The American Gradual

arranged and adapted by Bruce Ford

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For general information about this collection, please read the introduction.

Most of the chants below are adapted from the editions of the chant from Gregor und Taube; chants marked “unrevised” are adapted from the Solesmes editions.

The chants are organized here per the Roman liturgical calendar. A future revision of this site will organize them for the Episcopal calendar as well as the Roman.

Temporal Cycle

• Advent
• Christmastide1
• Lent, Triduum, & Eastertide
• Ordinary Time 2 - 7
• Ordinary Time 8 - 11 (unrevised)
• Ordinary Time 12 - 17
• Ordinary Time 18 - 20 (unrevised)
• Ordinary Time 21 - 27
• Ordinary Time 28 - 29 (unrevised)
• Ordinary Time 30 - Christ the King

Sanctoral Cycle

• August 15: Assumption of the BVM (unrevised)
• September 14: Triumph of the Cross (unrevised)
• November 1: All Saints’ Day
• November 2: All Souls’ Day (unrevised)
• December 8: Immaculate Conception of the BVM (unrevised)

Ritual Masses and Miscellanea

• Gloria Patri (four-line notation)
• Subvenite
• In paradisum
• Chorus angelorum
• Ecce oculi (Eastertide funeral introit)
• Deus Israël (wedding introit)
• Dedication of a Church (unrevised)
• Good Friday Reproaches

Four-line notation

A project is underway (courtesy of Richard Chonak) to convert these chants to four-line notation. The chants converted thus far are available here.

1 No chants for Christmas Eve nor dawn

This collection copyright © 2001 and 2008 by Bruce E. Ford. All rights reserved. Local churches and individuals may photocopy this work or parts thereof for their own use, provided that they include proper attribution and notice of copyright. Copies may not be sold.