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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Rebecca De La Torre · July 18, 2026

“Taking Over an Inner City School Choir” • Rebecca’s Story

Rebecca gives 4 ‘tips’ on training a children’s choir.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 13, 2026

Explanation of Gregorian Chant • “Using Words Mama Can Understand”

Do you see how each Latin accent is ‘shifted’ to the final syllable, as if they were French words?

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 9, 2026

“Reader Feedback” • 9 July 2026

“I’m an adult convert to the Catholic faith, and I didn’t grow up with this music.…” —A reader

Mark Haas · July 8, 2026

PDF Downloads • “16 Gorgeous SAB Motets”

The following collection offers a variety of Latin and English motets

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 7, 2026

PDF Download • “Singers’ Music Booklet” (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Meet Dr. Horst Buchholz and Kevin Allen!

Richard J. Clark · July 3, 2026

“One Nation Under God” • Unapologetically Roman Catholic in the United States of America

We are blessed that the Church in America may openly declare its love for Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior in the streets.

Jeff Ostrowski · July 3, 2026

Organist and Choirmaster (Birmingham Oratory)

You simply must play this chord!

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 1, 2026

PDF Download • Vocal Warm-Up for Choirs — “Harmonized Minor Scale” Exercise

This was used by Father Edgard De Laet as a vocal warm-up for his choirs.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 30, 2026

“Website Subscriptions” • (Update: 30 June 2026)

A small subscription. An enormous library. An eternal tradition.

Jeff Ostrowski · June 29, 2026

Unbelievable (Yet Undeniable) Reality Re: Our Current Lectionary • PDF Included—124 Pages

Giving away to readers—on 29 June 2026—my ultimate treasure!

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 26, 2026

PDF Download • New Westminster Hymnal (472 pages) “Transcribed” — 34,600 words!

Some consider this the single most valuable book we ever scanned and uploaded.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 25, 2026

This Is Precisely What’s Hated By Purists

Often, the Latin in the Roman Gradual is more ancient (!) than Saint Jerome’s Vulgate.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 25, 2026

PDF Download • “Organ Interludes for Manuals Only” (Denmark) — 23 pages

Published in the 1920s by a famous composer from Copenhagen!

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Veronica Moreno · June 24, 2026

Cookies and the “Correct” Way to sing at Solesmes

A choir member visits the original Solesmes-edition in France! This is where it all began. The gift shop has chant books with all the answers, cookies, and many treats!

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 23, 2026

“Christ The King Hymnal” (Keyboard Edition) • All English Translations Typed Out—22,000 words

Back in 2015, we carefully scanned and uploaded this rare keyboard accompaniment for Father Knauff’s “Christ the King Hymnal” (published in Canada).

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President’s Corner

    SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.

    Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Insane Baroque-Era Dissonance!
    The sumptuous melody called “JESU LEIDEN PEIN UND TOD” appears no fewer than three times in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal and is harmonized with standard Common Practice Era SATB voice leading and harmonies (which is only natural). However, one who takes the time to examine what Sebastian Bach did with that tune will encounter an incredibly dissonant sound. As far as I’m concerned, there is no more dissonant sound—in the entire Baroque era—than what I highlighted in yellow on that excerpt. Please let me know if you disagree.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of July (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

    ‘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
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“Liberalism in religion is the doctrine that there is no positive truth in religion, but that one creed is as good as another… It teaches that all are to be tolerated, for all are matters of opinion. Revealed religion is not a truth, but a sentiment and a taste; not an objective fact, not miraculous; and it is the right of each individual to make it say just what strikes his fancy. […] Men may go to Protestant Churches and to Catholic, may get good from both and belong to neither.”

— Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman (May of 1879)

Recent Posts

  • SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.
  • “Taking Over an Inner City School Choir” • Rebecca’s Story
  • Insane Baroque-Era Dissonance!
  • Explanation of Gregorian Chant • “Using Words Mama Can Understand”
  • “Reminder” — Month of July (2026)

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