3 June 2021 • Re: “Mass of the Angels”

Jeff Ostrowski · June 3, 2021

You will want to see this fascinating screenshot from Dr. Peter Wagner. As we mentioned earlier this month, Mass VIII is based upon…

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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).

“Singers’ Booklet” (15 Nov.)—26 pages

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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“Reprehensible Rhymes” • (1955 Hymnal)

It really does seem as though this gentleman was only considered an ‘expert’ in Roman Catholic hymnody when compared to others…

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The Communion antiphon this week is the powerful “Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids.”

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Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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“Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up

We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?

—Jeff Ostrowski

‘Ould’ But Not Good

Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.

—Jeff Ostrowski

3 June 2021 • Re: “Mass of the Angels”

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