What are the main liturgy books that I need?
At minimum, every Church musician needs the Liber Cantualis and the Gregorian Missal (both pub- lished by Solesmes). The Liber Cantualis contains chants for the prayers and responses of the Mass, in- cluding the most useful and beloved chants that the congregation sings, along with a selection of chants for the Ordinary. It also contains the four Sequences, seasonal Marian antiphons, and popular chants that have obtained highly valued status through frequent use at communion and as prelude and postlude. The Gregorian Missal provides a full selection of Or- dinary chants, and all the Latin Propers for Sundays and greater feasts. It includes English translations of the chants and prayers, as well as references for the three-year cycle of Scripture readings. Musicians also might want to own the 1979 Graduale Romanum , which contains the Proper chants for the entire Church year. They will also need an authorita- tive guide to liturgical rubrics, such as one by Msgr. Peter Elliott. Those us
