The Psalms of David

The Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 prayers--prayers that, even from their original composition, were meant to be sung. The manner in which these have been sung in the English tradition has been known as "Anglican Chant."

Evolving out of the plainsong psalm tones, Anglican Chant was the result of parts being added to the melody, and an effort to match the natural speech-rhythm of English to metered music written for the Latin tongue. While Anglican Chant was well established by the eighteenth century, its golden age was the Victorian era, when it became a prominent part of worship and many new tunes were composed.

This version of Anglican psalmody was arranged and pointed by Dr. George Howell Guest (1924-2002) during his tenure as Choirmaster and University Organist at St. John's College, Cambridge. His career at St. John's included the production of some sixty choral recordings, countless radio broadcasts, and numerous international tours.

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UPDATES ON REPRINTINGS AND REPLENTISHING OF ANGLICAN PARISHES ASSOCIATION’S STOCK

The project of reprinting several titles is already underway, but we have no estimated date for availability. We are hoping to be fully restocked within 12 months. We have had a hiatus of several years in our printing projects because we used our printing budget to produce The Anglican Altar Missal, which was a tremendously expensive endeavor.

Now that we have begun to build up printing funds again, we are in the process of reprinting the red hardback "Pew Copies" of the 1928 Book of Common Prayer. They are currently in the process of being bound. We expect to have them in hand very soon, though we still do not have an actual ETA.

We will then have reprinted:

*** The Traditional Saint Augustine Prayer Book

*** The People's Anglican Missal

*** The leather bound combination of The BCP/King James Bible

You may email your name, e-address and phone number, along with the title/s of the book you are interested in ordering to: apabooks@anglicancatholic.org.

Your name and contact information will go on the list of persons who want to be immediately notified when these books are available for order, so that you can pre-order a copy and secure your order ahead of the crowd.

Thank you.