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Archives for May 2026

Jeff Ostrowski · May 14, 2026

Music List • “Ascension of the Lord”

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

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 13, 2026

Call For Submissions! • ‘Usus Antiquior’ in Contemporary Catholicism (October 2026)

This conference aims to provide a rigorous, interdisciplinary investigation of the tensions between tradition and reform…

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Mark Haas · May 12, 2026

Inspiring Paper from a Graduating High School Senior

Such fantastic scholarship from a young contributor provides hope to our Church.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 11, 2026

Entrance Chant • Before or After Opening Hymn?

I share my thoughts on whether the Introit should come before or after the procession hymn.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 9, 2026

“Unfair Characterization” • (But Good Question)

It’s been a while since we printed any reader feedback.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 8, 2026

“Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”

Regarding approval for the “Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition).”

Jeff Ostrowski · May 8, 2026

PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 5, 2026

“Reminder” — Month of May (2026)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

Jeff Ostrowski · May 5, 2026

“Englished” Gregorian Chant • 5 Considerations

This is the closest I’ve come to putting down on paper exactly what I heard in my head.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 5, 2026

Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)

I don’t care what people say; I love this piece!

Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2026

PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2026

“Gregorian Chant Quiz” • 4 May 2026

How well do you know your Gregorian Chant?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2026

“Rare Photographs” • Hannibal Bugnini

These are currently ‘making the rounds’ on Twitter.

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William J. Fritz · May 2, 2026

“Regina Caeli” • More Than You Wanted To Know

To my knowledge, this is the first online recording of the simple Norbertine “Regina Caeli.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 2, 2026

Music List • “5th Sunday of Easter” (Year A)

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    PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
    Dutch organist, teacher, and conductor HERMAN STRATEGIER (d. 1988) studied under Hendrik Andriessen. He composed this unison setting with organ accompaniment for the LORD’S PRAYER (“Our Father”) which a children’s choir would find both within reach and worthy of the effort. The whole thing fits neatly on a single page. Strategier eventually became organist of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht. He also taught at the “Dutch Institute for Catholic Church Music” (Nederlands Instituut voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “Organ Interlude” (Manuals Only)
    Monsignor Franciszek Walczyński (d. 1937) was a Polish composer. If you play the pipe organ, I encourage you to try out this ORGAN INTERLUDE FOR MANUALS ONLY (1-page PDF) which he composed. Walczyński taught plainsong at the seminary in Tarnów (about 50 miles east of Kraków). With his brother Stanisław—also a Catholic priest—he initiated the Saint Adalbert Society for the Support of Church Music, which ran annual workshops for their diocese. In July of 1894 (more than a decade before the appearance of the Editio Vaticana) Walczyński lectured on “congregational singing and Gregorian Chant.” On top of all that, Monsignor Walczyński founded an organists’ school in Tarnów and the SAINT ADALBERT CHOIR at the cathedral.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 on Sundays?

    Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether the 2nd Eucharistic prayer may be used on Sundays.

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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

“Worse, composers are now setting the introits of the missal [instead of the Graduale] to music, even to chant, though these texts were explicitly for spoken recitation only.”

— ‘Dr. William Mahrt (Fall, 2015)’

Recent Posts

  • The Vanishing Art of Knowing Hymns • We Seek a Hymn “Expert” (Not Just a Hymn “Enthusiast”)
  • Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)
  • PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
  • Composer Isabella Quintana: “Christ my teacher, Christ my healer, Christ my Savior.” • (Guest Article)
  • PDF • “Organ Interlude” (Manuals Only)

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