Publisher's Synopsis
The third edition of one of Catholic music's most popular hymnals is here—with more than 750 songs for singing God's praises. Presenting a common repertoire for the cross-generational, English-speaking community of the Church today, Glory & Praise, Third Edition will inspire your assembly week after week. This new edition continues to enhance the music of the Church with its rich tradition of contemporary Catholic liturgical music—featuring songs from Dan Schutte, David Haas, Marty Haugen, Bernadette Farrell, Bob Hurd, Tom Kendzia, Steve Angrisano and other trusted composers. Glory & Praise, Third Edition—available with or without assembly readings for the three-year cycle—features music for a variety of seasons, solemnities and feasts throughout the year as well as a contemporary psalter with nearly 100 psalms and canticles and musical settings for morning and evening prayer. It also contains the complete Order of Mass with the official chants from the Roman Missal, Third Edition, along with a variety of traditional, contemporary and bilingual Mass settings, all eight approved by the Bishops' Committee on Divine Worship: Celtic Mass by Christopher Walker Heritage Mass by Owen Alstott Mass of a Joyful Heart by Steve Angrisano & Tom Tomaszek Mass of Christ the Savior by Dan Schutte Mass of Glory by Ken Canedo & Bob Hurd Mass of Renewal by Curtis Stephan Mass of the Sacred Heart by Timothy R. Smith Misa Santa Fe by Mary Frances Reza Well-organized with an easy-to-follow arrangement of topics, the full set of indexes includes liturgical, metrical, scriptural, topical and more, all designed to help you prepare more engaging liturgies. The accompanying 28-CD set contains recordings of more than 700 titles and will allow you to maximize rehearsal time by helping your choir and instrumentalists learn the music more quickly and thoroughly so they can lead your assembly in song. A variety of accompaniment books—all available as physical books or convenient and easy-to-use eBooks*—ensures your musicians will have the tools they need to bring the songs you know and love to life.
