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Archives for March 2026

Jeff Ostrowski · March 31, 2026

Gregorian Chant • The “Correct” Way of Singing?

Now I will explain what that means.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 30, 2026

PDF Download • “Eb Organ Postlude”

Although a Lutheran himself, he held the appointment at a Roman Catholic Cathedral until his death.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 29, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(11 of 50) “Most Holy Trinity”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 28, 2026

Music List • (Palm Sunday, 2026)

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 28, 2026

Easter • Would You Sing This Hymn?

Should this be added to the “pernicious hymn pairing” collection?

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Cynthia Ostrowski · March 27, 2026

“Priest Saying Mass” • Medieval Illumination

I love the drawing of the little guy ringing the bell.

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Mark Haas · March 25, 2026

From Sentiment to Sacrament: Reclaiming Sacred Music for the Wedding Mass

“She could very well be the beauty, but my heavens, what does the groom look like?!”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 24, 2026

Pipe Organ “Answers” in Plainsong?

Some might be a bit confused as to why it says the organ “answers” in Plainsong.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 24, 2026

“Gregorian Chant Quiz” • 24 March 2026

How well do you know your Gregorian hymns?

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 23, 2026

“Versions of the Psalter” • Jeff Interviews Top Biblical Scholar: Dr. Mark Giszczak

Including a special release—“Rare as a Unicorn”—Pius XII Psalter in Latin and English (1,545 pages).

Jeff Ostrowski · March 21, 2026

PDF Download • “Ubi Caritas” (SATB)

A wonderful option for smaller choirs.

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Veronica Moreno · March 21, 2026

Summer 2026 • “Gregorian Chant Course” at Aquinas College (Nashville, TN)

Participants who complete registration and submit full payment by May 1 receive a discounted registration fee.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 20, 2026

Music List • (5th Sunday of Lent)

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 19, 2026

Music List • (Holy Thursday, 2026)

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Maundy Thursday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 19, 2026

“O Escam Viatorum” • (Holy Thursday)

I was way off the mark!

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President’s Corner

    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.

    Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Insane Baroque-Era Dissonance!
    The sumptuous melody called “JESU LEIDEN PEIN UND TOD” appears no fewer than three times in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal and is harmonized with standard Common Practice Era SATB voice leading and harmonies (which is only natural). However, one who takes the time to examine what Sebastian Bach did with that tune will encounter an incredibly dissonant sound. As far as I’m concerned, there is no more dissonant sound—in the entire Baroque era—than what I highlighted in yellow on that excerpt. Please let me know if you disagree.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    ‘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
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

Ralph Vaughan Williams “was an atheist during his later years at Charterhouse and at Cambridge, though he later drifted into a cheerful agnosticism: he was never a professing Christian.”

— Dr. William Mahrt, CMAA President (2021)

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