“CCW Subscriptions” • (Update — 31 May 2026)
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Archives for May 2026
Re: The “True” Nature of Gregorian Chant
Jeff Ostrowski responds to a reader’s query.
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PDF Download • “Singer’s Booklet: Trinity Sunday”
Three “indispensable items” for a successful parish music program are discussed.
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What Shall Be Our Response?
“What could playing a Bach prelude, or singing a psalm have to do with the world situation?” —Dr. Gregory Hamilton
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Music List • “Trinity Sunday” (Year A)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.
Simple and Beautiful • “Pange Lingua Gloriosi”
“Today, I am pleased to share one of my own compositions.” —Dr. Myrna Keough
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“Entrance Chant” • Feast of Corpus Christi
Very difficult to imagine a more gorgeous mode than Mode 7.
Vanishingly Rare! • 1955 “Organ Accompaniment” (Mainz Diocese) — 328 Page PDF
The work that went into creating this book is unfathomable: Hymns, Gregorian Chant, Vespers, Psalmody, and more!
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“Comparison Chart” • 1940 Episcopal Hymnal
Do any readers know their way around the 1940 Episcopal hymnal? Jeff requests a second pair of eyes for this chart.
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21 Organ Accompaniments • Pentecost Sequence (“Veni Sancte Spíritus”) in Latin and English
These twenty-one (21) keyboard accompaniments for the ‘Golden Sequence’ will hopefully have something for everybody!
“A Noble Sound” • Calling Men Back to Sacred Music
“When men are invited into something noble, challenging, and authentically sacred, they will rise to meet it.”
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The Entrance Chant • “Further Discussion”
Psalm verses don’t just pass the time!
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PDF Download • Accompaniment Edition (183 pages) — “Jesuit Hymnal” (Buffalo, New York)
For the first time in history, we release today the accompaniment edition of Father Hacker’s Hymnal.
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“A New Chapter” • Subscriptions!
A message from the CCW president on 17 May 2026.
7 Suggestions • Singing Gregorian Chant “Correctly”
Dr. Edward Schaefer once said: “I hate the ictus because it’s so confusing. I use white out on each ictus before distributing the music to my singers.”
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