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Archives for May 2021

Keven Smith · May 31, 2021

Charles Tournemire: An Organist’s Best Friend

Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique is an indispensable resource—especially for organists who are feeling “stuck” in their improvisation.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 31, 2021

News From Belgium • Re: Choral “Our Father”

Including an update on the Sacred Music Symposium.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 29, 2021

(Holy Trinity Sunday) • An Astonishing Hymn!

Hymns by Monsignor Knox often make reference to “the friendless”—have you ever been without a friend?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 29, 2021

PDF Download • “Credo VII Polyphonic Extension” for a Girls’ Choir

We’ve decided to try an experiment, with assistance from one of my favorite composers: Giovanni Maria Nanino (d. 1607).

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 26, 2021

What A Roman Catholic Hymnal Looks Like!

How exactly does the “Choral Supplement” look in real life?

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Dr. Charles Weaver · May 25, 2021

A Summer Course in Old Notation

Announcing an opportunity for graduate-level summer study in sacred music.

Jeff Ostrowski · May 25, 2021

“Veni Creator Spiritus” + Organ Accompaniment • with English Translation by Fr. Fortescue

Did you realize there are two versions of this famous hymn?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 24, 2021

24 May 2021 • FEEDBACK

M.B. wrote to us: “Dear Corpus Christi Watershed: please keep posting beautiful hymns! You have no idea just how helpful it is to me! God bless the work and efforts that you pour into making the liturgy more beautiful for God’s glory!”

Jeff Ostrowski · May 23, 2021

“Part 1 of 3” • Guerrero Kyrie for Our Lady

Now that choirs are beginning to come back…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2021

“Veni Sancte Spiritus” (Sequence) • 18 Accompaniments

The Pentecost Sequence harmonized by Father Green, Father Jones, Dom Gregory Murray, Max Springer, Achille P. Bragers, and more!

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2021

21 May 2021 • “Cheating?”

If you look in the 1952 Australian Hymnal by Father Percy Jones called The Saint Pius X Hymnal, you will see that they substitute “Confirma Hoc” from Confirmation with the Offertory antiphon on Pentecost Sunday. Thoughts? Was that cheating?

Jeff Ostrowski · May 18, 2021

18 May 2021 • A bad translation?

My friend L.F. has informed me that the editors of the 1965 Missale Romanum seem to have deliberately deleted the part about “raising the children in the Catholic Faith.” Do you agree? See for yourself. How would you translate that passage into English? Please email me at: jeff@ccwatershed.org

Keven Smith · May 18, 2021

On Musicianship: A Thought Experiment for Choir Directors

Teaching sight-singing is important, but let’s not forget that it’s a means to an end.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 17, 2021

“Slanty Wampus” Doesn’t Count

From one of my composition teachers…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 15, 2021

“Homily: Sunday after the Ascension” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM

I wanted to become a Franciscan priest, and became one. But I certainly landed in places and assignments I never dreamed of being in.

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Quick Thoughts

    “Glory To God” • (For Choir + Congregation)
    I wish to thank everyone for the nice comments I received vis-à-vis my Glory To God setting for Choir & Congregation. A gentleman with a musical doctorate from Indiana University wrote: “Love this setting so much. And I will pray, as you asked, for your return to composition more fully. You are very very good.” A female choir director wrote: “I love your harmonizations, your musicality, and the wonderful interplay you have with dissonance and consonance in your music. So fun to listen to, and great for intellect, heart, and soul!” A young woman from California wrote: “Thank you for releasing your new Glory To God in honor of Saint Noel Chabanel. I'm enjoying reading through the various parts and listening to your recordings.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    William Byrd • “Mass for Five Voices”
    Our volunteer choir is learning the “Sanctus” from William Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices. You can hear a short excerpt (recorded last Sunday) but please ignore the sound of babies crying: Mp3 recording. We still have work to do—but we’re on the right track. Once we have some of the tuning issues fixed, I desire to use it as an example proving volunteers can sing complicated polyphony.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Baptism” • A Unique Hymn
    Father Christopher Phillips is the founding Pastor of Our Lady of the Atonement Catholic Church. One of his hymns is unique and (in my humble opinion) quite beautiful. His hymn is basically a prayer to the Holy Trinity but also speaks of Baptism and the Holy Eucharist. It would be an ideal Communion hymn on Trinity Sunday or the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. You can hear live recording from last Sunday by clicking here.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“These French offices represent a new case of the old tendency towards local modification—which the Council of Trent had meant to repress. They are commonly attributed to Gallican ideas and are supposed to be not free from Jansenist venom. Some of these local French uses survived almost to our own time. They were supplanted by the Roman books in the 19th century, chiefly by the exertions of Dom Prosper Guéranger (d. 1875).”

— Dr. Adrian Fortescue (d. 1923)

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