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Archives for February 2018

Jeff Ostrowski · February 28, 2018

Contemporary “Stabat Mater” (SATB)

You’ve never heard this arrangement before—perfect for Lent.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 25, 2018

“Tu Es Petrus” (Rec. 2017 Symposium)

No matter how many people imitate John Denver on the guitar in our churches, Palestrina and Victoria will always be loved and sought by serious Catholics.

Veronica Brandt · February 24, 2018

Build your Music Theory Skills

How to Finally Acquire a Musical Education While Still in College or Anywhere Else (with apologies to James V Schall)

Jeff Ostrowski · February 22, 2018

“First Run Through” • Guerrero’s Kyrie

“To put it simply, I was pierced by the beauty of the liturgy in a way I have never before experienced.” —2017 participant

Andrew Leung · February 22, 2018

The Smoke of Satan

Blessed Pope Paul VI: “The smoke of Satan has entered the Church.”

Lucas Tappan · February 20, 2018

Building Your Choir Vocally

If more choirmasters were honest with themselves, they would probably acknowledge that no more than 25 to 40 percent of their singers are actually leaders within their choirs.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 19, 2018

Rare Lenten Hymns You’ve Not Sung

“Our hymnbooks know nothing of such a treasure as this, and give us pages of poor sentiment in doggerel lines by some tenth-rate modern versifier.” —Fr. Fortescue

Fr. David Friel · February 18, 2018

St. Thomas More on the Reception of Holy Communion

“Let us not lose this time…for we can hardly tell whether we will ever get in to church again or not.” —St. Thomas More

Veronica Brandt · February 17, 2018

Towards a Standard Protocol for Frayed Ribbons

Adding ribbons sounds like a fine idea, until they fray and come adrift. Serious bookmakers take precautions to stop ribbons fraying, but even amateurs can learn from these tips.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 15, 2018

Phone Interview • Fr. Guy Nicholls, Cong. Orat.

The Blessed John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music (England) has a big announcement!

Jeff Ostrowski · February 13, 2018

Hymn Tunes That Are Actually The Same

Look carefully at this image…

Lucas Tappan · February 13, 2018

Review • Fr. White’s Tools for Rebuilding

I’m edified by Fr. White’s work, but hope his regard for “church growth” doesn’t negate the Sacramental and supernatural nature of the Church.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 12, 2018

“Live Excerpts” … With One Rehearsal

This is something we will do again, because I think there’s great potential here.

Fr. David Friel · February 10, 2018

1940’s Prayer for Priests

“Fit me, I pray Thee, for this task…”

Jeff Ostrowski · February 9, 2018

How Medieval Books Were Made

Absolutely *fascinating* beyond words!

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    Vespers Booklet (4th Sunday of Lent)
    The organ accompaniment booklet (24 pages) which I created for the 4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”) may now be downloaded, for those who desire such a thing.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Vespers Booklet, 3rd Sunday of Lent
    The organ accompaniment I created for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (“Extraordinary Form”) may now be downloaded, if anyone is interested in this.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Weeping For Joy! (We Hope!)
    Listening to this Easter Alleluia—an SATB arrangement I made twenty years ago based on the work of Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel—one of our readers left this comment: “I get tears in my eyes each time I sing to this hymn.” I hope this person is weeping for joy!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“…it would be a very praiseworthy thing and the correction would be so easy to make that one could accommodate the chant by gradual changes; and through this it would not lose its original form, since it is only through the binding together of many notes put under short syllables that they become long without any good purpose when it would be sufficient to give one note only.”

— Zarlino (1558) anticipating the Medicæa

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