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Archives for November 2017

Jeff Ostrowski · November 29, 2017

PDF Download • “How To Serve Mass” (1651)

“Pausing a little, arise, make Adoration to the Sacrament, give the Pax to those present, observe Order of calling, and Years…”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 29, 2017

Msgr. Knox • “Ten Commandments” for Crime Stories

Knox was a founding member of the “Detection Club,” which included Agatha Christie and G. K. Chesterton.

Lucas Tappan · November 28, 2017

7 Rules • “Your Family and Adventide”

Children need to see that everything takes second place to your relationship with Christ.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 27, 2017

PBS • “Gregorian Chant at the Seminary”

At the time I’m posting, this video has 355 views—let’s see if we can raise that number!

Jeff Ostrowski · November 27, 2017

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Here are some books you might consider…

Jeff Ostrowski · November 25, 2017

PDF Download • “Evening Masses and Days of Obligation” (58 pages)

Permission has been given to post this marvelous 2016 dissertation by Fr. Shawn Tunink.

Veronica Brandt · November 25, 2017

Sing Salve Regina in Your Rosary

A good chant to begin with. Print a copy with interlinear translation and join with one of the best known chants from the Church Universal.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 25, 2017

Final Sunday after Pentecost (4th in November)

“And from the fig-tree learn a parable: when the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you know that summer is nigh.”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 24, 2017

“Simultaneous Fulfillment” of Mass Obligation?

Christmas falls on a Monday this year—but documentation shows “double dipping” is forbidden.

Richard J. Clark · November 24, 2017

Unapologetically Roman Catholic in New York City

They open the doors to people of all faiths and backgrounds. But they will celebrate the Eucharist, Adore the Blessed Sacrament, and administer the sacraments boldly out on the open for all to witness and experience.

Andrew Leung · November 23, 2017

Arvo Pärt received the Ratzinger Prize

“A beautiful choice, that of the commission, aimed at pointing out that new way for theology that is music”

Lucas Tappan · November 21, 2017

“Meet Me In St. Louis”

Jeff recently asked if directors take choir pictures and I can’t say I do—but thankfully others did.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 20, 2017

Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua…

“The heavens and the earth proclaim thy glory…”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 20, 2017

PDF Download • Authentic Irish Hymnal (164 pages)

Imagine the amount of time required to typeset something like this!

Jeff Ostrowski · November 17, 2017

Choir Members Photograph

Do you take pictures of your choir? Photographs can serve as nice reminders of wonderful experiences.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2017

“23rd” {repeat} Sunday after Pentecost (3rd in November)

“…and without parables He did not speak to them; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2017

A Hymn That Just Keeps Popping Up

Bach’s music inhabits “a still and serious world…without color, without light, without motion” from which we cannot break away.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 15, 2017

The Man Who Thrice Rejected Knighthood

Excerpt from a documentary on “St. Thomas More” (Paul Scofield) which in 1966 won six Oscars at the Academy Awards.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 13, 2017

SATB “Alleluia” (Fr. Morales) • for both OF and EF

This piece is perfect for “stealthily” adding polyphony to the Ordinary Form.

Lucas Tappan · November 13, 2017

Music and Evangelization

It’s an incredibly refreshing and dare I say beautiful movement within the Church today…

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19 May 2022 • “Trochee Trouble”

I’m still trying to decide how to visually present the “pure” Editio Vaticana scores, using what is (technically) the official rhythm of the Church. You can download my latest attempt, for this coming Sunday. Notice the “trochee trouble” as well as the old issue of neumes before the quilisma.

—Jeff Ostrowski
16 May 2022 • Harmonized Chant?

This year’s upcoming Sacred Music Symposium will demonstrate several ways to sing the CREDO at Mass. This is because—for many parishes—to sing a full-length polyphonic CREDO by Victoria or Palestrina is out of the question. Therefore, we show options that are halfway between plainsong and polyphony. You can hear my choir rehearsing a section that sounds like harmonized plainsong.

—Jeff Ostrowski
14 May 2022 • “Pure” Vatican Edition

As readers know, my choir has been singing from the “pure” Editio Vaticana. That is to say, the official rhythm which—technically—is the only rhythm allowed by the Church. I haven’t figured out how I want the scores to look, so in the meantime we’ve been using temporary scores that look like this. Stay tuned!

—Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“There are no hymns, in this sense, till the fourth century; they were not admitted to the Roman office till the twelfth. No Eastern rite to this day knows this kind of hymn. Indeed, in our Roman rite we still have the archaic offices of the last days of Holy Week and of the Easter octave, which—just because they are archaic—have no hymns.”

— Adrian Fortescue (25 March 1916)

Recent Posts

  • PDF Download • “A Canon Choirs Love!”
  • On Mistakes (Part I of II)
  • 19 May 2022 • “Trochee Trouble”
  • “Gregorian Chant Not In Danger Pope Tells French”
  • PDF Download • “O Salutaris” (Modern Setting)

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