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Resources • 4th Sunday after Easter (1962 Missal)

Jeff Ostrowski · May 1, 2015

RESPONSES FOR HIGH MASS

PDF Score (Singer) • printed on a single sheet

PROCESSIONAL

Organist.

VIDI AQUAM

Vidi Aquam (Singer PDF) • (PDF) Organ Accompaniment • YouTube

INTROIT • Sung by the men only.

PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer)

KYRIE ELEISON • Palestrina Parody Mass

To practice the polyphony for the 1st Section, you must locate #5054.

To practice the (solfège) polyphony for the 2nd Section, you must locate #5053.

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS • Zachariis (†1594)

To practice, you must locate #5051.

EASTERTIDE GRADUAL (ALLELUIA)

To practice, you must locate #5050.

You don’t need to practice the chant verses which change each week.

CREDO IV • Alternatim

PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer) • Organist

OFFRT. ANTIPHON

PDF Score (Singer)

OFFRT. HYMN • Vita Sanctorum with Refrain

To practice, you must locate #5049.

Score for organist—which will accompany the verses ONLY—can be downloaded here.

SANCTUS • Palestrina (“Vexilla”)

To practice the polyphic “Hosanna,” you must locate #5048.

You don’t need to practice the Chant Part.

AGNUS DEI • Guillaume Dufay (d. 1474)

To practice, you must locate #5047.

COMM. ANTIPHON

PDF Score (Singer) • Practice Audio (Singer)

COMMUNION HYMN • Salve Festa Dies

PDF Score (Singer) • YouTube • Organist

Singers who want to learn the REFRAIN in harmony—and ONLY the Refrain—must locate #5046.

RECESSIONAL HYMN • 844 Come, Ye Faithful, Raise The Strain

From Campion Hymnal.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Michigan. —(Read full biography).

“Music List” • 17th in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (27 July 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are conveniently stored at the the feasts website.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Communion • “Ask & You Shall Receive”

All of the chants for 27 July 2025 have been added to the feasts website, as usual under a convenient “drop down” menu. The COMMUNION ANTIPHON (both text and melody) are exceedingly beautiful and ancient.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff’s Mother Joins Our Fundraiser

To assist our fundraiser, Mrs. Kathleen Ostrowski has drawn several beautiful sketches which she offers to all our readers free of charge. If you have a moment, I invite you download them at this link.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Pope Pius XII Hymnal?

Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.

—Corpus Christi Watershed

“Hybrid” Chant Notation?

Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.

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Antiphons Don’t Match?

A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).

—Corpus Christi Watershed