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Motecta Trium Vocum • Motets For Three Voices

OMPOSER KEVIN ALLEN has set twelve Eucharistic Motets for three voices. The texts are appropriate at all times of the Liturgical year. Feel free to listen to an audio sample. And don’t forget that Matthew J. Curtis has recorded a CD of the entire collection. Share this promotional video with your friends. This special performance edition avoids all page turns and includes Psalm Tone texts in Latin and English so the length will always match perfectly the Liturgical action:

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1. Desidero Mi Jesu   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

2. O Salutaris Hostia   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

3. Anima Christi   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

4. Domine, Non Sum Dignus   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

5. Sicut Novellae Olivarum   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

6. Ave Sacer Christi Sanguis   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

7. O Sacrum Convivium   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

8. Panis Angelicus   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

9. Tantum Ergo   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

10. Te Decet Laus   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

11. Paratur Nobis   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

12. O Sanctissima   •   Video Sample (Equal Voices)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

ALTHOUGH THIS COLLECTION was designed for SSA or TTB choirs, the compositions also work well for mixed choirs, and a special transposition table has been included to help the choirmaster. Here’s how these motets sound in the transposed range:

Panis Angelicus (transposed for mixed choirs)   •   Video Sample

PRACTICE VIDEO (Primus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Secundus)

PRACTICE VIDEO (Tertius)

O Salutaris (transposed for mixed choirs)   •   Video Sample

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President’s Corner

    2-Voice Arr. • “Creator of the Starry Height”
    Do you direct a choir consisting of women or children only? (Some call this a “treble” choir.) Download a two-voice arrangement of Creator of the Starry Height set to the tune of IOANNES by clicking here and then scrolling to the bottom. In our times, this hymn is normally used during ADVENT, and the Latin title is: Cónditor alme síderum. It’s important to say “cónditor”—placing the accent on the antepenult—because ‘condítor’ in Latin means “one who embalms the dead.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Equal Voices” Choir Pieces
    My colleague, CORRINNE MAY, has posted some delightful compositions for equal voices: that is, choirs consisting of all men or all women. Included there are settings of the “Ave Maria” and “Tantum Ergo.” They strike me as relatively simple and not excessively lengthy. (In other words, within reach of volunteer singers.) Even better, all the scores have been made available as instant PDF downloads, completely free of charge. Bravo!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Typo in the “Missale Romanum” (1962)
    The 1962 MISSALE ROMANUM was a transitional missal. It was on its way to becoming the 1970 version, but wasn’t there yet. It eliminated certain duplications, downplayed the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar, expanded the role of laymen, minimized the Last Gospel, made many items optional, and so forth. Father Valentine Young spotted many typos in the 1962 MISSALE ROMANUM, especially incorrect accents. The Offertory Antiphon for this coming Sunday (OF kalendar) contains an error, citing the wrong verse from Psalm 118. It should be 118:107b, not 118:154. If you read verse 154, you’ll understand how that error crept in. [In this particular case, the error pre-dates the 1962 Missal, since the 1940s hand-missal by Father Lasance also gets it wrong.]
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Our Father” • Musical Setting?
    Looking through a Roman Catholic Hymnal published in 1859 by Father Guido Maria Dreves (d. 1909), I stumbled upon this very beautiful tune (PDF file). I feel it would be absolutely perfect to set the “Our Father” in German to music. Thoughts?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    New Bulletin Article • “12 October 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for our parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article (dated 12 October 2025) talks about an ‘irony’ or ‘paradox’ regarding the 1960s switch to a wider use (amplior locus) of vernacular in the liturgy.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “American Catholic Hymnal” (1991)
    The American Catholic Hymnal, with IMPRIMATUR granted (25 April 1991) by the Archdiocese of Chicago, is like a compendium of every horrible idea from the 1980s. Imagine being forced to stand all through Communion (even afterwards) when those self-same ‘enlightened’ liturgists moved the SEQUENCE before the Alleluia to make sure congregations wouldn’t have to stand during it. (Even worse, everything about the SEQUENCE—including its name—means it should follow the Alleluia.) And imagine endlessly repeating “Alleluia” during Holy Communion at every single Mass. It was all part of an effort to convince people that Holy Communion was historically a procession (which it wasn’t).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The Humanists abominated the rhythmical poetry of the Middle Ages from an exaggerated enthusiasm for ancient classical forms and meters. Hymnody then received its death blow as, on the revision of the Breviary under Pope Urban VIII, the medieval rhythmical hymns were forced into more classical forms by means of so-called corrections.”

— Father Clemens Blume, S.J.

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