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Cantus Ecclesiæ – Organ Edition
Organ Accompaniments for Gregorian Chant According to the Roman Rite

The timeless melodies of Gregorian chant have accompanied the prayer of the Church for well over a millennium. Reverenced as the Church's own sacred music and given pride of place in the Roman liturgy, these ancient chants continue to inspire clergy, choirs, congregations, and musicians throughout the world.

Cantus Ecclesiæ – Organ Edition is a comprehensive collection of traditional organ accompaniments for the Church's treasury of Gregorian chant. Designed as the companion volume to Cantus Ecclesiæ, this edition provides practical, liturgically faithful harmonizations for organists serving the sacred liturgy in parishes, cathedrals, seminaries, monasteries, and religious communities.

Rather than presenting newly composed accompaniments, this volume preserves and brings together time-honored harmonizations by some of the twentieth century's most respected Catholic musicians, including Jozef Staf (Gustave) Vyverman, Flor Peeters, Jules Van Nuffel, Nicola A. Montani, Marinus de Jong, Jules Vyverman, Abbé Ferdinand Portier, Gustaaf Nees, Henri Durieux, Edgard De Laet, Achille P. Bragers, and C. Winfred Douglas. Carefully selected for their musical integrity and pastoral usefulness, these accompaniments respect the modal character and free rhythm of Gregorian chant while providing confident support for congregational and choral singing.

This extensive volume includes organ accompaniments for:

• The Order of Mass
• The complete Kyriale, including the principal Gregorian Mass settings
• Credo settings
• Gospel Acclamations
• Proper chants for the liturgical year
• Eucharistic devotions
• Marian antiphons and hymns
• Chants for the Divine Office
• Seasonal and devotional chants
• Numerous other traditional Gregorian melodies used throughout the Church's liturgical life

Whether accompanying a parish schola, supporting congregational singing, or serving the solemn liturgy of a cathedral or monastery, this volume provides organists with a dependable and historically rooted resource drawn from the Church's rich musical tradition.

Beautifully engraved for clarity and ease of use, Cantus Ecclesiæ – Organ Edition seeks not merely to accompany chant, but to preserve an important heritage of Gregorian organ accompaniment for future generations of sacred musicians.

An indispensable resource for:

• Organists
• Choir directors
• Gregorian scholas
• Clergy and seminarians
• Religious communities
• Sacred music educators
• Students of Gregorian chant
• Lovers of the Church's musical heritage

"Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth." — Psalm 96:1