Liturgical Music from ACP Family Bookstore

Father Anthony Ruff, OSB, describes this book in these words: "This is an excellent historical survey of the development of the Christian celebration, with very helpful treatment of developments in architecture, music, books, vessels and eucharistic theology in each major era. Running alongside the text are well-chosen quotations, photographs, diagrams, and musical examples. Each chapter ends with a delightful… Read more about this item

In this book, the author details the history of the Christian Eucharist, the Mass, from its beginnings in Jewish liturgy to the present. Father Foley, OFM, Cap., does not deal just with the texts of the Mass; he also provides extensive commentary on architecture, music, and sacred vessels. This book is profusely illustrated with drawings, maps, music, and… Read more about this item

On November 14, 2007, this document was approved by the entire body of Latin Rite bishops of the Catholic Church in the U.S. Sing to the Lord is a successor to Music in Catholic Worship (1972) and Liturgical Music Today (1983), both authored by the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, now renamed the Committee on Divine Worship. This document begins,… Read more about this item

Hymns and metrical Psalms excerpted from the American Catholic Hymnbook. This booklet reviews songs that illustrate the unique benefits of this hymnal: The songs are provided with full text, melody line, and chord symbols. This 20-page booklet is 9 x 12", with a beautiful, full color cover, of the American Catholic Hymnbook. If you want to promote this hymnal, for example,… Read more about this item

Hymns and metrical Psalms excerpted from the American Catholic Hymnbook, the only hymnal of its kind to feature such pro-life hymns. Each song is presented with full text, melody line, chord symbols, and commentary: Many of these songs have a Scriptural antecedent, presented on the bottom of the page. If you wish, Hymns for Human Life could be used as a supplementary hymnal,… Read more about this item

The binding for these two volumes is unusual. The outside of the spine is attached only at the sides. This an "ease" binding that allows the book to lie open or flat, without plastic or metal edges to get in the way. Vertical page format ("portrait"), as opposed to landscape.

A smyth-sewn book, with an excellent hard cover, brown with gold imprint on front cover and spine. Collection of hymns for the parish of St. Anthony's, Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada, perhaps around 1990. No music, just texts, typeset and well printed; an alphabetical index concludes the book. This hymnal is an example of what a parish can do, with the… Read more about this item

Carol Doran here has prepared keyboard accompaniments for texts written by Thomas Troeger. The introduction explains how these hymns were written and tested and how they may be introduced in a parish setting. In this book, the format is the same for each hymn. The verses are provided under a melody line; there are no chords symbols above the staff,… Read more about this item

This congregation edition provides both text and melody for various parts of the Eucharist: Part One: Complete Mass Settings and extracts. Part Two: Mass Settings, Extracts and Individual Items for the Ordinary. Part Thee: Music for Other Parts of the Mass (entry, Gospel Acclamation, etc.) This collection includes some Taize' music, some rounds, and much original composition. 152 musical items.

With a beautiful blue cover, this hymnal from Latvia includes many songs copyrighted by American Catholic Press, translated into Latvian. The songs in this book have a melody line, with guitar chord symbols above the staff.

A collection, typed, without musical notes, of hymns sung in Fiji. 482 hymns. The editor, Father Dermot Hurley, says in the preface that he spent so much time over four years editing this hymnal that he neglected the people of his parish. Canticle of the Gift is at number 277.

German-language hymnal, presenting contemporary songs, including Canticle of the Gift. Tablature for guitar, on three pages. Remarkably, some songs are in the English language: Away in a Manger, Blowin' in the Wind, Go Tell It on the Mountain, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, Heaven is a Wonderful Place,Kumbayah, Lord, I Want to Be a Christian, My Lord,… Read more about this item

This is an African American hymnal, for use in Catholic churches in the U.S. of the Latin Rite. Introductory material by Sister Thea Bowman, F.S.P.A., and Father J-Glenn Murray, S.J.

With the Order of Mass, this hymnal provides the contemporary songs that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s in the U.S., in Catholic churches. The covers, somewhat worn, are in blue. Glory and Praise first came out in 1977; this 1984 edition includes few changes from the first edition.

This was the hymnal that sold hundreds of thousands of copies back in the 1960s, the hymnal that really put Omer Westendorf's company, World Library, on the map.

OVERALL DESCRIPTION...........Here presented in the form of a choral octavo, is an English-language setting of the famous Svaty Boze. First published in The Johannine Hymnal, by ACP, this setting of the Trisagion [triSAHgeeawhn], the "thrice-holy," is presented here in four languages: Latin, Greek, Old Slavonic, and English. The standard arrangement by Bortniansky is presented, much as it… Read more about this item

Here presented in the form of a choral octavo, saddle-stiched, with two staples, is an English-language setting of the famous Dostoyno Jest. This is a song of praise to the Virgin Mary, sung in the Byzantine Liturgy, during the Anaphora, the Eucharistic Prayer, after the invocation of the Holy Spirit, the epiclesis. In the Roman Liturgy, It Is Right and Just… Read more about this item

This SATB choral octavo is saddle-stitched, with two staples. Here is a summary of the contents: The core of Jewish liturgy, morning and evening, is the Shema [Hear, O Israel], with its blessings before and afterward. For over two thousand years, devout Jews have prayed these words over and over again. This profession of faith is central to both the Jewish… Read more about this item

A spiral-bound edition of the American Catholic Hymnbook, the perfect bound edition. The advantage of this spiral binding is that guitarists and other instrumentalists need to have the hymnbook lie flat, so both hands are free to play. In content, this edition is identical to the cited perfect bound edition, with its guitar chords printed right above the melody… Read more about this item

Saddle-stitched booklet, with two staples; with this binding, the Leaflet Missal Music Issue will hold up for a long time. There's also a beautiful cover with art by Virginia Broderick. Line art by the same artist is included within the book. Contents include about 200 hymns and metrical Psalms, each with melody line and guitar chords above the staff, to faciliate… Read more about this item