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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Jeff Ostrowski · May 15, 2014

Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?

Musicians tend to fight with one another over the DUMBEST things.

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · May 15, 2014

Dogma as the Servant of Mystery

Dogmatic statements liberate the Christian intellect by establishing it in the truth.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 15, 2014

How To Sing The Gregorian Alleluia

The Alleluia can be confusing, especially during Eastertide.

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Andrew R. Motyka · May 14, 2014

Propers and “the Menu Approach”

You have Publisher X’s resources in the pews, so isn’t it easier to plan the liturgy using their resources?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 14, 2014

Truly Marvelous Image of Saint Isaac Jogues

This lovely image is courtesy of D.F. — taken at Georgetown University.

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Aurelio Porfiri · May 13, 2014

The Importance of Words

“Indeed the real topic is not if liturgical music is important, but for what liturgical music is important.” — Aurelio Porfiri

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Guest Author · May 12, 2014

Homily: 4th Sunday of Easter (Year A)

A homily by Fr. Valentine Young, OFM.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 12, 2014

When will there be a new Lectionary for Catholics in the United States?

“The sooner we get started, the sooner some of you will live to see it.” — Donald Cardinal Wuerl, talking in 2012 about the forthcoming Lectionary revisions.

Fr. David Friel · May 11, 2014

Does a Liberal Arts Education Have Any Value?

Without the visual arts, music, theater, architecture, and the like, future generations will have no sense of culture.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 11, 2014

How I Learned What Liturgy Really Is

Congregations in South Texas normally applaud for the musicians during Mass.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 9, 2014

An Unexplained Problem

I’m unaware of ANY other liturgical occurrence like this one.

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Richard J. Clark · May 9, 2014

The Pipe Organ and Propers Flourish with Vexo and Weismann

While the pipe organ languishes in some places, it flourishes in others. There are three reasons why.

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · May 8, 2014

Sacred Choral Works CDs Available

These 3 full-length compact discs feature recordings of nearly every score in the 273-page book.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 7, 2014

Simple English Propers: Full PDF Download

As a bonus, several handy website links are given!

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Aurelio Porfiri · May 6, 2014

Latin And Western Civilization

“I am sorry, but this is not fair. Latin is heritage for each one of us.” — Aurelio Porfiri

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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

Ronald Knox explained why the Modernists do not compose hymns: “Birds of prey have no song.”

— Fr. George William Rutler (2016)

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  • Composer Isabella Quintana: “Christ my teacher, Christ my healer, Christ my Savior.” • (Guest Article)

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