SKU: GI.G-10374
The Abbey Psalms and
Canticles. Composed
by Michel Guimont.
Sacred. 216 pages. GIA
Publications #10374.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10374).
ISBN
9781622775347. English.
Text Source: Refs.
Lectionary for
Mass, vv.
The Abbey Psalms
and
Canticles
A complete set of
responsorial psalms for
Sundays, solemnities, and
feasts of the Lord
throughout the three-year
Lectionary cycle. About
the text: The Abbey
Psalms and
Canticles find their
source in the 1963
English language Grail
Translation of the
Psalms. The Grail
Psalms themselves have
their origin in the
French Bible de
Jerusalem which sought
to faithfully capture the
text stresses or sprung
rhythm, of the original
Hebrew. The Grail
Psalms underwent minor
revisions in the 1980s
and 1990s. The release of
the document Liturgiam
authenticam in 2001
required that the Grail
Psalms be revised again
for use in Roman Catholic
liturgy, this time under
the direction of Abbot
Gregory Polan and the
monks of Conception
Abbey. Their careful
editing and scholarship
produced the Revised
Grail Psalms in 2010.
However, this translation
would undergo further
(slight) revisions in
2018 leading to the
publication in 2020
of The Abbey Psalms
and Canticles About the
music: Since their
publication in 1994, the
psalm refrain settings
and psalm tones of
Canadian composer Michel
Guimont have enjoyed wide
popularity in North
America. These psalm
settings have been
included as the
lectionary psalter in a
number of GIA hymnals and
have a harmonic freshness
and flexibility in
performance that makes
them a unique and
enduring contribution to
the Church’s song.
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