The Recovering Choir Director

Following up on the Easter Vigil responsorial psalms set to Gregorian chant is this collection of Eastertide Responsorial Psalms set to Gregorian chant melodies. While advertised as Year B, many of these Responsorial Psalms are also for Years A and C (such as Easter Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, Ascension, Pentecost Vigil and Sunday).

These Psalms share the same mode as the first Alleluia listed in the Graduale Romanum for the day. The antiphon melodies are adaptations of those commonly found in the antiphons of the Divine Office. There is an option to use a triple Alleluia as an antiphon; the melodies of these are taken from the Graduale Simplex.

The psalm tones for the verses are fully notated and follow somewhat closely the guidelines given by Bruce Ford in his “Setting English to Gregorian Psalm Tones”.

Some of these are now downloadable from Chabanel individually (eventually all of them will/should be posted pending approval); alternatively, you may download the .zip archive containing all ten.