On 24 Mar 2005 at 11:58, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > At 11:29 AM 3/24/05 -0500, Guy wrote: > >In my experience copies of the "Liber Usualis" are hard to come by. > > I didn't know that. They're no longer publisher? I have mine from some > 35 years ago, but never checked to find an updated copy after the > movable feast years ran out. :)
The liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s obsoleted the Liber Usualis, since it reflected the Tridentine Rite, which was different from the new rite. The official chant book of the new rite is the Graduale Romanum, a rather smaller book in comparison to the Liber (because it omits all the office chants), which I have and used extensively back in the days when I was singing Latin mass every Sunday. As I wrote in another message, since the Pope has allowed the traditionalists (who cling to the old rite) to celebrate the old mass with permission (as opposed to being prohibited before), the Liber has been republished, and is no longer difficult to find. This is not to say that there is not still a schismatic traditionalist sect around the followers of Archbishop Lefebvre, as many of the traditionalists chose *not* to return to the "official" church when the Pope issued his order about accomodating the traditionalists (given the issues involved and the justification for the original break with the Church, the true believers really couldn't go back). The advantage is that Libers are no longer black market items commanding prices in the low hundreds for copies in particularly fine condition. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
