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PDF Download • “Pre-1955 Holy Saturday” (Draft)

Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2020

ODAY, I’m releasing something I probably shouldn’t—because it’s “not ready for Prime Time.” Let me explain: The indispensable Goupil Gradual books have everything needed for singing the Traditional Latin Mass, but they were missing Holy Saturday. Holy Saturday was slated to be added later; but suddenly Pope Francis gave permission to certain parishes (including ours) to use the Pre-1955 Holy Week. 1 So, I am currently in the process of creating a “double” Holy Saturday—useful for Pre-1955 and/or Post-1955.

You can download this ugly “draft” booklet we’re using in the meantime:

*  PDF Download • Pre-1955 Holy Saturday (DRAFT)
—This is for Pre-1955 Holy Saturday; it looks ugly because it’s a DRAFT.

It’s a handy booklet to have, notwithstanding the fact that many choirs will desire to substitute the longer, supremely gorgeous, more elaborate versions of the plainsong for Holy Saturday:

If you desire a 1962 version (a.k.a. “Post-1955” or “Bugnini Holy Week”) try this draft copy:

*  PDF Download • Holy Saturday (draft) — From 1957
—This is for the “Post-1955” version; in other words, 1962.

 


NOTES FROM THIS ARTICLE:

1   It will be remembered that during the 1950s Annibale Bugnini headed a committee which changed Holy Week.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

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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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

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“I am of the opinion, to be sure, that the old rite should be granted much more generously to all those who desire it. It’s impossible to see what could be dangerous or unacceptable about that. A community is calling its very being into question when it suddenly declares that what until now was its holiest and highest possession is strictly forbidden and when it makes the longing for it seem downright indecent.”

— Cardinal Ratzinger, 1997

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