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Simple English Propers Practice Videos

When all is said and done, we hope to have a complete index of all SEP practice videos.

Simple English Propers: Full PDF Download

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 7, 2014

As a bonus, several handy website links are given!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Simple English Mass Propers Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Simple English Propers Organ Accompaniments

Guest Author · May 3, 2014

Two exciting new volumes in the field of sung propers.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Simple English Mass Propers Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Simple English Propers (Divine Mercy Sunday)

Corpus Christi Watershed · April 1, 2013

What would the Simple English Propers sound like harmonized as if they were Chabanel Psalms? That is, according to the principles of the Nova Organi Harmonia?

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Simple English Choral Propers by Jon Naples

Guest Author · May 29, 2014

Free polyphonic offertories for the Simple English Propers.

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Sung Propers: Various Simple Settings In English

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 27, 2013

Here’s a comparison of several complete musical settings of the Mass Propers by Fr. Guy Nicholls, Fr. Paul Arbogast, and others.

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PDF Download • “Mass Propers For Sundays And Holydays Set To Simple Melodies” (429 pages)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 19, 2021

In 1947, this book was given a double “Imprimatur” by Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York.

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PDF Download • Rare 1970 Document Explains “Spoken vs. Sung Propers”

Andrea Leal · October 29, 2020

This is perhaps the single most significant liturgical document CCWatershed has ever unearthed—and translated to English! • Explains the origin of “Gradual Antiphons” vs. “Missal Antiphons” (a.k.a. “Sacramentary Antiphons”)+

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Filed Under: Articles, Featured, PDF Download Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: November 24, 2020

Indispensable & Accessible: Fr. Samuel F. Weber Propers in English

Richard J. Clark · October 16, 2020

Indispensable and accessible: these antiphons possess sublime elegance that grace the Novus Ordo Mass with simple, yet proper reverence and solemnity.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Propers Ignatius Press by Fr Samuel Weber Last Updated: May 26, 2021

“Spoken vs. Sung Propers” • The Complete History

Jeff Ostrowski · October 2, 2020

Lies containing a little truth are the most difficult to quash • Here is the definitive, final exposé on why the “Spoken Propers” don’t match the “Sung Propers.” • In October of 1972, the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy falsely equated the “Spoken Propers” with the “Sung Propers” and proclaimed: “These antiphons are too abrupt for communal recitation” • Several official English translations of the Roman Gradual have received the imprimatur multiple times+

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“Secret Book of Happiness” • Official English Translations of the Roman Gradual

Jeff Ostrowski · August 21, 2020

Overkill: “ too much of something; the amount by which destruction exceeds what is necessary.”

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Missal Antiphons Dont Match Roman Gradual, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: August 21, 2020

Is It Time To Stop Singing The Propers?

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · January 19, 2020

I know how difficult it can be to introduce chant to a Novus Ordo parish.

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New Collection of Propers from GIA

Fr. David Friel · October 2, 2016

The growing market for Mass propers is a sign of promise.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Alius Cantus Aptus, Authentic Liturgical Renewal Reform, CanticaNOVA Publications, Hymns Replacing Propers, Proper of the Mass in English, Propers, Roman Missal Third Edition, Simple English Mass Propers, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Essential Resources • Psalm Tones for Mass Propers

Jeff Ostrowski · June 15, 2016

“The singing of the Communion Antiphon alone, which sufficed at sung Mass when Holy Communion was not given, is insufficient under the new conditions…” —Solesmes (1957)

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Mass Propers • Fascinating Articles From 1924

Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2016

Editors of “The Tablet” felt these essays were horrendous!

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    Vespers Booklet (4th Sunday of Lent)
    The organ accompaniment booklet (24 pages) which I created for the 4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”) may now be downloaded, for those who desire such a thing.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Vespers Booklet, 3rd Sunday of Lent
    The organ accompaniment I created for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (“Extraordinary Form”) may now be downloaded, if anyone is interested in this.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Weeping For Joy! (We Hope!)
    Listening to this Easter Alleluia—an SATB arrangement I made twenty years ago based on the work of Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel—one of our readers left this comment: “I get tears in my eyes each time I sing to this hymn.” I hope this person is weeping for joy!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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