Related Resources

Recordings, guides, publishers and the community of Saint Meinrad: other places to learn, hear and find Fr. Samuel Weber’s music.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey

Fr. Samuel is a monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana.

Saint Meinrad Archabbeysaintmeinrad.orgThe Benedictine monastery that holds the copyright to Fr. Samuel’s chant settings.
The Monasterysaintmeinrad.orgThe monks’ life of prayer and work.
Mass and Vespers, livesaintmeinrad.orgWatch and listen as the monks celebrate the liturgy.
Books and Giftssaintmeinrad.orgThe Archabbey’s gift shop.

Other places that publish or sell Fr. Samuel’s Propers.

Fr. Weber’s chants at Musica SacraChurch Music Association of AmericaFree PDFs of a selection of his English chants.
The St. Louis Gradual: Lent and EasterChurch Music Association of AmericaA free PDF of the Lent and Easter portion.
The Proper of the Mass, Volume IIgnatius PressFor Sundays and Solemnities: the bound cantor book.
The Proper of the Mass, Volume IMusica Sacra shopVolume I from the CMAA’s shop.

Hear the chants sung, for learning and rehearsal.

ServiamScoresYouTubeRecordings of Fr. Samuel’s English chant Propers.
English Chant Practice Recordingsstfrancisokc.comPractice recordings of the Propers, catalogued by Dr. Alvez Barkoskie.

Fr. Samuel’s hymnal in print, and his notes for teaching the chant.

Hymnal for the Hours (paperback)LuluAlmost 500 English chant hymns for every Hour of the Liturgy of the Hours. The PDF is free on this site.
Hymnal for the Hours (hardcover)LuluThe same hymnal, hardbound.
Gregorian Chant Class: Class NotesFr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B. (PDF)His notes for a semester’s chant class at Saint Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, 2021.
Chanting the PrayersFr. Samuel F. Weber, O.S.B. (PDF)A handout on singing the collects and other prayers of the Roman Rite, with their cadences and short examples (2019).
Star of the Sea: the Marian AntiphonsClass notes (PDF)Notes on the Ave Regina caelorum, “Hail, Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star” and the Ave maris stella (2020).
Message of the Mass MelodiesJohn C. Murrett, M.M. (PDF)A book on the Gregorian melodies of the Mass, posted on Fr. Samuel’s site.

Organ music by other composers, posted on Fr. Samuel’s site as music for Mass.

Vingt-et-une Élévations liturgiquesGuy de Lioncourt (PDF)Twenty-one Elevations for organ or harmonium on the Sanctus melodies of the Vatican Edition.
Organ Music on Chant ThemesLioncourt, Murray, Shebbeare, Lee (PDF)Published organ pieces on chant melodies, gathered as book 24 of the organ Propers set, including pieces for Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil.
Organ InterludesDom Gregory Murray, Dom Alphege Shebbeare, John Lee (PDF)Three published collections of short liturgical organ pieces: Short Organ Interludes, The Gregorian Organist and Ten Liturgical Preludes.

For further study of chant and the music of the liturgy.

Church Music Association of Americamusicasacra.comResources, training and the journal Sacred Music.
Corpus Christi Watershedccwatershed.orgA large free library of sacred music with vocal and organ scores side by side.