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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Jeff Ostrowski · August 19, 2013

Singing Propers and Ordinary . . . at Low Mass?

“And the practice of saying a Low Mass while the choir sings bits of things is too dreadful to be described.” — Fr. Adrian Fortescue, 1912

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Fr. David Friel · August 18, 2013

The Gift of Music

Whose Gift Is It?

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 17, 2013

Essay on Gregorian Accompaniment

I published this article in 2007. I am reproducing it here in case anyone finds it useful.

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Veronica Brandt · August 17, 2013

A hymn for St Mary of the Cross

A beautiful hymn from Rev Fr Popplewell FSSP from Canberra, Australia.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 17, 2013

Anticipation of Richard . . .

One of our contributors, Richard Clark, plans to write about the 1998 ICEL translation . . .

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Kevin Allen · August 15, 2013

Motecta Trium Vocum • Video

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Kevin Allen · August 15, 2013

Contemporary Sacred Music: Does It Exist?

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Kevin Allen · August 15, 2013

Cantiones Sacrae Simplices • Video

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Sacred Music Colloquium XX (Trailer)

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Foreword by Bishop René H. Gracida

Foreword by Bishop René H. Gracida

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Dr. Peter Kwasniewski · August 15, 2013

In This Little House of God

We must do all that we can do for the Lord, since our greatest is the least that is worthy of him. And when we do all the “little things” with love, we give Him great glory.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Sacred Music Colloquium XXI (Trailer)

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 15, 2013

Sacred Music Colloquium XVIII (Video Trailer)

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

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Andrew R. Motyka · August 14, 2013

Antiphons for the Dog Days of Ordinary Time

Music for the Communion procession, even for the “summer slog.”

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Fr. David Friel · August 14, 2013

Returning Home

The Grace of the Assumption

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President’s Corner

    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
    Knox. Has. No. Equal.
    Dr. Finberg (of the University of Leicester) famously said: “No living writer possesses a greater command over the English language than Monsignor Ronald Knox.” A lifetime spent among his works would not exhaust them; always another thing to see, never once a reason to look away. Consider the marvelous way Knox Englished the famous VERBUM SUPERNUM of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The 4th verse (in Latin) means: “By being born, He became man’s companion; at this supper, He became man’s food; in dying, He became man’s ransom; in reigning, He is man’s reward.” Knox brilliantly makes the English fit the Latin meter: The manger, Christ their equal made, | That upper room, their souls’ repast, | The Cross, their ransom dearly paid, | And heav’n, their high reward at last. I believe the meaning of the French word “manger” was not absent from his thoughts when he penned that stanza.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)
    On this website, we believe: “If we don’t know where we came from, we can’t know where we’re going.” As a result, we often spend hours scanning old books of GREGORIAN CHANT (and organ accompaniments). We don’t claim those items are useful or desirable for today’s circumstances; the goal is understanding where we came from. Here is a fascinating musical score from the 19th century. At that time, it was believed that MENSURALISM (a.k.a. “proportionalism”) was the historically correct way to sing plainsong.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “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
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
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Random Quote

Last Fall, however, the bishop of Augsburg in West Germany, the Most Rev. Josef Stimpfle, ordered all parishes in his diocese to have a Latin High Mass at least once a month. This policy drew a letter of warm commendation from the apostolic nuncio to West Germany, Archbishop Guido del Mestri, who termed the decree “exemplary” and added, “The way chosen by you is one desired by the whole Church.”

— Latin Liturgy Association “Newsletter” (September 1980)

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