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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Veronica Brandt · July 5, 2014

If we took music seriously

“Great importance is to be attached to the teaching and practice of music in seminaries, in the novitiates and houses of study of religious of both sexes, and also in other Catholic institutions and schools. To impart this instruction, teachers are to be carefully trained and put in charge of the teaching of sacred music.”

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Fr. David Friel · July 4, 2014

Colloquium Update II

Resources for Accompanying Gregorian Chant

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Richard J. Clark · July 4, 2014

Should We Sing Patriotic Hymns at Mass?

I love patriotic hymns. But should we sing them at mass?

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Fr. David Friel · July 3, 2014

Colloquium Update I

All the things I love about the Colloquium experience are here in force: an extraordinary faculty, magnificent liturgies, good fellowship, etc.

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · July 3, 2014

Music Rules Over Us

Music is like a food that either makes us healthy or sick; indeed, it shapes our souls in its image.

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 3, 2014

Bishop Conley Sings “Salve Regina” With A Whole Pack Of Bishops

How often do you see a whole bunch of bishops sitting around singing the Salve Regina?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 2, 2014

Why On Earth Would Anyone Do This?

Am I a hypocrite?

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Cynthia Ostrowski · July 1, 2014

Catholic Line Art, Black and White • Installment #55

I will be releasing hundreds of these B/W religious line art drawings for free and instant download. These beautiful Catholic “woodcuts” were done with magnificent skill. “Download Free Traditional Catholic Clipart”

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Aurelio Porfiri · July 1, 2014

A Name To Remember

If you don’t know who Divo Barsotti is, his discovery will be for you like “exploring a continent for the first time.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 30, 2014

“No Propers? No High Mass!” — 1933 Article

“…at these High Masses, the choir omits the Gloria, Credo, Gradual, Tract and Sequence.” — Answer: “The method is an abuse and must be done away with.”

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Aurelio Porfiri · June 30, 2014

Appropriate

I am sure 100% of you will agree that: “a rock band is not going to entertain fans at the sound of Gregorian chant.”

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Guest Author · June 29, 2014

Homily: Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul

“Recently, our present Holy Father Pope Francis said that there is more persecution of Christians going on now than ever before”

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Fr. David Friel · June 29, 2014

Strong with God’s Strength

Saints Peter & Paul

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Veronica Brandt · June 28, 2014

This wonderful Bishop’s letter on the Blessed Sacrament

A pastoral letter from Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP, Bishop of Paramatta.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 27, 2014

PDF Download: Complete Proper Of The Mass, With Organ Accompaniment • Kansas (1946)

Two priests from Kansas — Fr. Herman Koch & Fr. Andrew Green — created this remarkable collection in the 1940s.

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President’s Corner

    “Singers’ Booklet” (15 Nov.)—26 pages

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reprehensible Rhymes” • (1955 Hymnal)

    It really does seem as though this gentleman was only considered an ‘expert’ in Roman Catholic hymnody when compared to others…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Singers’ Booklet”

    The Communion antiphon this week is the powerful “Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids.”

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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

“It introduces us to a still and serious world, deserted and rigid, without colour, without light, without motion; it does not gladden, does not distract; yet we cannot break away from it.”

— ‘Schweitzer on the THEME from Bach’s “Art of Fugue”’

Recent Posts

  • “Singers’ Booklet” (15 Nov.)—26 pages
  • “Five (5) Clarifications” • Fr. Campesato’s Article
  • Seven (7) ‘Ad Libitum’ Antiphons • “Gateway to the Gregorian Propers”
  • “Reprehensible Rhymes” • (1955 Hymnal)
  • Brief Thoughts on a Dissertation-Length Article on Gregorian Chant

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