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Archives for November 2019

Jeff Ostrowski · November 30, 2019

Fr. Wasilewski: “Evil” to Remove Pachamama Idols

His argument about “theft”—such as removing pornography from a church where children might see it—is incorrect and dangerous.

Lucas Tappan · November 26, 2019

Colin Mawby (1936-2019)

We commend his soul to the mercy of our Heavenly Father.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 26, 2019

Are Choirmasters Allowed To Have A Bad Day?

By 1941, Horowitz had been playing Rachmaninov’s 3rd Concerto for 23 years…

Richard J. Clark · November 22, 2019

New England Pueri Cantores Choral Festival and Mass • Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Find Registration and info here.

Andrea Leal · November 21, 2019

PDF Download • “Erunt Signa In Sole” (Advent)

“One of the challenges of a small choir is having enough singers to pull off any kind of polyphony. ” —Andrea Leal

Lucas Tappan · November 19, 2019

Where do we go from here?

We need to break away from simply providing music for the next Sunday’s Masses.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 14, 2019

Dominican Priest Calls Gregorian Chant “Infantile”

Fr. Gerard Lessard is upset that millennials “seem to be mainly interested in returning to Gregorian chant and organ music of the distant past.”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 11, 2019

Video • What Are Common Hymn Melodies?

Short demonstrations by a volunteer parish choir!

Fr. David Friel · November 11, 2019

New Stained Glass Windows of Military Saints

Recently installed at the pastoral center of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

Fr. David Friel · November 9, 2019

The Gratuity of Beauty

Thoughts on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Jeff Ostrowski · November 8, 2019

PDF Download • A Eucharistic Piece My Choir Loves

Including a “preview” of the forthcoming Brébeuf Hymnal SATB Choral Supplement.

Corpus Christi Watershed · November 7, 2019

(1988) • Cardinal Ratzinger Addresses Chilean Bishops

“The grandeur of the liturgy rests upon…rendering tangible the Totally Other, whom we are not capable of summoning.”

Lucas Tappan · November 5, 2019

If You Want to Catch All the Youth

The “Schools Singing Programme” currently serves 4,000 children each year, many from the most economically depressed areas in England…

Fr. David Friel · November 2, 2019

Holy Souls in Purgatory • 15th-Century Missal Illumination

Detail from the Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau

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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

“…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

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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