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Do you find the Graduals and Alleluias in the Liber Usualis daunting? In 1926, the Society of St. John the Evangelist worked with Desclee, printer for the Solesmes monastery, to produced this wonderful book of reduced Graduals, Tracts, and Alleluias. They are for singers who find the full versions daunting, but don’t want to resort Psalm tones. Their level of difficulty is more along the lines of the Introit or Communio, so they are approachable. This makes this book invaluable for scholas without decades of experience. It includes chants for the entire liturgical year. The original is in French, as are the titles, but the index is complete so you can easily find the chant you need to sing. The typeface is flawless.

Graduale Romanum 1908 (uploaded on its 100th anniversary)
Graduale Romanum 1871 (archival purposes only)

In addition, images from the Graduale 1908 have been added to the MusicaSacra photostream.

The CMAA is preparing its second printing of the Parish Book of Chant. If you are interested in becoming a benefactor of this printing, and being thanked by individual or institutional name in the front matter, email sacredmusic@musicasacra.com.

The mailing list file for Fall 2008 has gone to the printer. Renewal payments received after September 5 have not been entered in this mailing list file.

However, you may be assured that you will not miss your copy of Sacred Music because of a late payment. When your Fall 2008 copy of Sacred Music arrives, take a look at the first line of the printed address on the envelope. You will see the “volume.issue” number of the last issue which you have paid for. If your expiration code is 135.3 or less, you should have received a renewal envelope along with your Fall 2008 copy of Sacred Music. If you have an expiration codes of 135.4 or greater, you should not have received a renewal envelope with this mailing. If you have a question about your expiration code, please get in touch with Bill Stoops, our Treasurer, at treasurer@musicasacra.com

You can purchase the PBC here.

Other fun products from the CMAA here.