Books & Websites

Harp History

  • Armstrong, Robert Bruce. Musical Instruments: The Irish and the Highland Harps Vol. I. Forgotten Books, 2018.

Method Books

  • Childree, Randall. Practice Makes Perfect Basic Latin. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2014.
  • Heymann, Anne. Coupled Hands for Harpers. Clairseach Publications, 2001.
  • Heymann, Ann. A Gaelic Harper’s First Tunes: A Primer for Clairseach Based on Remnants of Gaelic Oral Tradition Including the First Tunes Taught Student Harpers. Clairseach Publications, 1998.
  • Kondonassis, Yolanda. On Playing the Harp. New York, NY: C. Fischer, 2003. Musical score.

Liturgical Music
Collins, John F.
A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin.
The Catholic University of America Press, 1985.

Dom Mercure, G., O.S.B.
Rythmique Grégorienne.
Edite par les moines Bénédictins de Saint Benoit du Lac
Prov. de Quebec, Canada, 1937.

Dunlap, John R.
An Answer Key to A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin: A Supplement to the Text.
The Catholic University of America Press, 2006.

Liber Usualis.
Deslée & Co., Tournai, Belgium
Imprimatur 1934.

Rainbow, Bernarr. The Choral Revival in the Anglican Church. Oxford University Press: New York, 1970.

Sister Demetria, Mary, B.V.M.
Basic Gregorian Chant and Sight Reading.
Gregorian Institute of America, 1957.

Stelten, Leo F.
Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin.
Hendrickson Publishers, 1995.

Other Interesting Books

Church Publishing. 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Red Vivella. 1979th ed., Church Publishing, 1979.

le Huray, Peter. Cambridge Studies in Music: Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660. Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Panum, H. Stringed Instruments of the Middle Ages: An Illustrated Field Guide to Their Evolution and Development. Edited by J. Pulver, Fairhaven Press, 2018.

Prichard, Robert. A History of the Episcopal Church – Third Revised Edition: Complete through the 78th General Convention. Church Publishing, 2014.

 

Websites
Corpus Christi Watershed:

Preserves, researches, archives and publishes material relating to the traditional (pre-Vatican II) Latin Tridentine Mass, both liturgy and music: www.ccwatershed.org

GregoBase: A Database of Gregorian Scores

Polish American Liturgical Center at Orchard Lake, Michigan:

The Polish-American Liturgical Center was founded in 1969 to promote liturgical reform after Vatican II and to provide Polish-American communities and their parishes with the latest most current liturgical materials including the preparation and distribution of new scripture translations and of sermons in Polish.

Polish Hymns Collection
The below collection of Polish language hymns are edited by Sherri (Michalski) Matthew and are freely downloadable as individual pdfs from the Liturgical Center’s website.

Sancta Missa:

Sacred Music of the Liturgy: Sacred Music Tutorial and Resources for the Traditional Latin Mass: www.SanctaMissa.org

Text & Bytes:

Provides gateway access to online Medieval manuscript libraries at the University of Zurich in Switzerland and the Abbey Library of St. Gall at University of Tübingen, as well as other sources. www.textandbytes.com