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PDF Download • Extremely Rare! — 1913 “Vesperale” by Schwann (954 pages)

Jeff Ostrowski · August 17, 2022

ODAY WILL GO DOWN in history. Interestingly, today is the feast of Father Hyacinth, a Polish reformer saint for whom I’ve always had devotion. When we released the 1908 Schwann Graduale (1,129 pages), I promised we had more breathtaking books on the way. Today, we release another! It’s the extremely rare 1913 VESPERALE according to the official rhythm of the Editio Vaticana. While a handful of books with similar contents have been uploaded in the past (such as the 1913 Lethielleux version) the quality of those other scans was very poor. But the Schwann VESPERALE—which has never been available until today—was scanned professionally, and you can see it’s gorgeous, with super high resolution:

*  PDF Download • 1913 SCHWANN “VESPERALE” (954 pages)
—Liber Antiphonarius Pro Vesperis Et Completorio • The Church’s official edition.

Explanation Video • How to read the “pure” Editio Vaticana (a.k.a. the “untouched” Vatican Edition), which is still the official rhythm of the Catholic Church:

Sample Pages • Some ‘screenshots’ from this gorgeous & important book:

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Filed Under: Articles, Featured, PDF Download Tagged With: Editio Vaticana, Liber Antiphonarius Pro Completorio, Liber Antiphonarius Pro Vesperis, Schwann Edition VESPERALE Last Updated: August 17, 2022

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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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    Tempo?? • 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘞𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦
    Once, after Mass, my pastor said he really loved the hymn we did. I said: “Father, that's Holy God, We Praise Thy Name—you never heard it before?” He replied: “But the way you did it was terrific. For once, it didn't sound like a funeral dirge!” Last Sunday, our volunteer choir sang that hymn. I think the tempo was just about right … but what do you think?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Don’t You Agree About These?
    If you want to make Jeff Ostrowski really happy, send him an email with effusive praise about the individual voice recordings for hymn #296. [Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass] They came out dazzlingly sensational, don't you agree?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Choral Vowels? Yes? No?
    Here's a live recording of one of the choral “warm-up” exercises my choir enjoys. It was taken during our rehearsal on 27 January 2023. It’s good to make sure each chord is perfectly in tune and balanced before moving to the next one. That only happens when each singer has the correct vowel. If you like, you can freely download that vocal exercise.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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They were not ashamed to lay their hands on Sedulius, on Prudentius, on St. Ambrose himself. Only in one or two cases does some sense of shame seem to have stopped their nefarious work. They left “Ave maris stella,” “Jam lucis orto sidere,” and St. Thomas Aquinas’s hymns alone (they would have made pretty work of “Sacris solemniis”). In 1629 their mangled remnants were published.

— Rev’d Adrian Knottesford Fortescue (25 March 1916)

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