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Views from the Choir Loft

Archives for May 2025

Jeff Ostrowski · May 30, 2025

Proof Which All Can Immediately See!

There’s a reason for this!

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 30, 2025

New Bulletin Article • “8 June 2025”

Those responsible for preparing parish bulletins may wish to…

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Andrea Leal · May 28, 2025

“The Adalbert Propers” • Six (6) Quotations

“Fewer than 1% of Catholics are able to answer these questions correctly.” —Andrea Leal

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 27, 2025

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for 29 June … Which Falls on a Sunday This Year!

Growing up, we had an encyclopedia in our basement—but that was hardly the equivalent access to the internet!

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 25, 2025

“Music List” • 6th Sunday of Easter (Year C)

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year C.

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Guest Author · May 25, 2025

“Can the Choir Sing Alone at Mass?” • Yes! And Here’s Why That Matters

A priest once suggested to me that we “mic” the people in the pews during Mass to make their responses more audible and robust.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 24, 2025

“Gloria in Spanish” • Free Accompaniment

Several people have requested this.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 23, 2025

How Well Does ICEL Know Latin?

For the last fifty-five years, anyone who’s attempted to correct such errors has been threatened with legal action.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 23, 2025

Nobody Cares About This! • 1887 Rheims-Cambrai Gradual included “Restored” Plainsong

I’d be interested to know what Dr. Weaver thinks about how the mode is given.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2025

Is the USCCB trolling us?

Confusing! The 2nd reading & Gospel from the 7th Sunday of Easter may be read on the 6th Sunday of Easter.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2025

What No Musicologist Can Explain!

How glorious is Gregorian Chant!

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 20, 2025

“Common” Responsorial Psalm?

I try never to argue about liturgical legislation…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 19, 2025

A Gentleman (Whom I Don’t Know) Approached Me After Mass Yesterday And Said…

Some may enjoy these eight brief articles on the sacred liturgy.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 17, 2025

“For me, Gregorian chant at the Mass was much more consonant with what the Mass truly is…” —Bp. Earl Fernandes

“When things are holy and sacred, they are perceived as such by all.” —Bishop Fernandes

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 16, 2025

“Lindisfarne Gospels” • Created circa 705 A.D.

Lusciously resplendent illuminations created 1,300 years ago by Roman Catholic monks in North England—now available to be viewed in high resolution!

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President’s Corner

    “Reminder” — Month of September (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Cordero de Dios”
    Feel free to download this setting of the “Cordero de Dios” (AGNUS DEI) in Spanish. The congregation gets an interesting melody within reach, the organist gets a straightforward accompaniment, and the person assembling the ORDER OF WORSHIP gets a ‘ready-to-paste’ plainsong version. Try this setting of the “Santo, Santo, Santo” (SANCTUS) if you desire one that’s easy to sing and includes a simple organ accompaniment. For the record, I have harmonized the Spanish “GLORIA” found in the MISAL ROMANO, Tercera Edición. Click here to download that.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude

    Peter Piel (1835–1904), was a Roman Catholic composer named “Royal Music Director” under Wilhelm I, King of Prussia.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    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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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “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

Random Quote

Palestrina wrote two Masses in honor of the Blessed Virgin—one “a 6” before the Council of Trent, consequently with the tropes, and first published in 1570. In 1599 it was republished in Palestrina “Missarum Liber III” with the tropes removed, and in their place the liturgical words of the “Gloria” reiterated.

— Henry Coates

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