1963 Edition – According to the Rubrics of 1962 / Nº 801

Latin Chant with Gregorian Notation 

English Rubrics and Instructions

This reprinting was the last printing of the Liber Usualis before the changes in the liturgy took place a few years after the Second Vatican Council. This reprinted edition is from 1963 with the 1962 rubrics which are in English and not in Latin, as some of the more recent printings have been. They have kept the original Gregorian notation for the chant.

 This printing has added on the last pages of this edition a supplement for the “Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary” (celebrated on the 22nd of August); that is, the addition of the tract to be said during Septuagesima season & Lent; as well as the extra Alleluia to be said during the Easter season in place of the gradual. This addition was made at the request of those who use this Mass as a votive Mass during the liturgical year since these additions are not in the original Liber Usualis.

Also, this edition has updated the table of moveable feasts. The table is current up to the year 2051.

Otherwise, this edition is an exact reprint of the original.