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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.”

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · November 21, 2017

“Meet Me In St. Louis”

Jeff recently asked if directors take choir pictures and I can’t say I do—but thankfully others did.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 20, 2017

PDF Download • Authentic Irish Hymnal (164 pages)

Imagine the amount of time required to typeset something like this!

Jeff Ostrowski · November 20, 2017

Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua…

“The heavens and the earth proclaim thy glory…”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 17, 2017

Choir Members Photograph

Do you take pictures of your choir? Photographs can serve as nice reminders of wonderful experiences.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2017

“23rd” {repeat} Sunday after Pentecost (3rd in November)

“…and without parables He did not speak to them; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2017

A Hymn That Just Keeps Popping Up

Bach’s music inhabits “a still and serious world…without color, without light, without motion” from which we cannot break away.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 15, 2017

The Man Who Thrice Rejected Knighthood

Excerpt from a documentary on “St. Thomas More” (Paul Scofield) which in 1966 won six Oscars at the Academy Awards.

Dr. Lucas Tappan · November 13, 2017

Music and Evangelization

It’s an incredibly refreshing and dare I say beautiful movement within the Church today…

Jeff Ostrowski · November 13, 2017

SATB “Alleluia” (Fr. Morales) • for both OF and EF

This piece is perfect for “stealthily” adding polyphony to the Ordinary Form.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 10, 2017

Fulton J. Sheen • “Hints On Public Speaking”

We choirmasters are frequently called upon to speak in public.

Andrew Leung · November 9, 2017

Vox Antiqua’s Debut

My new choir made its debut on the Feast of Christ the King.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 9, 2017

Image • Francisco Guerrero (d. 1599)

It’s based on Pacheco’s version, created the year Guerrero died.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 9, 2017

23rd Sunday after Pentecost (2nd in November)

“Amen I say to you, whatsoever, you ask when you pray, believe that you shall receive, and it shall be done to you.”

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · November 8, 2017

The Real Reason We Sing

Let’s not make this about ourselves.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 7, 2017

New English Hymnal • Voice-Leading

Constant critics are corrosive.

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President’s Corner

    Music List • (4th Sunday of Lent)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC I created for this coming Sunday, which is the 4th Sunday of Lent (15 March 2026). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. This feast has sublime propers. It is most often referred to as “Lætare Sunday” owing to its INTROIT. I encourage all the readers to visit the feasts website, where the Propria Missae may be downloaded completely free of charge.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Communion (4th Snd. Lent)
    The COMMUNION ANTIPHON for this coming Sunday, which is the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year A), is particularly beautiful. There’s something irresistible about this tone; it’s neither happy nor sad. As always, I encourage readers to visit the flourishing feasts website, where the complete Propria Missae may be downloaded free of charge.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Good Friday Flowers
    Good Friday has a series of prayers for various parties: the pope, catechumens, pagans, heretics, schismatics, and so forth. In the old liturgical books, there was no official ‘name’ for these prayers. (This wasn’t unusual as ‘headers’ and ‘titles’ for each section is a rather modern idea.) The Missal simply instructed the priest to go to the Epistle side and begin. In the SHERBORNE MISSAL, each prayer begins with a different—utterly spectacular—flower. This PDF file shows the first few prayers. Has anyone counted the ‘initial’ drop-cap flowers in the SHERBORNE MISSAL? Surely there are more than 1,000.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Stumped by “Episcopalian Hymnal” (1910)
    Some consider Songs of Syon (1910) the greatest Episcopalian hymnal ever printed. As a Roman Catholic, I have no right to weigh in one way or the other. However, this particular page has me stumped. I just know I’ve heard that tune somewhere! If you can help, please email me. I’m talking about the text which begins: “This is the day the Lord hath made; In unbeclouded light array’d.” The book is by George Ratcliffe Woodward, and its complete title is: Songs of Syon: A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. Back in 2016, Corpus Christi Watershed scanned and uploaded this insanely rare book. For years our website was the sole place one could download it as a PDF file.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Dies Irae” • A Monstrous Translation
    It isn’t easy to determine what Alice King MacGilton hoped to accomplish with her very popular book—A Study of Latin Hymns (1918)—which continued to be reprinted in new editions for at least 34 years. This PDF file shows her attempt to translate the DIES IRAE “in the fewest words possible.” There’s a place for dynamic equivalency, but this is repugnant. In particular, look what she does to “Quærens me sedísti lassus.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Holy, Holy, Holy”
    For vigil Masses on Saturday (a.k.a. “anticipated” Masses) we use this simpler setting of the “Holy, Holy, Holy” by Monsignor Jules Vyverman (d. 1989), a Belgian priest, organist, composer, and music educator who ultimately succeeded another ‘Jules’ (CANON JULES VAN NUFFEL) as director of the Lemmensinstituut in Belgium. Although I could be wrong, my understanding is that the LEMMENSINSTITUUT eventually merged with “Catholic University of Leuven” (originally founded in 1425). That’s the university Fulton J. Sheen attended.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

It’s good that you are in the USA, otherwise who is going to—in the best sense—make music?

— Ignaz Friedman writing to Josef Hofmann (4 January 1940)

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