In 1956, the Gregorian Institute of America published a wonderful book by chant scholar Joseph Robert Carroll, a book that makes a great text for a course in chant. It is an excellent beginning, a way to get to know the chant and learn to sing it for Mass.
The CMAA is now hosting this book on its website, MusicaSacra.com.
It is entirely possible to print an edition of this to be sold for a price even lower than it sold for back in the day. If this seems like something you would like us to do, please write and say so.
For my part, I’m thrilled to have these books make a grand return in this way. That GIA failed to renew their copyrights is providential in so many ways, for if they had, no one would ever see them again. As it is, this book is entirely in the public domain.
A comment from one of our dear colleagues, Flambeaux:
Jeffery Tucker had asked if anyone would be interested in printed hardcopies of this text. I would, but I'd also like to put in a plea for some sort of high-quality audio to accompany the instructions of the text, similar to the companion CD that Abbey Regina Laudis includes with the Gregorian Chant Master Class.
I think it's a great idea to make this available in an inexpensive printed edition. There is a lot to like about the approach, one example being the way new concepts and notational conventions are introduced with a musical application (and 'homework' exercises) right there on the same page.
Larry,
That was also what struck me as I "thumbed" through the PDF yesterday.