Canon Van Nuffel’s Setting Of Smoke Rising
“Smoke rises from the Mountain of Doom. The hour grows late, and Gandalf the Grey rides to Isengard seeking my counsel.”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
“Smoke rises from the Mountain of Doom. The hour grows late, and Gandalf the Grey rides to Isengard seeking my counsel.”
“We solemnly offer the sacrifice at the beginning of Lent, O Lord…”
This SATB setting can be used during any liturgical season and has “O Salutaris Hostia” as one of its verses.
The text is by St. Gregory the Great, who was Pope from 590-604.
Do we remember that people in the pews often lack our musical background?
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“The phone is our century’s plague. It destroys character, interaction, friendships, families, and our time. We are glued to these devices.”
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First published in 1901 by Emile Dethier, organist at the Grand Seminary in Liège, Belgium.
We are not allowed to sing Tropes in the Extraordinary Form, so I added that text in italics.
“Grant, we humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, that those whom Thou refreshest with Thy sacraments…”
Composer David Haas posted a striking proclamation on his Facebook page.
Yet the laborer called at the eleventh hour does not taste the joy reserved to one who has “worked and suffered without reckoning the hours.”
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