”
This free PDF was provided courtesy of the St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books.
I cannot help but think of this hymn collection as his greatest masterpiece.
Many of these melodies cannot be easily found in any other book.
The book is 1,479 pages. The monastery of Solesmes certainly had a staggering output!
Your more advanced singers will love this piece by Palestrina!
“It contains about two hundred hymns—all from approved sources—and covers every phase of Catholic devotion.” —Foreword by the Bishop of La Crosse
“We feel that the selection of hymns leaves little to be desired…” —From the 1942 Foreword
“Yet zephyrs vainly fan me, and flow’rs to groves invite…”
This extremely rare Catholic hymn book is here made available for the first time ever as a PDF download.
Can you imagine singing all those vernacular hymns while Mass is happening?
I bet you don’t own this important historical hymn book!
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