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Views from the Choir Loft

Richard J. Clark • Article Archive

Richard J. Clark is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He is also Chapel Organist (Saint Mary’s Chapel) at Boston College. His compositions have been performed worldwide.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Richard J. Clark · December 12, 2014

Saint Paul’s Choir School ~ Top 5 on the Billboard Charts

“Christmas in Harvard Square” opened on the No. 2 spot on Billboard Magazine’s Classical Traditional Chart and has remained in the top 5 since.

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Richard J. Clark · December 5, 2014

Marian Meditations on RJC Cecilia Music

When I was young, I never viewed the Blessed Virgin Mary as a great source of inspiration for composition. How wrong that turned out to be!

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Richard J. Clark · November 28, 2014

A self-fulfilling prophecy and why we don’t sing the Creed

But how many times have we heard: “We shouldn’t use that that because nobody can sing it.” This is a self-fulfilling prophecy, is it not?

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Richard J. Clark · November 14, 2014

I’m not here to make you or me happy. | Music as a Virtue

It is not the point of sacred music to make individuals or even the Music Director happy.

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Richard J. Clark · November 7, 2014

Can’t sing? Sing the dialogues!

Reverence, prayer, and internal participation increased through this act of external participation.

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Richard J. Clark · October 31, 2014

All Souls — gave hope to me, too.

Do not miss the opportunities of All Souls Day, especially as it falls on a Sunday.

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Richard J. Clark · October 24, 2014

Letter on Sacred Music to Parishioners

An article that may serve to guide those of us searching for the words to speak to our parishioners, choir members, and also clergy.

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Richard J. Clark · October 22, 2014

Feast of Saint John Paul II

See today’s Collect: Saint John Paul II leads us to Christ.

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Richard J. Clark · October 17, 2014

The Death of a Parish | A Promise of New Life?

One of the most painful spiritual experiences many Catholics suffer is the closure of their parish.

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Richard J. Clark · October 10, 2014

Andrew Leung | Sacred Musician

There is a bond forged by those struggling to create beauty and pray the scriptures through sacred melody.

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Richard J. Clark · October 3, 2014

Organists: Know Thy Sheep!

To what extent does the pipe organ’s inclusion as a worship component influence
the quality of your worship experience?

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Richard J. Clark · September 26, 2014

Good Cop, Bad Cop

What takes lasting root in liturgy are the things we discover for ourselves.

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Richard J. Clark · September 19, 2014

Many Questions | Pope Saint John Paul II’s Letter to Artists (Part 2)

Saint John Paul stated: “The ‘beautiful’ was thus wedded to the ‘true’”. Is there a standard for what is beautiful?

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Richard J. Clark · September 12, 2014

Beauty and Liturgy | Pope Saint John Paul II’s Letter to Artists

Saint John Paul calls artists to a great responsibility–but also gives a warning.

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Richard J. Clark · September 5, 2014

Leadership, Authority, and the Power of Encouragement

“Leave it to the ignorant and stupid who judge by counting only the faults. I can be grateful, and so must you be, for even one note, one wonderful phrase.” — Pablo Casals

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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

“Let the candle upon the reed be lighted, and let another candle be lighted at the same time, so that the candle upon the reed can be rekindled if it should chance to be blown out.”

— MS circa 1210 A.D. describing the Holy Saturday ‘Trident’

Recent Posts

  • Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)
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  • PDF Download • Roman Catholic Hymnal (1953) with Lyrics in Dutch! — 71 pages

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