The Wantage Plainchant Gradual of Rev. G. H. Palmer and Francis Burgess is, after a long desuetude, once again in print an available from Lulu thanks to the Church Music Association of America and the Community of St. Mary the Virgin in Wantage. The Plainchant Gradual, in two volumes, contains the whole Gregorian chant from the Graduale Romanum artfully set to English and notated with traditional neumes.
These volumes, which until recently were exceedingly rare and routinely fetched prices in the hundreds of dollars, can now be had for $19 each. The CMAA is to be commended for breathing new life into this wonderful gift of Anglican Patrimony!
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I suspect there are zero comments about this because very few churches in the traditional anglican communion are enthusiastic or willing to use gregorian chant regardless of language it is in. Despite using the 1928 book of common prayer and being conservative to a certain extent most of your congregations are in love with their protestant hymns, contemporary and 19th century style and find the ancient hymns and antiphons rather foreign, exotic and against "active participation". If your bishops do not order chant to be used it probably wont be until the baby boomer generation has left the earth.
J.M.J.
It seems to me you are a tad presumptuous. Did you ever consider perhaps those places which have always chanted the propers might already have what they need?
Likewise, you presume a lot about congretations being "in love with their protestant hymns."
You certainly would miss the mark about our parish, consistently proclaiming the Catholic Faith in the Anglican Tradition since 1869.
SWR
I will vouch that these books are spectularly beautiful. I have heard the plainchant gradual sung at a western rite antiochian parish mass on ascension of our Lord day and the congregation was very thrilled with them and understood their words. Perhaps the Orthodox Church is a better influence in Western liturgy than Rome at the present time. Quite an irony… at times the power and authority of the Pope seems for naught. nevertheless eventually tradition shall prevail.