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Cantus Christi 2020: Psalter & Hymnal

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Cantus Christi

Recover our great Christian musical heritage!

Our affections are shaped and molded by the music we sing and hear. Currently, the happy clappy Evangelical church is limited to a very small range of musical expression, and if our music does not train us to vigorously celebrate or to bitterly lament, how will we and our children be prepared when great victories or great tragedies confront us. Will we have the right words come to our minds?

What songs are inside?

This hymnal includes

  • some familar classics (A Mighty Fortress; And Can It Be; Holy, Holy, Holy; When I Survey the Wondrous Cross)
  • some memorable but unknown compositions (St. Patrick's Breastplate; The Son of God Goes Forth to War) and
  • over a hundred and twenty Psalms
  •  Complete Psalter with triple the settings: Cantus 2020 contains at least one complete metrical setting of every Psalm (increased from 114 to 300)
  • More than double the number of Hymns (increased from 189 to 402, yes now it includes Amazing Grace!)
  • More Service Music (increased from 28 to 42)
  • More fuguing tunes (increased from 6 to 26)
  • Removed all chants, decreased the bulk of the Genevan Psalms by half, and added all 50 through-composed Erb Psalms.
Cantus features
  • Minor updates and corrections have been made.
  • Page count doubled: 478 to 830 pages. The price did not double: $29.95 list price
  • Easy-clean gray Kivar cover stock
  • Weight increase: 2.3lbs to 2.7lbs (width increase: 1.5” to 1.75”)
  • All-new formatting with high-visibility page numbers and text
  • Introductions by Douglas Wilson, Ben Zornes, and Michael E. Owens
  • Original, unabridged lyrics for classic songs
Recordings & resources
Publishing details

AUTHOR: Christ Church

PREFACE: Douglas Wilson

PAGE COUNT: 820

SIZE: 6x9.5"

BINDING: Hardback

ISBN-13: 9781734676501

ISBN-10: 1734676507

Product information

This is a preorder. Cantuses are scheduled to ship by Feb 9.

Bulk orders continue to receive a 10% discount for quantities over $40, but they do not receive free shipping after Dec 15.

This is not a new edition of the 2020 Cantus as only two changes have occurred.

  • typo corrections
  • price adjustment from $23 to $29 to cover costs enough to maintain stock

Sing

Psalms

like the once imprisoned minister John Durie, joined by thousands of Scots whose praises alarmed a chief persecutor more than anything else he'd seen in Scotland.

Sing

Hymns

that trains you to vigorously celebrate or to bitterly lament, that prepares us and our children when great victories or great tragedies confront us.

Sing

Spiritual Songs

that flexes muscles long atrophied by happy clappy, Jesus-is-my-boyfriend radio hits, and hear strong harmonies by your congregation, not just a special choir.

Customer Reviews

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Brad
Wife loved it. She is much more in to hymn books than I am

As noted, bought this for my wife. (Got the No Quarter November hat for myself.) A well constructed hymnal, and my wife really likes the hymns, especially the theological content of the lyrics. A good addition to her mostly Baptist collection of hymnals.

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Connor M.
Excellent Hymnal

Shipped quickly with no damage, an excellent hymnal for every church. Large ranges of music form from easy to quite difficult. Contains almost every classic hymn.

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Richard F.

The best

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Katherine W.
Excellent

Beautifully bound. A blessing for our Sunday supper worship. Thank you.

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Skylar D.

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Joseph S.

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Graham P.
An excellent collection of songs worth singing

What a delight to see all of this great musical treasure I’ve been ignorant of for most of my life! I’ve only just started going through the music, but it has been encouraging and fun to see how saints from the past (and present) have been flexing their creative muscle to help us find the right tunes and lyrics to praise our great God. And a Psalter! What better way to “store up Thy word in my heart”?

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James Z.

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Paige L.

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MICHAEL C.
Great addition to family worship

Its great to be able to sing songs that are honoring to God in our family worship and it also helps our family prepare for church each week.