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PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Veni Creator Spiritus” (Each Verse Notated)

Jeff Ostrowski · August 9, 2020

HEN IT COMES to the “Veni Creator Spiritus” hymn, you will find many versions printed in the Brébeuf hymnal, including “Come, Holy Ghost” (which is basically a paraphrase translation). The Brébeuf hymnal includes historical versions (from 17th-century Roman Catholic hymnals) as well as translations by Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian (d. 1878), Robert Campbell of Skerrington, a Catholic convert (d. 1868), and Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary (d. 1929). Here’s an organ accompaniment to the hymn “Veni Creator Spiritus” with all the verses written out. I used this recently for two Confirmation ceremonies. I hope you find it useful:

*  PDF Download • VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS
—Organ Accompaniment by Jeff Ostrowski.

By the way, for this accompaniment, it’s important to play the notes exactly as written—especially the E-flat found in the Alto toward the beginning.

Some other Confirmation links you might want:

*  PDF Download • Organ Accompaniments (Benediction)
—After the Confirmations, we had Benediction: “O Salutaris” and “Tantum Ergo.”

*  PDF Download • “Veni Creator Spiritus” (Gregorian Chant)
—Each verse notated; English Translation by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.

*  PDF Download • Confirmation Prayers
—For the Extraordinary Form, you’ll want to download these.

*  PDF Download • Confirmation in the Extraordinary Form
—These are pages from the Campion Missal.

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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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One of our most popular downloads has proven to be the organ accompaniment to “The Monastery Hymnal” (131 pages). This book was compiled, arranged, and edited by Achille P. Bragers, who studied at the Lemmensinstituut (Belgium) about thirty years before that school produced the NOH. Bragers might be considered an example of Belgium “Stile Antico” whereas Flor Peeters and Jules Van Nuffel represented Belgium “Prima Pratica.” You can download the hymnal by Bragers at this link.

—Jeff Ostrowski
15 February 2021 • To Capitalize…?

In the Introit for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, there is a question regarding whether to capitalize the word “christi.” The Vulgata does not, because Psalm 27 is not specifically referring to Our Lord, but rather to God’s “anointed one.” However, Missals tend to capitalize it, such as the official 1962 Missal and also a book from 1777 called Missel de Paris. Something tells me Monsignor Knox would not capitalize it.

—Jeff Ostrowski
15 February 2021 • “Sung vs. Spoken”

We have spoken quite a bit about “sung vs. spoken” antiphons. We have also noted that the texts of the Graduale Romanum sometimes don’t match the Missal texts (in the Extraordinary Form) because the Mass Propers are older than Saint Jerome’s Vulgate, and sometimes came from the ITALA versions of Sacred Scripture. On occasion, the Missal itself doesn’t match the Vulgate—cf. the Introit “Esto Mihi.” The Vulgate has: “Esto mihi in Deum protectórem et in domum refúgii…” but the Missal and Graduale Romanum use “Esto mihi in Deum protectórem et in locum refúgii…” The 1970s “spoken propers” use the traditional version, as you can see.

—Jeff Ostrowski

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If the homily goes on too long, it will affect two characteristic elements of the liturgical celebration: its balance and its rhythm. The words of the preacher must be measured, so that the Lord, more than his minister, will be the center of attention.

— Pope Francis (11/24/2013)

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