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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 8, 2020

6 May 2022

Morales Alleluia = #78969
THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
78969 • Alleluia for OF & EF (Morales Magnificat)

Page 697 from The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal
…rehearsal videos are at #697 and also #868
THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY
“Christ the Lord is risen today”
TUNE: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 D

53998 • “NOH Fauxbourdon”
THIS IS YOUR THIRD PRIORITY
…rehearsal videos are at #53998

5454 • Guerrero SANCTUS & HOSANNA (“Iste Sanctus”)
Make sure you still remember #5454

The CRUX FIDELIS has been added!
#54161 “Crux Fidelis” (Maria Quinn)

The 9:00am Sanctus is
#5454 • Guerrero SANCTUS & HOSANNA (“Iste Sanctus”)
#5305 • Guerrero BENEDICTUS(“Iste Sanctus”)

7 April 2022

Page 441 • #441
YOU MUST KNOW THIS
Salve Caput Cruentatum (“O Sacred Head, surrounded”)
Translation: Sir Henry Williams Baker
TUNE: “Passion Chorale” • 76 76 D

Van Nuffel “Alleluia” for Easter
YOU MUST KNOW THIS
5909 • “O Filii Et Filiae” (Jules Van Nuffel)
rehearsal videos: #5909

Morales Alleluia = #78969
YOU MUST KNOW THIS
78969 • Alleluia for OF & EF (Morales Magnificat)

Kyrie Pars i • “Kyrie”
YOU MUST KNOW THIS
54434 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot) — Part 1 of 3
Learn before Sunday: #54434

Kyrie Pars ii • “Christe”
YOU MUST KNOW THIS
54702 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot)
Learn before Sunday: #54702

The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal • #42 “Grosser Gott”
Practice it here with #802
Ad Cenam Agni Providi (“At the Lamb’s high feast we sing”)
YOU MUST KNOW THIS
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
SEVENTH TUNE: “Grosser Gott 7B” • 77 77 D

If you don’t know it already, please look at “Agnus Dei”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/tag/piecemeal-agnus-dei/
That link has Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

For the future, be practicing Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13:
Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13 from the following website:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/
There is a “Canon Extension” for Credo VII by Guerrero which is #62964

Please be learning Hymn #093 • “SAXONY”
Not a major priority at this time
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic; that means it’s identical to #215)

At some point we will learn Maria Quinn O Sanctissima.
At some point we will learn Kevin Allen 4-Part Tantum Ergo.

31 March 2022

Page 441 • #441
Salve Caput Cruentatum (“O Sacred Head, surrounded”)
Translation: Sir Henry Williams Baker
TUNE: “Passion Chorale” • 76 76 D

Van Nuffel “Alleluia” for Easter
THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
5909 • “O Filii Et Filiae” (Jules Van Nuffel)
rehearsal videos: #5909

Morales Alleluia = #78969
THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY
78969 • Alleluia for OF & EF (Morales Magnificat)

Kyrie Pars i • “Kyrie”
54434 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot) — Part 1 of 3
Learn before Sunday: #54434

Kyrie Pars ii • “Christe”
54702 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot)
Learn before Sunday: #54702

Kevin Allen “Si Ambulavero” is towards the bottom of this page:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/matri/

The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal • #42 “Grosser Gott”
Practice it here with #802
Ad Cenam Agni Providi (“At the Lamb’s high feast we sing”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
SEVENTH TUNE: “Grosser Gott 7B” • 77 77 D

If you don’t know it already, please look at “Agnus Dei”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/tag/piecemeal-agnus-dei/
That link has Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

For the future, be practicing Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13:
Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13 from the following website:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/
There is a “Canon Extension” for Credo VII by Guerrero which is #62964

Please be learning Hymn #093 • “SAXONY”
Not a major priority at this time
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic; that means it’s identical to #215)

At some point we will learn Maria Quinn O Sanctissima.
At some point we will learn Kevin Allen 4-Part Tantum Ergo.

25 March 2022

Kyrie Pars i • “Kyrie”
THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
54434 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot) — Part 1 of 3
Learn before Sunday: #54434

Kyrie Pars ii • “Christe”
THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY
54702 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot)
Learn before Sunday: #54702

Kevin Allen “Si Ambulavero” is towards the bottom of this page:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/matri/

Please be learning Hymn #093 • “SAXONY”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic; that means it’s identical to #215)

Van Nuffel “Alleluia” for Easter
5909 • “O Filii Et Filiae” (Jules Van Nuffel)
rehearsal videos: #5909

Morales Alleluia = #78969
78969 • Alleluia for OF & EF (Morales Magnificat)

The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal • #42 “Grosser Gott”
Practice it here with #802
Ad Cenam Agni Providi (“At the Lamb’s high feast we sing”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
SEVENTH TUNE: “Grosser Gott 7B” • 77 77 D

If you don’t know it already, please look at “Agnus Dei”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/tag/piecemeal-agnus-dei/
That link has Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

For the future, be practicing Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13:
Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13 from the following website:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/
There is a “Canon Extension” for Credo VII by Guerrero which is #62964

Please be learning Hymn #266
We’ve practiced this one a whole lot
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic, and identical to #220 and #240)

Number 144 • “Aus Der Tiefe”
Ave Vivens Hostia (“Hail, true Victim, life and light”)
Not a major priority at this time
https://ccwatershed.org/hymn/

19 March 2022

Kevin Allen “Si Ambulavero” is towards the bottom of this page:
THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
https://www.ccwatershed.org/matri/

Please look at “Christe”
THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY
54702 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot)
https://www.ccwatershed.org/polyphony/

Please be learning Hymn #093
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic; that means it’s identical to #215)

If you don’t know it already, please look at “Agnus Dei”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/tag/piecemeal-agnus-dei/
That link has Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

For the future, be practicing Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13:
Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13 from the following website:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/
There is a “Canon Extension” for Credo VII by Guerrero which is #62964

Please be learning Hymn #266
We’ve practiced this one a whole lot
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic, and identical to #220 and #240)

Number 144
Ave Vivens Hostia (“Hail, true Victim, life and light”)
Not a major priority at this time
https://ccwatershed.org/hymn/

11 March 2022

Please look at “Christe”
THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY
54702 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot)
https://www.ccwatershed.org/polyphony/

Kevin Allen “Si Ambulavero” is towards the bottom of this page:
THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY
https://www.ccwatershed.org/matri/

Please be learning Hymn #093
THIS IS YOUR THIRD PRIORITY
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic; that means it’s identical to #215)

If you don’t know it already, please look at “Agnus Dei”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/tag/piecemeal-agnus-dei/
That link has Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

For the future, be practicing Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13:
Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13 from the following website:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/

Please be learning Hymn #266
We’ve practiced this one a whole lot
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic, and identical to #220 and #240)

Number 144
Ave Vivens Hostia (“Hail, true Victim, life and light”)
Not a major priority at this time
https://ccwatershed.org/hymn/

Please be learning Hymn #480 (STABAT MATER)
Not a major priority at this time
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/

10 March 2022

Please be learning Hymn #093
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic; that means it’s identical to #215)

Please be learning Hymn #480 (STABAT MATER)
Not a major priority at this time
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/

5 March 2022

Please be learning Hymn #266
https://www.ccwatershed.org/hymn/
(It’s strophic, and identical to #220 and #240)

Number 144
Ave Vivens Hostia (“Hail, true Victim, life and light”)
Not a major priority at this time
https://ccwatershed.org/hymn/

Please look at “Christe”
54702 • Kyrie from “Missa Philomena” (Verdelot)
https://www.ccwatershed.org/polyphony/

If you don’t know it already, please look at “Agnus Dei”
https://www.ccwatershed.org/tag/piecemeal-agnus-dei/
That link has Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3

Please be learning “Si Ambulavero” from this page:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/2016/09/14/matri-divinae-gratiae-opus-mariae-dedicatum/

For the future, be practicing Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13:
Kyrie 4, Credo 7, Sanctus 13 from the following website:
https://www.ccwatershed.org/kyriale/

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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 Michigan. —(Read full biography).

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    Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC I created for the The Ascension of the Lord—“Festum Ascensionis Domini”—which is transferred to 17 May 2026 in our diocese. Please feel free to download it as a PDF file if such a thing interests you. The OFFERTORY (“Ascéndit Deus in jubilatióne”) is particularly beautiful and the ENTRANCE CHANT is simply splendid. As always, readers may go directly to the flourishing feasts website, where the complete Propria Missae may be downloaded free of charge.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”
    Yesterday morning, I recorded myself singing the ENTRANCE CHANT for Pentecost Sunday while simultaneously accompanying myself on the pipe organ. Click here to see how that came out. At the end of the antiphon, there’s a triple Allelúja and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration. The organ accompaniment—along with the musical score for singers—can be downloaded free of charge at the flourishing feasts website. For the record, the antiphon on Pentecost Sunday doesn’t come from a psalm; it comes from the book of Wisdom.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”
    Over the past few years, I’ve been harmonizing all the vernacular plainsong Introit settings by the CHAUMONOT COMPOSERS GROUP. This coming Sunday—10 May 2026—is the 6th Sunday of Easter (Year A). The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.” However, I’d rank this accompaniment as my best yet. In this rehearsal video, I attempt to sing it while simultaneously accompanying myself on the pipe organ. The musical score [for singers] as well as my organ accompaniment can be downloaded free of charge from the flourishing feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of May (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)
    I published an article on 11 November 2023 called Wedding March For The Lazy Organist, which rather offhandedly made reference to a simplified version I created in 2007 for Pachelbel’s Canon. I often use it as a PROCESSIONAL for weddings and quinceañeras. Many organists say they “hate” Pachelbel’s Canon. But I love it. I think it’s bright and beautiful. I created that ‘simplified version’ for musicians coming to grips with playing the pipe organ. It can be downloaded as a free PDF if you visit Andrea Leal’s article dated 15 August 2022: Manuals Only: Organ Interludes Based on Plainsong. Specifically, it is page 84 in that collection—generously offered as a free PDF download. Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706) was a renowned German organist, violinist, teacher, and composer of over 500 works. A friend of Bach’s family, he taught Johann Christoph Bach (Sebastian Bach’s eldest brother) and lived in his house. Those who read Pachelbel’s biography will notice his connection to two German cities adopted as famous hymn tune names: EISENACH and ERFURT.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The Church has always kept, and wishes still to maintain everywhere, the language of her Liturgy; and, before the sad and violent changes of the 16th century, this eloquent and effective symbol of unity of faith and communion of the faithful was, as you know, cherished in England not less than elsewhere. But this has never been regarded by the Holy See as incompatible with the use of popular hymns in the language of each country.”

— Pope Leo XIII (1898)

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