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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 14, 2022

PDF Download • Plainsong Settings for Voice & Organ … in English! (957 pages)

Composer Brian Michael Page has released “Psalm 151.”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 12, 2022

“By day 4, tears were running down my face.”

“The symposium was like nothing I have ever experienced.” — South Dakota Participant

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 8, 2022

PDF Download • “High Resolution Image”

Some have requested a “high resolution image” of Sacred Music Symposium 2022…

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 6, 2022

“Chant Rhythm Wars” • Dueling Lectures!

Ostrowski Vs. Weaver: Solesmes Rhythm, Gregorian Semiology, Dom Mocquereau, Dom Pothier, Mensuralism, and more!

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 1, 2022

“I Decided to Get a Plane Ticket and Fly 8,700 Miles From Singapore to Take Part.”

“These are the musical treasures everyone needs to know about.” — 2022 Participant

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Corpus Christi Watershed · June 28, 2022

“81 Photos” • Sacred Music Symposium 2022

More than eighty photographs give you a “glimpse” of a week dedicated to restoring authentic Catholic music.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · June 28, 2022

“I Found Myself Weeping, Almost In Disbelief…”

“Your faculty may never know the depth of how you affected each person there. For my part, I am forever changed…” — Symposium Participant (Texas)

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 28, 2022

Scandalous “Catholic” Hymn

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 24, 2022

The USCCB desires your input!

“All contributions will be shared anonymously to ensure all questions can be answered with honesty and authenticity.”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 9, 2022

Quote: “A weekend our choir will not soon forget!”

St. Mary’s: “Our singers experienced an incredible weekend working with Mr. Kevin Allen, the world-renowned composer.”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 3, 2022

“Repertoire Page” • Sacred Music Symposium 2022

Sign up today! A few voice parts still have openings.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 13, 2022

“To Hear Before You Die” • Essential Listening Guide

You might have heard parts of the “French Suites” by Bach without even realizing it…

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 9, 2022

“A New Era Of Church Music”

Also included are three (3) versions of the Stations of the Cross, by Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal Ratzinger, and Alphonsus Liguori.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · January 5, 2022

“A Plea to the Bishops” • By Monsignor Charles Pope

“As a pastor of souls, I wince at this sort of language directed at good Catholics…” —Monsignor Charles Pope

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Corpus Christi Watershed · December 25, 2021

“Merry Christmas!” • From Our Family To Yours

Dear readers, thank you for everything!

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President’s Corner

    A Popular “Gloria” … in Dutch?
    Close to 16 years ago, I composed a “Glory to God in the Highest” in honor of SAINT RALPH SHERWIN. It was subsequently sung all over the world, and included in various collections (under different titles). You can download the musical score in plainsong notation. It was selected for inclusion in the Saint Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal, Gradual, and Lectionary—and here’s its keyboard accompaniment (PDF file). I have a terrible memory, but somebody reminded me it was translated into Dutch (!) in 2012. I have no idea who did this—but you can download the score by clicking here. Because I don’t speak Dutch, I have no idea whether the adaptation was done skillfully.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (26th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 27 September 2026.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “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

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

“In chronological order, [Dom Pierre Combe] traces the Gregorian reform from its beginnings under Dom Guéranger in 1833, to the problems of the Vatican Commission on Sacred Music in the first decade of the 20th century. As one reads the topic headings and development of their content, one wonders how such an innocent and un-warlike subject such as Gregorian chant could have been the focal point of such an intense and continuing battle among scholars and churchmen for so many decades.”

— Dr. Theodore Marier (1968)

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