This edition contains cantor/schola descants and harmonies for all Sundays and solemnities of the liturgical year and includes liturgical and Scriptural indices for various uses and planning. Titles are placed in alphabetical order. Single volume contains all titles in the Psallite collection. The Collegeville Composers Group includes Carol Browning, Catherine Christmas, Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, Paul F. Ford, Ph.D., and Paul Inwood.

Psallite Accompaniment/Vocal Edition: Year A includes full accompaniments and cantor/schola verses for all Sundays, solemnities, and major feast days of the liturgical year. Psallite is a relatively new collection of entrance, responsorial, and communion songs inspired by the antiphons and psalms of the Roman Missal and is quickly growing in popularity. These songs are easy to learn and use and can be performed with or without instruments. The heart of Psallite comes from the new communion songs, taking the text and themes from the Liturgy of the Word(especially from the gospel of the day) and transforming them into beautiful processional music. The Collegeville Composers Group includes Carol Browning, Catherine Christmas, Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, Paul F. Ford, PhD, and Paul Inwood

Accompaniments for 25 of the selections from Psallite composed for Liturgical Year A. A CD recording of this collection is also available, as well as collections of selected titles from Year B and Year C . Where Two or Three Are Gathered includes: Now is the Hour Be Patient, Beloved Let the King of Glory Come In Jesus, Mighty Lord, Come Save Us Clothed in Christ, One in Christ Give Us Living Water Give Thanks to the Lord, Alleluia At Your Word Our Hearts Are Burning I Am the Way: Follow Me Here I Am Light of the World In God Alone Is My Soul at Rest Keep These Words in Your Heart and Soul Love Is My Desire The Mercy of God Is for All Everlasting Is Your Love All Things Are from the Lord Where Two or Three Are Gathered Lord, You Are Close Remember, Lord All That Is True I Shall Dwell in the House of the Lord The Word of God at Work in Us Come, All You Good and Faithful Servants A River Flows The Collegeville Composers Group includes Carol Browning, Catherine Christmas, Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, Paul F. Ford, PhD, and Paul Inwood.

Accompaniments, along with reprintable antiphon graphics for 27 of the selections from Psallite composed for Liturgical Year B are included in the Accompaniment Book. A CD recording is also available as well as collections of selected titles for Year A and Year C . Walk in My Ways includes: To You, O Lord Rejoice in the Lord, Again Rejoice! We Receive from Your Fullness Here Is My Servant Give: Your Father Sees Those Who Love Me My Shepherd Is the Lord There Is Mercy in the Lord This Is My Body Send out Your Spirit Christ, Our Pasch Live on in My Love I Will See You Again Walk in My Ways Venite Adoremus God Heals the Broken Lead Me, Guide Me Here in Your Presence All You Nations Don 't Be Afraid Those Who Do Justice Let the Word Make a Home in Your Heart I Loved Wisdom More Than Health or Beauty Courage! Get Up! My Plans for You Are Peace Rejoice in the Lord on This Feast of the Saints May God Grant Us Joy of Heart The Collegeville Composers Group includes Carol Browning, Catherine Christmas, Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam, Paul F. Ford, PhD, and Paul Inwood.

Arranger index (c1987) provides an additional means of access by the name of the arranger or editor; 1988 supplement contains the sacred choral entries included in the 1986 Music-in-print annual supplement as well as new music published since 1985; 1992 supplment contains listings of music published since 1987 as well as earlier material of publishers not previously in the series; 1996 supplement contains listings of music published since 1991 as well as earlier material not previously in the series.

Vols. for 1921-1969 include annual bibliography, called 1921-1955, American bibliography; 1956-1963, Annual bibliography; 1964-1968, MLA international bibliography.

Originally published in 1965. The European dramatic tradition rests on a group of religious dramas that appeared between the tenth and twelfth centuries. These dramas, of interest in themselves, are also important for the light they shed on three historical and critical problems: the relation of drama to ritual, the nature of dramatic form, and the development of representational techniques. Hardison's approach is based on the history of the Christian liturgy, on critical theories concerning the kinship of ritual and drama, and on close analysis of the chronology and content of the texts themselves. Beginning with liturgical commentaries of the ninth century, Hardison shows that writers of the period consciously interpreted the Mass and cycle of the church year in dramatic terms. By reconstructing the services themselves, he shows that they had an emphatic dramatic structure that reached its climax with the celebration of the Resurrection. Turning to the history of the Latin Resurrection play, Hardison suggests that the famous Quem quaeritis—the earliest of all medieval dramas—is best understood in relation to the baptismal rites of the Easter Vigil service. He sets forth a theory of the original form and function of the play based on the content of the earliest manuscripts as well as on vestigial ceremonial elements that survive in the later ones. Three texts from the eleventh and twelfth centuries are analyzed with emphasis on the change from ritual to representational modes. Hardison discusses why the form inherited from ritual remained unchanged, while the technique became increasingly representational. In studying the earliest vernacular dramas, Hardison examines the use of nonritual materials as sources of dramatic form, the influence of representational concepts of space and time on staging, and the development of nonceremonial techniques for composition of dialogue. The sudden appearance of these elements in vernacular drama suggests the existence of a hitherto unsuspected vernacular tradition considerably older than the earliest surviving vernacular plays.

Psalms for Preaching and Worship a key addition to the critically acclaimed three-volume Lectionary Commentary / Despite the rich resources available for studying the Psalms, few are as focused on their place in worship and preaching as is this volume. The responsorial Psalms of the Revised Common Lectionary are here taken up in careful and often illuminating interpretation with attention also to their interaction with other lectionary texts. The many ways that psalms can function meaningfully in the liturgical life of congregations are explored especially in John Witvliet s concluding section. I know of no work that combines practice and substance better than this lectionary commentary. Patrick D. Miller / Princeton Theological Seminary / A fascinating book well organized, well written and edited, thorough, and informative. . . . An excellent resource not only for preachers using the Revised Common Lectionary but also for those wishing to preach a series of sermons on the Psalms. In addition, worship leaders and worship committees will appreciate the many excellent ideas for using the Psalms in worship. Highly recommended. Sidney Greidanus / author of Preaching Christ from the Old Testament and Preaching Christ from Genesis / Here is something even better than a simple completion of The Lectionary Commentary, which would be cause enough for gratitude. . . . Serious attention paid to this one book could go a long way toward remedying the scandalous neglect of the treasure of the Psalms in too much contemporary worship. Marguerite Shuster / Fuller Theological Seminary / Contributors: Nancy R. Bowen, William P. Brown, Walter Brueggemann, Richard J. Clifford, Nancy L. deClaiss-Walford, Jennifer S. Green, Karl N. Jacobson, Rolf A. Jacobson, Melody D. Knowles, Eunny P. Lee, Joel M. LeMon, James Limburg, J. Clinton McCann, James K. Mead, Carol A. Miles, Luke A. Powery, Stephen Breck Reid, Sandra L. Richter, Cynthia L. Rigby, Kathryn L. Roberts, Brent A. Strawn, Beth LaNeel Tanner, Roger E. Van Harn, Raymond C. Van Leeuwen, J. Ross Wagner, Gerald H. Wilson, John Witvliet, Christine Roy Yoder.

Arranger index (c1987) provides an additional means of access by the name of the arranger or editor; 1988 supplement contains the sacred choral entries included in the 1986 Music-in-print annual supplement as well as new music published since 1985; 1992 supplment contains listings of music published since 1987 as well as earlier material of publishers not previously in the series; 1996 supplement contains listings of music published since 1991 as well as earlier material not previously in the series.