Simple Psalter for Year B

The Gregorian Melody

The Expressive Power of the Word

Alberto Turco; Translated by Stephen Concordia, OSB

Foreword by Anthony Ruff, OSB

Michael Joncas’s new Simple Psalter is an attempt to synthesize elements of previous styles of psalm-singing into a new pattern of engaging these sacred texts. Using the new Abbey Psalms and Canticles, Joncas sets every responsorial psalm in the three-year Lectionary in settings that work equally well a cappella or with keyboard accompaniment, using psalm tones notated in proposed speech-rhythm. The Simple Psalter is divided into four volumes: one for solemnities, feasts, and other celebrations, and one each for years A, B, and C.

978-0-8146-6785-9

Spiral, 184 pp., 8½ x 11, $24.95 e eBook

Available November 2023

Simple Psalter for Year A

J. Michael Joncas

978-0-8146-6777-4

Spiral, 208 pp., 8½ x 10 7/8, $24.95 e eBook

Simple Psalter for Solemnities, Feasts, and Other Celebrations

J. Michael Joncas

978-0-8146-6745-3

Spiral, 152 pp., 8½ x 10 7/8, $24.95 e eBook

The Gregorian Melody is a resource of music pedagogy that focuses on one of the most ancient musical repertoires honored by the church and music historians. The material included in this resource is foundational as it lays out the elements of the Gregorian melody through a careful analysis of first principles. It will be useful as an introduction to Gregorian chant and for helping readers to understand the Gregorian melody. Readers of all levels may turn to this book to sing the liturgical chant with a deepened appreciation for the expressive power of the Word.

Monsignor Alberto Turco, a priest of the Diocese of Verona, Italy, has been widely recognized as a leader in the fields of Gregorian chant scholarship and performance. He has served as the director of the Capp ella Musicale of the Cathedral of Verona since 1965, after obtaining his doctorate in Gregorian chant at the Pontifical Ambrosian Institute of Sacred Music, Milan. He has been a professor at the Pontifical Institutes of Sacred Music in Milan and Rome and continues to lecture and conduct workshops in Italy, throughout Europe and beyond.

978-0-8146-6767-5

Paperback, 248 pp., 5½ x 8½, $39.95 e eBook

Available December 2023