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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 11, 2025

“How to Conduct 90 Vespers Services Each Year and Live to Tell the Tale.”

“I don’t claim to be an authority on any of the ideas set forth in the following narrative.” —Dr. Lucas Tappan

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 10, 2025

The Tallis Scholars

This year, Sacred Music Symposium 2025 took part in “Palestrina500” at Sacred Heart in Grand Rapids.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 8, 2025

Pope Saint Paul VI to Consilium (14 October 1968)

“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character.” —Pope Saint Paul VI

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 8, 2025

August 2025 • “Colorado Sacred Music Conference”

Registration is now open!

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 7, 2025

New “Latin/English Missal” for the Novus Ordo

This English/Latin missal is being created by several priests and seminarians.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 5, 2025

Bishop François Charrière Vs. Hannibal Bugnini

Bugnini felt his modifications were “desired by all.”

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Mark Haas · July 4, 2025

“My First Year with the Latin Mass” • A Music Director’s Perspective

“Assisting at the Traditional Latin Mass has changed me.” —Mark Haas

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 4, 2025

Boston Auxiliary Bishop: “In offering the Traditional Mass for the first time, after removing the vestments, I knelt in the back pew and wept.”

As of 4 July 2025, Bishop Reed’s post on Twitter had received 188,800 views.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 2, 2025

Now Available! • “Hymns of Cardinal Newman: Kevin Allen’s Legendary Choral Settings”

Including a group photograph of Sacred Music Symposium 2025.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 30, 2025

(Rehearsal Clips) • Sacred Music Symposium 2025

Even if I live a hundred years, I’ll never forget last week’s conference!

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Keven Smith · June 25, 2025

Hidden Gem: Ascendit Deus (Dalitz)

Save this delightful Ascension motet for next spring. It’s well within reach for even beginning choirs.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 22, 2025

PDF Download • Soprano Descant — “Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above”

There’s something thrilling about soprano descants!

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 19, 2025

“Dom Jausions had a skilled hand. His transcriptions are masterpieces of neatness & precision.”

A few days ago, Dominique Gatté released something quite extraordinary.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · June 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV pays tribute to Palestrina

“Palestrina500” at the Vatican, with Pope Leo XIV.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 18, 2025

PDF Download • Palestrina’s “Ave Maria”

Including rehearsal videos.

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President’s Corner

    Stained Glass Window • Father Brébeuf
    Saint John de Brébeuf was one of the North American Martyrs. The photograph of a gorgeous stained glass window depicting Father Brébeuf was sent to us by Courtney Roberson. Father Brébeuf and his companions were canonized by Pope Pius XI on 29 June 1930. We are told this window is found in the Cathedral of Peoria, Illinois.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
    Our website welcomes millions of visitors, yet surprisingly few find their way to the actual blog page itself. If you are among them, bookmark it today. Numerous articles and resources await you—but these treasures belong to those who explore each article, not merely its title. The headline is only the doorway; the substance lies within.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)

    This is a ‘messy’ booklet in terms of its formatting, but it’s only ever seen by the singers—not members of the congregation.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    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

Random Quote

“Angularis fundamentum” is typically sung at the dedication or consecration of a church and on church anniversaries. For constructions too numerous to list in recent generations, it would be more appropriate to sing that Christ had been made a temporary foundation. A dispirited generation built temporary housing for its Lord, and in the next millnenium, the ease of its removal may be looked back upon as its chief virtue.

— Fr. George Rutler (2016)

Recent Posts

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  • Stained Glass Window • Father Brébeuf
  • PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)
  • Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
  • PDF Chart (33,344 words) • “Graduale Romanum”—Spanish, English: Multiple Approved Translations

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