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Views from the Choir Loft

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Richard J. Clark · October 6, 2017

Three Entrance Antiphons for the Celebration of Marriage

Free Download: Three Entrance Antiphons For the Celebration of Marriage

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 6, 2017

EF Introit for this coming Sunday: “Da Pacem”

Never let anyone tell you there is no longer interest in Gregorian chant.

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Andrew Leung · October 5, 2017

A Liturgical Tragedy

I have experienced a similar situation before, and it was not a pleasant experience.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 4, 2017

Superlative Way To Explain Polyphony

To use melodies in this way may seem an easy task, but nothing could be further from the truth.

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · October 3, 2017

A Silver Jubilee

Many things have changed over the last quarter of a century in the field of church music and thankfully most of them have been for the better.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 3, 2017

Agnus Dei • “Missa Mille Regretz” by Fr. Cristóbal de Morales (d. 1553)

Can you hear the imaginary high note?

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Fr. David Friel · October 1, 2017

Printable Card • “Prayers at the Foot of the Altar”

A handy resource for priests and servers

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Veronica Brandt · September 30, 2017

Corda Pia – A Franciscan Hymn

A really old hymn commemorating the Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 29, 2017

Church Music Dubia Remain Unanswered

The time for serious discussions about church music has not yet come.

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Andrew Leung · September 28, 2017

Video • All Priests Should Learn Traditional Latin Mass

An interview with Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 27, 2017

Translations By Non-Catholics In A Catholic Hymnal?

The fear was that Protestant translators might distort the theology contained in the ancient Catholic hymns…

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · September 26, 2017

Liturgical Education

Perhaps I am just a Benedictine at heart but I feel the *Opus Dei* (Work of God) must truly be given pride of place in our personal lives…

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Fr. David Friel · September 24, 2017

Album: Sacred Treasures of England

Reflections on a recently released album of English choral music

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Veronica Brandt · September 23, 2017

How Much Latin Do You Need?

How to learn to read 20% of the Missale Romanum – forget “Amo, Amas, Amat” – dive into the most frequently used words.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 22, 2017

Chants • Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (October 7th)

Next Sunday, some EF priests will choose an “external solemnity.”

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President’s Corner

    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

At the Catholic gathering (Katholikentag) held at Breslau in August, the Papal Nuncio celebrated Mass for 80,000 participants, facing the people (the “Missa versus populum”).

— “Orate Fratres” Magazine (23 Jan. 1927)

Recent Posts

  • Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)
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  • Composer Isabella Quintana: “Christ my teacher, Christ my healer, Christ my Savior.” • (Guest Article)
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  • PDF Download • Roman Catholic Hymnal (1953) with Lyrics in Dutch! — 71 pages

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