Anglican heritage resources
Catholic Church documents
- Chirograph on Sacred Music (Pope John Paul II, 2003)
- Colombo Statement (Promotion of the Liturgy in Asia)
- De musica sacra et sacra liturgia (1958, English)
- De musica sacra et sacra liturgia (1958, Latin)
- General Instruction of the Roman Missal (US edition, 2010)
- Introduction to the 1974 Graduale / Ordo Cantus Missae (in English)
- Letter accompanying Summorum Pontificum
- Letter to Artists (Pope St. John Paul II) (1999)
- Motu Proprio: Tra Le Sollecitudini (1903)
- Musicae Sacrae (1955)
- Musicam Sacram (1967)
- Musicam Sacram (1967) in Latin
- Ordo Cantus Officii (1983)
- Sacrosanctum Concilium (1963)
- Voluntati Obsequens (1974)
Chant engraving
Choral music in English
Choral works in Latin
CMAA books
- A Byrd Celebration (PDF)
- Communio (PDF)
- Gregorian Chant: a guide (Saulnier, tr. Schaefer) (description)
- Gregorian Chant: a guide (Saulnier, tr. Schaefer) (PDF)
- Parish Book of Chant (2nd ed.) (description)
- Parish Book of Chant (2nd ed.) (PDF)
- Parish Book of Chant (PDF, 1st ed.)
- Parish Book of Psalms
- Psallite Sapienter (PDF)
- Psallite Sapienter: A Musician's Guide to the 1962 Missal (description)
- Simple Choral Gradual by Richard Rice (description)
- Simple Choral Gradual by Richard Rice (PDF)
- Simple English Propers by Adam Bartlett
- Simple English Propers by Adam Bartlett (PDF)
- The Bugnini-Liturgy and the Reform of the Reform, by L. Dobszay (1983) (description)
- The Bugnini-Liturgy and the Reform of the Reform, by L. Dobszay (1983) (PDF)
- The Musical Shape of the Liturgy (Mahrt) (description)
- The Musical Shape of the Liturgy (Mahrt) (PDF)
- The Parish Book of Motets
- Words with Wings
CMAA reprints
- A New School of Gregorian Chant (1925) by Dominic Johner (description)
- A New School of Gregorian Chant (1925) by Dominic Johner (PDF)
- Chants of the Church (1953) (description)
- Chants of the Church (1953) (PDF)
- Chants of the Vatican Gradual (1934) by Dominic Johner (description)
- Chants of the Vatican Gradual (1934) by Dominic Johner (PDF)
- Cours élementaire du plain-chant grégorien (1949) (description)
- Cours élementaire du plain-chant grégorien (1949) (PDF)
- Gregorian Chant for Church and School, by Goodchild (1944) (PDF)
- Kyriale (Solesmes ed.) (description)
- Kyriale (Solesmes ed.) (PDF)
- Music First Year by Justine Ward (1920) (description)
- Music First Year by Justine Ward (1920) (PDF)
- Music Fourth Year: Gregorian Chant by Justine Ward (1921) (description)
- Music Fourth Year: Gregorian Chant by Justine Ward (1921) (PDF)
- Music Second Year, by Justine Ward (1936)
- Music Third Year by Justine Ward (1938) (description)
- Music Third Year by Justine Ward (1938) (PDF)
- Offertoriale with Offertory Verses (1935) (description)
- Offertoriale with Offertory Verses (1935) (PDF)
- Pange Lingua, Old Hymns with English Translations, Intro. by Adrian Fortescue (1916) (description)
- Pange Lingua, Old Hymns with English Translations, Intro. by Adrian Fortescue (1916) (PDF)
- Plainchant Gradual (description)
- Plainchant Gradual Vol 1&2 (Burgess/Palmer)
- Plainchant Gradual Vol 3&4 (Burgess/Palmer)
- Technique of Gregorian Chironomy (1955) (description)
- Technique of Gregorian Chironomy (1955) (PDF)
- The Rhythm of Plainsong (Gajard, 1943) (description)
- The Rhythm of Plainsong (Gajard, 1943) (PDF)
Getting Started: Resources and Recommendations
Handy Links
Historical archives
Latin chant books
- Antiphonale Romanum (1960) (PDF)
- Antiphonale Romanum (1960), compact PDF copy
- Cantus Selecti (1957)
- Cantus Varii (1928)
- Cantus Varii (1928), compact PDF copy with front materials and indexes
- Chants Abreges (1926), Graduals and Alleluias
- Chants of the Church (1953) (description)
- Chants of the Church (1953) (PDF)
- Chants of the Church (1954: modern notation)
- Communio (PDF)
- Graduale Parvum (2012 ed.)
- Graduale Romanum 1961 (with nav links)
- Graduale Romanum 1974
- Graduale Simplex (1975)
- Graduale Triplex (1979)
- Graduals, Alleluia Verses, and Tracts (1955)
- Gregorian Missal (Latin/English, 1st ed., 1983)
- Kyriale (Sandhofe transcription)
- Kyriale (Solesmes ed.) (description)
- Kyriale (Solesmes ed.) (PDF)
- Liber Brevior (1954)
- Liber Usualis (1961)
- Mass and Vespers (1957)
- Offertoriale with Offertory Verses (1935) (description)
- Offertoriale with Offertory Verses (1935) (PDF)
- Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae juxta ritum monasticum (1961)
- Parish Book of Chant (2nd ed.) (description)
- Parish Book of Chant (2nd ed.) (PDF)
- Proprium de Tempore (1961)
- Simple Offertory Verses (Richard Rice)
- Simplified Graduale, Major Propers (R. Rice)
- Versus Psalmorum et Canticorum
Liturgical books
Liturgy materials
Member projects
Member tools
More books on sacred music and liturgy
- A Dictionary of the Psalter (Britt, 1928)
- A Study of Gregorian Rhythm (Le Nombre Musical Gregorien), Mocquereau
- Chants of the Vatican Gradual (1934) by Dominic Johner (description)
- Chants of the Vatican Gradual (1934) by Dominic Johner (PDF)
- Crux et Cithara, ed. Robert Skeris (1983)
- Gregorian Chant: a guide (Saulnier, tr. Schaefer) (description)
- Gregorian Chant: a guide (Saulnier, tr. Schaefer) (PDF)
- Gregorian Musical Values by J.H. Desroquettes (1963)
- Hymns of the Breviary and Missal (Britt, 1922)
- Pange Lingua, Old Hymns with English Translations, Intro. by Adrian Fortescue (1916) (description)
- Pange Lingua, Old Hymns with English Translations, Intro. by Adrian Fortescue (1916) (PDF)
- Sing Like a Catholic (Jeffrey Tucker)
- Singing the Liturgy (Sr. Marietta, SNJM) (1955)
- The Bugnini-Liturgy and the Reform of the Reform, by L. Dobszay (1983) (description)
- The Bugnini-Liturgy and the Reform of the Reform, by L. Dobszay (1983) (PDF)
- The Parish Book of Motets
- The Rhythm of Plainsong (Gajard, 1943) (description)
- The Rhythm of Plainsong (Gajard, 1943) (PDF)
- The Spirit of Gregorian Chant, Marie Pierik (1939)
More English chant resources
More Latin chant resources
- Antiphonale (1912)
- Antiphonarium O.P. (1933)
- Carmelite propers
- Cistercian resources
- Dominican Liturgical Books
- Graduale Romano-Seraphicum (1924)
- Graduale Romanum (Pustet, 1871)
- Graduale Romanum 1908
- Gregorian Archive (Richard Crocker) (audio)
- Index of the 1974 Graduale
- Introduction to the 1974 Graduale / Ordo Cantus Missae (in English)
- Kyriale Brevis
- Kyriale Simplex
- Laudes Festivae (1940)
- Liber Hymnarius texts
- Officium Majoris Hebdomadæ et Octavæ Paschæ (Sung Liturgy of Holy Week) (1923)
- Ordo Processionum (Franciscan 1925)
- Parish Book of Chant (PDF, 1st ed.)
- Processionarium (Dominican 1913)
- Proper of the Mass (psalm-tone settings) by Fr. Carlo Rossini (1933)
- Propers of the Mass for Sundays and Holy Days (Guam, 1962 Missal)
- Psalm Tone Sheet
- Scripture Readings (1962 Missal) pointed in chant notation
- Simple Gradual (per annum)
- St. Gall Library
- Vesperale Romanum (1913)
New music resources
Other music and liturgy sites
Other resources
Practical guidance
- Catholic Church Music, by Richard Terry (1907)
- Introduction to the 1974 Graduale / Ordo Cantus Missae (in English)
- Music rubrics for high Mass (EF)
- Music rubrics for low Mass (EF)
- Psallite Sapienter (PDF)
- Psallite Sapienter: A Musician's Guide to the 1962 Missal (description)
- Rules for Interpretation (Intro from Liber Usualis)
Propers in English (chant and choral)
- American Gradual (Bruce Ford)
- Anglican Use Gradual
- By Flowing Waters (Paul F. Ford)
- Chants for the Church Year (Cunningham)
- Communio with English Verses (Richard Rice)
- English Chant Propers (Fr. Columba Kelly)
- English Propers (Arbogast, 1964)
- Graduale Parvum (2012 ed.)
- Graduale Parvum: Introits (2018 ed.)
- Illuminare Publications
- Lenten Tracts (psalm-tone) (Esguerra)
- Parish Book of Psalms
- Salisbury Antiphoner (Palmer)
- Simple Choral Gradual by Richard Rice (description)
- Simple Choral Gradual by Richard Rice (PDF)
- Simple English Propers by Adam Bartlett
- Simple English Propers by Adam Bartlett (PDF)
- St Louis Gradual (for Lent and Easter) (Fr. Samuel Weber)
- The Proper of the Mass for Sundays and Solemnities (Fr. Samuel Weber, OSB)
Regional chant supplements
Resources in Spanish
Teaching aids
- A New School of Gregorian Chant (1925) by Dominic Johner (description)
- A New School of Gregorian Chant (1925) by Dominic Johner (PDF)
- A tutorial on tones for sung readings
- About the Ward Method
- An Idiot's Guide to Square Notes
- Applied Course in Gregorian Chant (Carroll)
- Basic Gregorian Chant and Sight Reading
- Chant: Pitch and Mode, a tutorial (Powerpoint)
- Children's Chant for the Third Millennium (booklet and audio files)
- Common Tones for the Sung Mass
- Cours élementaire du plain-chant grégorien (1949) (description)
- Cours élementaire du plain-chant grégorien (1949) (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions on Sacred Music
- Gregorian Chant (by Andrew F. Klarmann, 1945)
- Gregorian Chant for Church and School, by Goodchild (1944) (PDF)
- Gregorian Chant for Teacher, Choir, and School (Hurley)
- Gregorian Chant Vol. II (Justine Ward, 1949)
- Guide to Neumes
- Metodo completo de Canto Gregoriano (Don Gregorio Suñol, 1943)
- Music First Year by Justine Ward (1920) (description)
- Music First Year by Justine Ward (1920) (PDF)
- Music Fourth Year: Gregorian Chant by Justine Ward (1921) (description)
- Music Fourth Year: Gregorian Chant by Justine Ward (1921) (PDF)
- Music Second Year, by Justine Ward (1936)
- Music Third Year by Justine Ward (1938) (description)
- Music Third Year by Justine Ward (1938) (PDF)
- Psalm Tone Sheet
- Rules for Interpretation (Intro from Liber Usualis)
- Story of Redemption in Chant (children)
- Technique of Gregorian Chironomy (1955) (description)
- Technique of Gregorian Chironomy (1955) (PDF)
- Textbook of Gregorian Chant, by Gregory Suñol (1930)
- The Parish Book of Motets
- Ward Hymnal (1918) for Pedagogy
- Ward Method Studies in Colorado
- Ward’s Simplified Propers of the Mass (EF) for children
- Words with Wings