This page leads to vast resources for singing the Mass in English and Latin, with PDF files for free downloading. Thanks to the composers and editors, and all the many people involved in building this infrastructure of shared musical heritage for the Catholic faith.
In Latin
Basic chant resources
- Gregorian Missal (chant for Sundays and Solemnities, for the modern Roman Rite, with English translations provided)
- Parish Book of Chant (CMAA): an anthology of essential chant for the Mass (old and new forms)
- Graduale Romanum 1961: complete chants for the traditional Mass (1962 Missal)
- Graduale Romanum 1974: complete chants for the modern Roman Missal
- Liber Usualis (1961): chants and Scripture readings for Mass and Vespers in the traditional form
- Communio: communion antiphons with verses
For more Latin chant and choral resources…
- See our Latin Settings page
In English
Essential resources
- ICEL Roman Missal Mass Ordinary: organ accompaniments, congregational booklets
- English plainchant settings of the Mass Ordinary
- Simple English Propers (entrance, offertory, and communion antiphons in easy unison settings)
- Simple Choral Gradual (settings for the entrance, offertory, and communion antiphons)
- Parish Book of Psalms (responsorial psalms in plainchant)
- Chabanel Psalms (various composers’ settings of responsorial psalms, at ccwatershed.org)
Choral Mass settings
- At the website of Corpus Christi Watershed: New settings by Jeff Ostrowski, Fr. David Friel, Royce Nickel, Brian Michael Page, Richard Rice, and Linda Simms
- At CanticaNova: “Mass of the Angels” by Richard J. Clark
In English: Propers of the Mass
- Several CMAA publications are focused on the Mass propers:
- Simple Choral Gradual by Richard Rice (PDF)
- Simple English Propers by Adam Bartlett
- Parish Book of Psalms by Arlene Oost-Zinner
- Over twenty collections of Mass propers in English are now available, including:
- American Gradual: English texts set to authentic Gregorian melodies
- Lalemant Propers: set to psalm tones
- By Flowing Waters: the English translation of the Graduale Simplex, set to music
More at Mass Propers in English. . .
Hymns
- English Hymns for free use: public domain and Creative Commons-licensed hymns, free to download, print, and perform
Congregational booklets
- ICEL Roman Missal Mass Ordinary
- St. John Fisher Missale: a worship aid for the Extraordinary Form Mass
Recordings and study materials
- Colloquium recordings
- Practice videos, mp3s, and booklets for singing the Mass Ordinary
