
The front page says “Pew Edition © 1972, and Organ-Choir Edition © 1974, by Theodore Marier”-but my understanding is the “prime time” edition was printed in 1983. Full Title: Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles A Parish Music Manual Compiled, Edited, and Arranged by Theodore Marier Assisted by the staff of the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School at St. 2014), who was later consecrated auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles (Index)ġ983 Foreword by Father John Patrick Boles (d. From what I can tell, the book is about 550 pages, and contains harmonies on a different page than the words +. The first verse is repeated for each hymn, which many will find confusing, but this was most likely done to facilitate alternate tunes for the same text. 1982), a Protestant Minister who worked at Westminster Choir College, located about an hour’s drive from Summit, NJ I have corresponded with the nuns, who seem extremely devout and holy for this reason, it’s surprising that their publication has a 1975 Preface by Dr. The final decision, however, was to combine both volumes into one book, divided into Part I and Part II.”-as a consequence, one must search *doubly* whenever using the index The layout is extremely confusing, explained by a note on page 10: “Our original plan was to publish this hymnal in two volumes. Published by Nuns at the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary, located in Summit, NJ Approximately 400 pages (this book lacks page numbers) +. The prefatory material includes a long list of people who contributed, and many created their own hymnals, such as: Father Percy Jones Omer Westendorf Father James Quinn Dr. 1986) įull Title: ICEL resource Collection 250 Hymns in the Public Domain
Notable musical contributors include: Marinus De Jong (d.Edited by Omer Westendorf (using the fake name of “J.Published by World Library of Sacred Music (Cincinnati, Ohio).Paul Francis Leibold, Archbishop of Cincinnati 1992) Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (d. Editors: Sir Richard Runciman Terry (he was involved with the “very early stages of revision” until his death in 1938) Father William Stacey Bainbridge (organist and master of music at Westminster Cathedral) Dom A.Full Title: The Westminster Hymnal, New and Revised Edition, Authorised by the Hierarchy of England and Wales for Use in All Churches and Oratories.David James Mathew, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster I MPRIMATUR (1939) by Arthur Cardinal Hinsley, (Roman Catholic) Archbishop of Westminster