Gelineau Psalmody

Gelineau psalmody is a method of singing the Psalms that was developed in France by Catholic Jesuit priest Joseph Gelineau around 1953, with English translations appearing some ten years later. Its chief distinctives are:

  • a responsorial structure, with the congregation singing a repeating antiphon between the psalm verses which are sung by a choir or cantor;
  • unlike plainchant or Anglican chant, the verses have a regular metre.

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