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Here is an article of interest published at Corpus Christi Watershed.

www.ccwatershed.org/2020/06/07/comparison-15-traditional-catholic-hymnals

Author Daniel Craig wrote:

This article attempts to compare and contrast fifteen traditional Catholic hymnals. I focus on metrical hymns only: not Mass settings, not antiphons, not lectionary readings, not Gregorian hymns, not Responsorial psalms, not propers, so it can be “apples-to-apples.”

Below are the 15 hymnals reviewed, with a link to an index for each hymnal. Read the full article for commentary and photos.

1952 • New Westminster Hymnal (Index)

1964 • Peoples Mass Book (Index)

1981 • Hymns in the Public Domain (Index)

1983 • Summit Choirbook (Index)

1983 • Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles (Index)

1990 • Collegeville Hymnal (Index)

1998 • Catholic Hymn Book (London Oratory) (Index)

2000 • Traditional Roman Hymnal (SSPX) (Index)

2005 • Introit Hymns for the Church Year (Index)

2011 • Worship IV Hymnal (GIA) (Index)

2011 • Adoremus Hymnal (Index)

2011 • St. Michael Hymnal (Index)

2014 • Hymnal for the Hours (Index)

2014 • Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

2018 • The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal (Index)