Accompaniment: “Credo III” (Parochial Hymnal)

Jeff Ostrowski · April 10, 2017 ·

HE COMPLETE 1936 “Parochial Hymnal” by the indomitable Fr. Carlo Rossini (291 pages) can be downloaded from the website dedicated to the St. Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal, a pew book still forthcoming. Inside that book, you’ll find a simple accompaniment for Credo III:

* * PDF • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT TO CREDO III

For myself, I prefer the version posted on the St. Antoine Daniel website. As usual, the Nova Organi Harmonia version is also worth downloading.

About Jeff Ostrowski

A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.

A quote from Fr. Valentine Young

I had one brother who was out of the church for quite a few years. When my mother was asked, “Did she worry about him?” I remember her answer: “I don’t worry about him; I just pray for him.” She left that in God’s hands. My mother did not live to see her son return to the Church; but he did, and I was able to celebrate his funeral Mass.

—Jeff Ostrowski

“Theoricam practicamque”

In a book printed by Solesmes Abbey in 1902, “Kyrie Rex Genitor” is also called Theoricam practicamque. Can anyone explain why?

And how does that translate into English? “Theoricam practicamque vitam regens Deus Pater.”

—Jeff Ostrowski

Discussion on Facebook

This old holy card says it all…

For priests, it reads: “In memory of that day on which was given what is not given to angels—that I should offer God to God.”

—Jeff Ostrowski

Discussion on Facebook

There is a lack of that kind of organization which favors mature judgment. Move on, move on, get it out. Schemata are multiplied without ever arriving at a considered form. The system of discussion is bad … Often the schemata arrive just before the discussions. Sometimes, and in important matters, such as the new anaphoras, the schema was distributed the evening before the discussion was to take place … Father Bugnini has only one interest: press ahead and finish.

— Cardinal Antonelli (Peritus during the Second Vatican Council)