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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Fr. David Friel · July 26, 2015

Vesting Prayers • Part 4 of 9

The Alb

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Veronica Brandt · July 25, 2015

Why it’s great to be Catholic

The thing that stands out is the enormous breadth of the Church Universal. Through all times, all places, all languages this Mystical Body of Christ is alive and drawing men to God. What other religious tradition can even come close?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 24, 2015

Pope Pius XI and “Concelebration”

Can anyone shed light on this?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 23, 2015

Polyphony (SATB) By Verdelot • With Optional Hymn “Christe Supreme”

Amazing! Verdelot’s cadence here sounds quite modern!

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Andrew Leung · July 23, 2015

Review • Bread from Heaven

A collection of English Eucharistic motets published by Heath Morber and Ben Yanke

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 22, 2015

Musical Resources • 9th Sunday after Pentecost (Extraordinary Form)

The organist will play softly at the Offertory.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 22, 2015

The “Little Rock Nine” & Sacred Music

How could closing down all the schools be a good plan?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 21, 2015

Fr. Robert E. Barron To Be Made A Bishop!

Three new auxiliary bishops for Los Angeles!

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 21, 2015

Fr. Carlo Rossini Is Wrong About “EU”

You can sleep soundly at night, knowing how to correctly pronounce “hagióque pnéumate.”

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 20, 2015

Should Children Have To Audition?

There is a proper balance between an impossibly hard formal audition and the usual “any child can join” policy that exists in the typical parish children’s choir.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 20, 2015

“Sacred Vs. Secular Music” • Fr. John C. Selner

“…like man, Mary, you are IN—really cool among women.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 20, 2015

Is Renaissance Music Too Expressive For Holy Mass?

“To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.”

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Andrew Leung · July 20, 2015

Videos • Bishop-Elect Robert Barron on the Liturgy

People should not be coming to Mass for the emotional high

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Fr. David Friel · July 19, 2015

Vesting Prayers • Part 3 of 9

The Amice

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 18, 2015

Church Needs “Disposable Art” Created To Last “Not Centuries, But Weeks (Or Hours).”

Fr. Robert W. Hovda argues that “Little Green Apples” can be sung during Mass.

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President’s Corner

    PDF Download • “Rubric Challenge”
    The feast of Corpus Christi is special for TLM altar boys. On that day, two of us thurifers got to walk backwards while using the THURIBLE. (That American custom, if memory serves, is not strictly described in the rubrics.) A few weeks ago on the CCW Facebook Page we posted this screenshot from a 1915 Roman Catholic hymnal. The challenge is to guess what the rubric says, which we blocked from view with a red box. So far, nobody has guessed correctly. Feel free to guess! Our email address and phone number is listed at the bottom of each page.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Trinity Sunday” (Year A)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC I created for Trinity Sunday—a.k.a. “Dominica I post Pentecosten”—which is 31 May 2026. Please feel free to download it as a PDF file if that appeals to you. The hymns chosen are fairly traditional, but truly excellent (the Communion hymn especially stands out). The ENTRANCE CHANT radiates pure bliss, overflowing with joy.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Entrance Chant” • Feast of Corpus Christi
    While simultaneously accompanying myself on the pipe organ, I recently recorded the INTROIT (“Entrance Chant”) for the feast of Corpus Christi, Years ABC. A whole crop of musical scores—which you really should investigate—have found a home at the flourishing feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of June (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). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any renumeration whatsoever—not a penny. 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
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)
    I published an article on 11 November 2023 called Wedding March For The Lazy Organist, which rather offhandedly made reference to a simplified version I created in 2007 for Pachelbel’s Canon. I often use it as a PROCESSIONAL for weddings and quinceañeras. Many organists say they “hate” Pachelbel’s Canon. But I love it. I think it’s bright and beautiful. I created that ‘simplified version’ for musicians coming to grips with playing the pipe organ. It can be downloaded as a free PDF if you visit Andrea Leal’s article dated 15 August 2022: Manuals Only: Organ Interludes Based on Plainsong. Specifically, it is page 84 in that collection—generously offered as a free PDF download. Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706) was a renowned German organist, violinist, teacher, and composer of over 500 works. A friend of Bach’s family, he taught Johann Christoph Bach (Sebastian Bach’s eldest brother) and lived in his house. Those who read Pachelbel’s biography will notice his connection to two German cities adopted as famous hymn tune names: EISENACH and ERFURT.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“Ordained a diocesan priest on 7 October 1827, Guéranger was quickly named a canon (a member of the cathedral chapter of Tours). Around 1830, he demonstrated his interest in the liturgy when he began to use the Roman Missal and texts for the Divine Office, unlike many of his colleagues, who still made use of the diocesan editions commonly in use in pre-Revolutionary France.”

— Source unknown

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  • Re: The “True” Nature of Gregorian Chant

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