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Views from the Choir Loft

PDF Download • Rare German Hymnal (879 pages)

Jeff Ostrowski · March 6, 2018

90119 Proofreaders ERE’S a dirty little secret about hymnal editors: some do nothing more than compile hymns from their youth plus additions from 2-3 major hymnals. We have taken a different approach in the creation of the St. Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal—for five years, we have collected 77,000 pages from rare Catholic hymnals, choosing the very best. We have also commissioned contemporary texts and melodies. Ours is unlike any hymn book produced in the last 100 years.

Most German hymnals we’ve come across contain words only—but this one has harmonies:

    * *  PDF Download • 1847 Hymnal (879 pages)

For reasons I don’t fully understand, the most beautiful hymn tunes we’ve discovered are usually English or German in origin.

Before long, proofreading will begin for the Brébeuf hymnal. Those interested in proofreading the St. Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal should email the committee. My understanding is they’re searching for proofreaders. Make sure the word “proofreader” is in your email subject line.

What Dr. Hugo Riemann has to say about Fr. Lück’s Hymnal:

Gesang- und Gebetbuch für die Diözese Trier (1847)
“Hymnal and Prayer Book for the Diocese of Trier” (1847)

Lück, Stephan, b. Jan. 9, 1806, Linz-a-Rh., d. Nov. 4, 1883, Trèves, studied at Linz, Bonn, Trèves, took holy orders Sept. 20, 1828; up to 1831 he was chaplain at Kreuznach, up to 1835 parish priest at Waldalgesheim, up to 1849 professor of moral philosophy at the clerical college, Trèves, and, finally, became member of the cathedral chapter in that city. Lück distinguished himself in the restoration of Catholic Church music. He published; “Gesang und Gebetbuch für die Diöcese Trier” (1846); “Theoretisch-praktische Anleitung zur Herstellung eines würdigen Kirchengesanges” (1856); “Sammlung ausgezeichneter Kompositionen für die Kirche” (1859)—the 2nd edition (in four volumes) was published by M. Hermesdorff (1884) and H. Oberhoffer (1885).

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

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    Anyone who desires simplified antiphons (“psalm tone versions”) for 2 February, the Feast of the Purification—which is also known as “Candlemas” or the Feast of the Presentation—may freely download them. The texts of the antiphons are quite beautiful.
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    Tempo?? • 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘞𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦
    Once, after Mass, my pastor said he really loved the hymn we did. I said: “Father, that's Holy God, We Praise Thy Name—you never heard it before?” He replied: “But the way you did it was terrific. For once, it didn't sound like a funeral dirge!” Last Sunday, our volunteer choir sang that hymn. I think the tempo was just about right … but what do you think?
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“Since the English is not meant to be sung—but only to tell people who do not understand Latin what the hymn text means—a simple paraphrase in prose is sufficient. The versions are not always very literal. (Literal translations from Latin hymns would often look odd in English.) I have tried to give in a readable, generally rhythmic form the real meaning of the text.”

— Father Adrian Fortescue (d. 1923)

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