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PDF Download • “Offertories and Communion Hymns for Unison + Organ” (Carlo Rossini, 1951)

Jeff Ostrowski · September 27, 2024

OR MORE THAN a decade, we’ve been plagued by organizations and individuals who surreptitiously steal our rare book scans and post them on their own websites without permission. This hurts us because we’re a tiny 501(c)3 public charity existing solely by the generosity of small donors. We have no endowment; we have no large donors; we run no advertisements; we have no savings. When people become aware of what we’re trying to do, many provide financial support by means of this link. But when our hard work is poached by others, that means fewer people discover our organization. As a result, we get less support.1

Rare Book By Rossini • Today, for the first time in history, we have scanned and uploaded a rare book by Father Carlo Rossini: “LAUDATE NOMEN DOMINI; Offertories and Communion Hymns For All Sundays and Principal Feasts For One Voice or Chorus in Unison With Organ.” You can download this book (below) completely free of charge—just by clicking, without logging in like most other websites! Then I provide three (3) reasons why this book is valuable:

*  PDF Download • LAUDATE NOMEN DOMINI (130 Pages) —128MB
—Offertories & Communion Hymns for all Sundays & Principal Feasts for One Voice or Chorus in Unison with Organ.
—By Father Carlo Rossini (Organist & Choirmaster Saint Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh, PA)

Reasons to love this book:

Reason #1 • This book provides settings of the OFFERTORY for all major feasts. When the ‘proper’ OFFERTORY is repeated somewhere else in his collection, Father Rossini adds (!) an additional OFFERTORY text. The COMMUNION setting isn’t the ‘proper’ COMMUNION because he arranges that (required) text at the bottom of the page as a psalm tone—and several of his harmonizations for those are superb. Instead, Father Rossini’s COMMUNION HYMN is a text he feels is appropriate for that part of Mass.

Reason #2 • Several of these settings won’t be attractive to the conscientious choirmaster. For example, Father Rossini’s setting of the OFFERTORY for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost (Precátus Est Móyses) is a bit “horse and buggy”—and does not match the text very well, in my humble opinion. On the other hand, 100% of these pieces would be excellent as brief organ interludes.

Reason #3 • Finally, the texts chosen by Father Rossini for COMMUNION are splendid. It’s almost as if they were taken directly from the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal (which was still 70 years away). Consider some of the excellent titles we find: Ubi cáritas et amor; Adóro te devóte; Ánima Christi; Ave verum corpus; Ave, vivens hóstia; Christi corpus, ave; O Jesu mi dilécte; Ecce panis angelórum; Desídero, mi Jesu; Ecce Agnus Dei; Ego sum panis vitae; Jesu, dulcis memória; Jesu, decus angélicum; Gustate et vidéte; O sacrum convívium; O quam amábilis; O mystérium ineffábile; O quam suávis est; Pie Pelicáne; and so forth. And all of them include a handy English translation!

30209-LAUDATE-ROSSINI
30214-ANIMA
30213-ECCE-AGNUS-DEI
30212-AVE-MARIA
30211-dulcis
30210-spine

1 We have been searching for a solution to this conundrum, and I believe we’re finally close to arriving at one.

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Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: 1951 Laudate Domen Domini Motets, Catholic Organ Interludes, Father Carlo Rossini Sacred Music, Laudate Domen Domini By Rossini, Rev Carlo Rossini Last Updated: September 28, 2024

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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).

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    Luis Martínez Must Go!
    Sevilla Cathedral (entry dated 13 December 1564): The chapter orders Luis Martínez, a cathedral chaplain, to stay away from the choirbook-stand when the rest of the singers gather around it to sing polyphony—the reason being that “he throws the others out of tune.” [Excerpt from “The Life of Father Francisco Guerrero.”]
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Urgent! • We Desperately Need Funds!
    A few days ago, the president of Corpus Christi Watershed posted this urgent appeal for funds. Please help us make sure we’re never forced to place our content behind a paywall. We feel it’s crucial that 100% of our content remains free to everyone. We’re a tiny 501(c)3 public charity, entirely dependent upon the generosity of small donors. We have no endowment and no major donors. We run no advertisements and have no savings. We beg you to consider donating $4.00 per month. Thank you!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Booklet of Eucharistic Hymns” (16 pages)
    I was asked to create a booklet for my parish to use during our CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION on 22 June 2025. Would you be willing to look over the DRAFT BOOKLET (16 pages) I came up with? I tried to include a variety of hymns: some have a refrain; some are in major, others in minor; some are metered, others are plainsong; some are in Spanish, some are in Latin, but most are in English. Normally, we’d use the Brébeuf Hymnal—but we can’t risk having our congregation carry those heavy books all over the city to various churches.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
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    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
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— Ven. Pope Pius XII

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