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Views from the Choir Loft

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Mark Haas · January 7, 2026

A Simple Way to Utilize Handbells

The method itself is wonderfully simple.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(1 of 50) “Philosophy of Life”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2026

“Reminder” — Month of January (2026)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2026

Hymn Translation • “Was Dr. John Mason Neale the Greatest of All Time?”

I received permission to reveal publicly this “comparison chart” of hymn translations.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 5, 2026

August 1970 • “Graduale Simplex Doc” (12 pages)

Similar to polyester vestments & wreckovations, its sad legacy is bound up with everything regrettable about the 1960s liturgical reforms.

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Julie Huebner · January 4, 2026

“Puer Natus in Béthlehem” • (Added Fifths)

A dash of something!

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 3, 2026

How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?

With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 2, 2026

“Adeste Fideles” • Too Many Translations!

Broadly speaking, only one has attained general use throughout the English-speaking world…

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Corpus Christi Watershed · December 30, 2025

Card. Heenan on Ronald Knox: “Perhaps the Church’s greatest figure of the 20th century.”

“Although renowned as a preacher and scholar, the real greatness of Knox lay in his holiness of life.” —Cardinal Heenan (Archbishop of Westminster)

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 27, 2025

“Kaitrin Drost Strikes Again!” • Plus a Few Random Thoughts and Tirades by Jeff Ostrowski

Imagine walking up into a choir loft and sounding like these young ladies without rehearsal.

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Mark Haas · December 26, 2025

Bing Crosby, Christmas, and Catholicism

He served as an unwitting catechist, introducing a young listener to the language and music of Catholicism.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 23, 2025

💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?

I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 19, 2025

“O Antiphons” Elevated?

From what I can tell, the 1970 rubrics moved each “O Antiphon” to the Gospel Acclamation at Mass (in late December).

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 16, 2025

Should Catholics Sing Protestant Christmas Carols?

Including the “music list” I have prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · December 16, 2025

“He never had a single day of conflict with anyone.”

Upon the death of of the Very Reverend Canon Edgard De Laet.

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President’s Corner

    Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?

    This brief passage seems (in my humble opinion) to be a delightful specimen.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.

    Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

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    —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

“So, as in delirium a man talks in a long-forgotten tongue, now—when her heart is rent—the Catholic Church drops twenty centuries without an effort, and speaks as she spoke underground in Rome, and in Paul’s hired house, and in Crete and Alexandria and Jerusalem.”

— A non-Catholic describing the “Hagios O Theos” of Good Friday in 1906

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