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PDF Download • 17 Organ Accompaniments for the simple “Salve Regina”

Jeff Ostrowski · June 4, 2020

TARTING this Saturday night, we no longer sing “Regina Cæli”—instead, we switch back to “Salve Regina.” That’s because FIRST VESPERS always happens the night before the Feast in question. (TRINITY SUNDAY is this coming Sunday, so “First Vespers” of Trinity Sunday happens on Saturday night.) The Salve Regina has a haunting “Solemn tone,” but most people sing the Simple tone. Veronica Brandt posted both versions in 2017.

The Nova Organi Harmonia website contains the “solemn” tone—but what about the “simple” tone? Here are organ accompaniments you might want to explore:

*  PDF Download • Version 1 (Jeff Ostrowski)
—Jeff tried to make this 2011 version as simple as humanly possible.

*  PDF Download • Simple Version [in C-Major]
—Jeff tried to make this 2011 version as simple as humanly possible.

*  PDF Download • Version 2 (Father Green)
—Father Andrew Green, OSB, assisted Father Herman Koch with a 1942 hymnal.

*  PDF Download • Version 3 (Father Rossini)
—Father Carlo Rossini had a long career at Saint Paul’s Cathedral (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).

*  PDF Download • Version 4 (Dom Desrocquettes DM)
—D Major Version • Dom Jean-Hébert Desroquettes was organist at Solesmes Abbey.

*  PDF Download • Version 5 (Dom Desrocquettes CM)
—C Major Version • Dom Jean-Hébert Desroquettes was organist at Solesmes Abbey.

*  PDF Download • Version 6 (Dom Murray)
—Dom Andrew Gregory Murray was organist at Downside Abbey.

*  PDF Download • Version 7 (Trappist Monk)
—A Trappist monk wrote this circa 1950.

*  PDF Download • Version 8 (Dr. Marier)
—Dr. Theodore Marier published this version in 1953.

*  PDF Download • Version 9 (Bragers DM)
—D Major Version • Achille P. Bragers studied at the Lemmens Institute (Belgium).

*  PDF Download • Version 10 (Bragers Eb)
—Eb Major Version • Achille P. Bragers studied at the Lemmens Institute (Belgium).

*  PDF Download • Version 11 (Giulio Bas)
—Julius Bas was engaged by Solesmes Abbey to compose accompaniments for the entire Editio Vaticana.

*  PDF Download • Version 12 (Henri Potiron)
—Henri Potiron was choirmaster of Sacred Heart Basilica (Paris) and taught at the Gregorian Institute.

Additional Versions:

*  PDF Download • Malton Boyce (1914)

*  PDF Download • Nicola A. Montani (1920s)

*  PDF Download • Dom Jean Hébert Desrocquettes (unknown)

*  PDF Download • Father Percy Jones (1952)

*  PDF Download • Dr. Eugène Lapierre (1953)

*  PDF Download • Professor Patrick Russill (1998)
—Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the London Oratory.

Note: The excellent accompaniment
by Professor Russill comes from
The Catholic Hymn Book
(Gracewing—Fowler Wright).

*  PDF Download • Dr. Auguste Le Guennant (1914)
—Dr. Guennant (d. 1972) replaced Dom Gajard at the “Gregorian Institute of Paris”.

*  PDF Download • Professor Joseph Renner (1915)
—Joseph Renner (1868-1934) succeeded Joseph Hanisch (d. 1892) at Regensburg Cathedral

*  PDF Download • FATHER ALOYSIUS KNAUFF (1954)

I’m thinking of assembling organ accompaniments for all four Marian antiphons (Alma Redemptoris Mater; Ave Regina Caelorum; Regina Caeli; Salve Regina); please let me know—in the Facebook combox—if you would appreciate such a post. Thank you!

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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 Michigan. —(Read full biography).

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    New Bulletin Article • “21 September 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for our parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article (dated 21 September 2025) discusses some theological items—supported by certain verses in ancient Catholic hymns—and ends by explaining why certain folks become delirious with jealousy when they observe feats by Monsignor Ronald Knox.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!
    It’s always amusing to see old diocesan newspapers—in huge capital letters—advertising the Cheapest Catholic Paper in the United States. The correspondent who sent this to me added: “I can think of certain composers, published by large companies in our own day, who could truthfully brag about the most tawdry compositions in the world!” I wonder what she could have meant by such a cryptic comment…
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Dom Murray Harmonies
    Along with so many others, I have deep respect for Dom Gregory Gregory Murray, who produced this clever harmonization (PDF) of “O SANCTISSIMA.” It’s always amazed me that Dom Gregory—a truly inspired composer—was so confused when it came to GREGORIAN CHANT. Throughout his life, he published contradictory statements, veering back-and-forth like a weather vane. Toward the end of his life, he declared: “I see clearly that the need for reform in liturgical music arose, not in the 18th and 19th centuries, but a thousand years earlier—in the 8th and 9th centuries, or even before that. The abuses began, not with Mozart and Haydn, but with those over-enthusiastic medieval musicians who developed the elaborate and flamboyant Gregorian Chant.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Karl Keating • “Canonization Questions”
    We were sent an internet statement (screenshot) that’s garnered significant attention, in which KARL KEATING (founder of Catholic Answers) speaks about whether canonizations are infallible. Mr. Keating seems unaware that canonizations are—in the final analysis—a theological opinion. They are not infallible, as explained in this 2014 article by a priest (with a doctorate in theology) who worked for multiple popes. Mr. Keating says: “I’m unaware of such claims arising from any quarter until several recent popes disliked by these Traditionalists were canonized, including John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II. Usually Paul VI receives the most opprobrium.” Mr. Keating is incorrect; e.g. Father John Vianney, several centuries ago, taught clearly that canonizations are not infallible. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen would be another example, although clearly much more recent than Saint John Vianney.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Vatican II Changed Wedding Propers?
    It’s often claimed that the wedding propers were changed after Vatican II. As a matter of fact, that is a false claim. The EDITIO VATICANA propers (Introit: Deus Israel) remained the same after Vatican II. However, a new set of propers (Introit: Ecce Deus) was provided for optional use. The same holds true for the feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great on 3 September: the 1943 propers (Introit: Si díligis me) were provided for optional use, but the traditional PROPRIA MISSAE (Introit: Sacerdótes Dei) were retained; they weren’t gotten rid of. The Ordo Cantus Missae (1970) makes this crystal clear, as does the Missal itself. There was an effort made in the post-conciliar years to eliminate so-called “Neo-Gregorian” chants, but (contrary to popular belief) most were retained: cf. the feast of Christ the King, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and so forth.
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    Solemn “Salve Regina” (Chant)
    How many “S” words can you think of using alliteration? How about Schwann Solemn Salve Score? You can download the SOLEMN SALVE REGINA in Gregorian Chant. The notation follows the official rhythm (EDITIO VATICANA). Canon Jules Van Nuffel, choirmaster of the Cathedral of Saint Rumbold, composed this accompaniment for it (although some feel it isn’t his best work).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

“During Lent…the use of musical instruments is allowed only so as to support the singing. Nevertheless, Laetare Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Lent), Solemnities and Feasts are exceptions to this rule.”

— ‘Roman Missal, 3rd Edition (2011)’

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