Free ebook: “Catholic Church Music”, by Richard R. Terry

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• Catholic Church Music, by Richard R. Terry, 1865-1938 (London: Greening & Co., 1907). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf format on this page at Musica Sacra (linked by by this page at Corpus Christi Watershed), and on this page of Sancta Missa. Also available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive, a 3^rd copy at Internet Archive, and a 4^th copy at Internet Archive.

See also these related books indexed in the Project:

• Hymnals or collections of Catholic music:
  • Byzantine Catholic Hymnal: Traditional Spiritual Songs and Hymns of the Divine Liturgy in English and Slavonic (Pittsburgh, PA: Metropolitan Cantor Institute/ Byzantine Catholic Seminary, 2007). Available in PDF format (on this page) at the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh.
  • Catholic Hymns for Youthful and Infant Minds; to which are added, a Few Poems on Subjects Interesting to Catholic Readers, by M. A. P (London : T. Jones, 1847). May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.), at Internet Archive.
  • The De La Salle Hymnal, for Catholic Schools and Choirs, by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (New York: La Salle Bureau, 1913). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive. The hymns may be read online at Hymnary.org.
  • Gregorian Chant for Church and School, by Sister Mary Antonine Goodchild, O.P. (Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, San Francisco, Toronto, London: Ginn and Company, 1914). With Imprimatur. Available in PDF format (144 pages) on this page of the Church Music Association of America.
  • Jesus and Mary; or, Catholic Hymns, by Frederick William Faber (London: James Burns; Derby: Richardson and Son, 1849). Available at Internet Archive; at Google Books with a second copy at Google Books; and at HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available at Forgotten Books (with some pages accessible only by members). Another edition, Jesus and Mary; or, Catholic Hymns, for Singing or Reading, by Frederick William Faber (London: Richardson and Son, 1852), is available at Google Books.
  • The Standard Catholic Hymnal, compiled, edited, and arranged by James A. Reilly (Boston, Mass.: McLaughlin & Reilly, 1921). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf format (here) through this page of Corpus Christi Watershed (and linked from this page of Top Catholic Songs.)[N.B., We have concluded that this work is in the public domain because it was published before 1923 (see the relevant webpage at the Cornell University Library Copyright Information Center). If this conclusion is incorrect, please comment immediately so we can remove the link. Thank you.]
  • Gregorian Chant for Church and School, by Sister Mary Antonine Goodchild, O.P. (Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Columbus, San Francisco, Toronto, London: Ginn and Company, 1914). With Imprimatur. Available in PDF format (144 pages) on this page of the Church Music Association of America.

• Works on Catholic Music:
  • The Fundamentals of Gregorian Chant: A Simple Exposition of the Solesmes Principles Founded Mainly on “Le Nombre Musical Grégorien” of Dom André Mocquereau, by Lura F. Heckenlively (Tournai, Belgium: Society of St. John Evangelist, Desclée & Co., 1900). Available at Open Libraryand Internet Archive.
  • A Handbook of Church Music: a practical guide for all those having the charge of schools and choirs, and others who desire to restore plainsong to its proper place in the services of the Church, by F. Clement C. Egerton, with a preface by H.G. Worth (London: R. & T. Washbourne, c1909). With Imprimatur. Available on Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Faculty of Music Library, University of Toronto).
  • ‘The “Hermeneutic of Continuity” and Twentieth-Century Legislation on Sacred Music’, by Philip Carl Smith, Antiphon 13.3 (2009): 247-263. Available in PDF format on this page of the Society for Catholic Liturgy.
  • A Manual of Gregorian chant compiled from the Solesmes books and from ancient manuscripts (Rome, Tournai (Belgium): Society of Saint John the Evangelist/Desclee, Lefebvre & Co., Publishers to the Holy See and Printers to the Sacred Congregation of Rites, 1903). With Imprimatur. Also with approbation from Pope Leo XIII addressed to Abbot Paul Delatte, O. S. B., of Solesmes. Available at Internet Archive and Open Library (which reports: “Includes the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin with an English paraphrase by Dom Gueranger, and a commentary in English on the religious service.”)
  • Sacred Music, Vol. 128, No. 4 (Winter 2001). Published by the Church Music Association of America. Includes the articles: “The Easter Triduum in Milan”, by Vincent A. Lenti; “The Mozarabic Chant Books of Cisneros”, by Dr. Angel Fernandez Collado; and “Reflections on the Liturgical Reform”, by Professor Roberto de Mattei. Available in pdf format (on this page) at Musica Sacra.
• Others:
  • Saint Casimir’s Hymn to the Blessed Virgin, translated from the Latin by Rev. George A. Watson (St. Louis, Mo.: Chas. B. Woodward & Co., 1881). Available in Internet Archive and Open Library. [N.B., The Open Library mislabels the book as Les commencements de la gravure aux Pays-Bas.]

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“[B]e ye filled with the holy Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing, and making melody in your hearts to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father” (Ephesians v, 18-20)