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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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Jeff Ostrowski · November 18, 2015

PDF Download • “Liber Brevior” (1954)

This special Solesmes book contains another version of the “Chants Abrégés.”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 17, 2015

Sacred Music & Babies

What’s our end game?

Jeff Ostrowski · November 16, 2015

Solesmes is not infallible…

The accent on “adjúva” should be “ádjuva”

Fr. David Friel · November 15, 2015

Fides et Ratio

Celebrating the Great Balance of Albertus Magnus

Fr. David Friel · November 15, 2015

Should the Liturgy Be Televised?

Introducing a New Book by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang

Veronica Brandt · November 14, 2015

How a Priest Saved Thousands in WW2

A movie I have been meaning to see for years and now heartily endorse.

Richard J. Clark · November 13, 2015

“Liturgy Wars” and Four Universal Principles

An important approach when utilizing multiple styles in one liturgy is to filter all music through the most important musical and liturgical principals.

Andrew Leung · November 12, 2015

Sistine Chapel Choir has made Great Improvement

The Sistine Chapel Choir is sounding like a British Boys’ Choir in their new CD

Jeff Ostrowski · November 11, 2015

Stunning New Collection Of English Propers

This book of organ accompaniments by John Ainslie covers every season, including ordinary time.

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · November 11, 2015

The Sacral Language of Liturgiam Authenticam as Applied to Choral Diction

The Church has its own language and its own culture. Are you a native speaker?

Dr. Lucas Tappan · November 10, 2015

Don’t Fall For It

“God has no grandchildren. Every generation must be a first generation follower of Christ.”

Jeff Ostrowski · November 9, 2015

The Only “Credential” That Matters

“They should have been more offended by the Romanian doctor…” —Fr. George Rutler

Fr. David Friel · November 8, 2015

Liturgical Happenings at Notre Dame

Divine Liturgy and a new pipe organ

Jeff Ostrowski · November 7, 2015

Musical Resources • 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

“Remit, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the sins of Thy people…”

Veronica Brandt · November 7, 2015

Chore wars and maintaining motivation

Setting up choir folders would have to rank 50XP and 30 gold pieces with a 50% chance of battling a carnivorous ring binder to gain a rare fragment of an illuminated manuscript.

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    Funeral Music “Template” • For Families
    Many have requested the MUSICAL TEMPLATE for funerals we give to families at our parish. The family of the deceased is usually involved in selecting Number 12 on that sheet. This template was difficult to assemble, because the “Ordo Exsequiarum” has never been translated into English, and the assigned chants and hymns are given in different liturgical books (Lectionary, Gradual, Order of Christian Funerals, and so on). Please notify me if you spot errors or broken links. Readers will be particularly interested in some of the plainsong musical settings, which are truly haunting in their beauty.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “To Cover Sin With Smooth Names”
    Monsignor Ronald Knox created several English translations of the PSALTER at the request of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. Readers know that the third edition of the Saint Edmund Campion Missal uses a magnificent translation of the ROMAN CANON (and complete Ordo Missae) created in 1950 by Monsignor Knox. What’s interesting is that, when psalms are used as part of the Ordo Missae, he doesn’t simply copy and paste from his other translations. Consider the beautiful turn of phrase he adds to Psalm 140 (which the celebrant prays as he incenses crucifix, relics, and altar): “Lord, set a guard on my mouth, a barrier to fence in my lips, lest my heart turn to thoughts of evil, to cover sin with smooth names.” The 3rd edition of the CAMPION MISSAL is sleek; it fits easily in one’s hand. The print quality is beyond gorgeous. One must see it to believe it! You owe it to yourself—at a minimum—to examine these sample pages from the full-color section.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Heretical Hymns
    As a public service, perhaps a theologian ought to begin assembling a heretical hymns collection. A liturgical book—for funerals!—published by the Collegeville Press contains this monstrosity by someone named “Delores Dufner.” I can’t tell what the lyrics are trying to convey—can you? I detest ‘hymns’ with lines such the one she came up with: “Let the thirsty come and drink, Share My wine and bread.” Somehow, the publication was granted an IMPRIMATUR by Most Rev’d Jerome Hanus (bishop of Saint Cloud) on 16 August 1989. It’s a nice tune, but paired with a nasty text!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of Febr. (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). 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
    PDF Chart • “Plainsong Rhythm”
    I will go to my grave without understanding the lack of curiosity so many people have about the rhythmic modifications made by Dom André Mocquereau. For example, how can someone examine this single sheet comparison chart and at a minimum not be curious about the differences? Dom Mocquereau basically creates a LONG-SHORT LONG-SHORT rhythmic pattern—in spite of enormous and overwhelming manuscript evidence to the contrary. That’s why some scholars referred to his method as “Neo-Mensuralist” or “Neo-Mensuralism.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Simplified)
    I admire the harmonization of “Adeste Fideles” by David Willcocks (d. 2015), who served as director of the Royal College of Music (London, England). In 2025, I was challenged to create a simplified arrangement for organists incapable of playing the authentic version at tempo. The result was this simplified keyboard arrangement (PDF download) based on the David Willcocks version of “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Feel free to play through it and let me know what you think.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

Ralph Vaughan Williams “was an atheist during his later years at Charterhouse and at Cambridge, though he later drifted into a cheerful agnosticism: he was never a professing Christian.”

— Dr. William Mahrt, CMAA President (2021)

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