Lyric Psalter by Marty Haugen and Tony Alonso

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The Lyric Psalter is a comprehensive resource from Tony Alonso and Marty Haugen that includes lyrical settings of the complete three-year cycle of Psalms from the Lectionary for Mass. It uses texts from The Revised Grail Psalms, designated to be the official English-language Psalter used in future Roman Catholic liturgical books. These psalms are designed to be a complete resource that will provide lyrical settings of the Lectionary psalms for use in worship for the entire Lectionary cycle. Haugen and Alonso's melodies, both familiar and new, beautifully express the outpouring of deep personal emotion communicated through these most ancient poems, songs, and prayers. This comprehensive musical resource with which to cry out, will add variety and beauty to your repertoire of responsorial psalms.

Lyric Psalter

the lyric psalter:
Year B

These psalms are designed to be a complete resource that will provide lyrical settings of the Lectionary psalms for use in worship for the entire Lectionary cycle. Haugen and Alonso's melodies, both familiar and new, beautifully express the outpouring of deep personal emotion communicated through these most ancient poems, songs, and prayers.

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Lyric Psalter

the lyric psalter:
solemnities, feasts, and other occasions

The first edition in this series of four includes psalms for solemnities, feasts, and other occasions of the liturgical year like Thanksgiving, Labor Day, and Independence Day.

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The Lyric Psalter by Tony Alonso and Marty Haugen is a welcome and beautiful rendering of The Revised Grail Psalms. They clothe the text of the Psalms with melodies that invite you to sing with joy and hope, praise and gratitude, wonder and blessing. What a wonderful contribution they have made to our liturgical celebrations.


—Abbot Gregory J. Polan, O.S.B.,
Conception Abbey and Conception Seminary College, Conception, Missouri

Lyric Psalter

the lyric psalter: year A

The year A edition has been made available in time for use during the 2014 liturgical year. These psalms are designed to be a complete resource that will provide lyrical settings of the Lectionary psalms for use in worship for the entire Lectionary cycle.

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This practical collection allows ensembles to wed the texts of our common liturgical psalter to the best of our contemporary artistry. It is a gift to any community that desires to draw assemblies, Sunday by Sunday, into the beauty of the Psalms through the familiar and engaging musical style of our Church today.


—Diana Macalintal,
Director of Worship, Diocese of San Jose

Lyric Psalter

the lyric psalter: year c

The year C edition has been made available in time for use during the 2013 liturgical year. These psalms are designed to be a complete resource that will provide lyrical settings of the Lectionary psalms for use in worship for the entire Lectionary cycle.

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The approval of Benedictine Abbot Gregory Pollan's revision of the Grail Psalter for liturgical use in the United States has enriched the English-speaking world with a translation faithful to the original Hebrew, informed by usage in the Roman Rite, and contoured toward song. In The Lyric Psalter, Marty Haugen and Tony Alonso have crafted musical settings for these new texts eminently suitable as Responsorial Psalms for the Liturgy of the Word at Mass. Written to the prescribed liturgical structure, these settings provide: 1) antiphons truly singable by a congregation, paired with a descant for those communities wishing to adorn the antiphon musically once the congregation is secure in its part; 2) verses in "psalm tune" style (i.e., a notated melody for each verse sharing a fundamental melodic curve) intended to be sung by a cantor or schola; and 3) keyboard and guitar chord accompaniments. Best of all, many of the settings retain or modify melodies that have become congregational favorites from earlier volumes of the Psalms for the Church Year. For those worshiping communities seeking musical settings of Responsorial Psalms other than psalm-tones, Gelineau-style "pulsed" tones, or through-composed pieces, The Lyric Psalter provides a rich pastoral resource.


—Michael Joncas,
Composer, author, and teacher