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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Jeff Ostrowski · September 6, 2024

“Spanish Entrance Hymn” • (You Might Enjoy This)

Javier R. wrote to us: “One thing that caught my eye—and which I’ve been wrestling with—is how to fit Hymns with Antiphons, especially during the entrance procession.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 30, 2024

Repository • “Spanish Order of Music” (Sainte Marie)

I’ve been creating these for our Spanish Masses. They aren’t perfect—but I’ve also seen worse.

Jeff Ostrowski · August 30, 2024

Leaked Document! • Comparison Chart—New Responsorial Psalms (“Abbey Psalms & Canticles”)

The NAB tried to use “overly casual” language—and the results are often an abomination.

Jeff Ostrowski · August 28, 2024

PDF Download • Seasonal (“Ad Libitum”) Gospel Acclamations for Sundays and Weekdays

The various options given here by the official 1970 Missal can be used during the week (or on any Sunday).

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 27, 2024

When Teaching a Polyphony for the First Time, Use This Three-Voice Piece

The Solfège has already been added, and we made magnificent rehearsal videos for you!

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 27, 2024

Corrinne May Conducts At “Totus Tuus”

“Please pray for me and the choir. May Our Lady be better known and loved.” —Corrinne May

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 24, 2024

1950s Seminary Film

Thirty-six minutes of beauty!

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William J. Fritz · August 23, 2024

“Introducing Chant in Your Parish” • With Kevin Allen

“If Bach wanted to learn from the master, he had to go a long way to do it, so he made the sacrifice to do it.” —Kevin Allen

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 22, 2024

The Very Least We Can Do!

Today I must ask the infamous question… (ducks)

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Andrea Leal · August 22, 2024

PDF • “Organ Interludes” (Manuals Only) — 104 Pages

Including Dom Gregory Murray, Flor Peeters, Jacques Lemmens, John Lee, C. H. Rinck, Dom Alphege Shebbeare, Oreste Ravanello, Louis Niedermeyer, Eugène Gigout, Luigi Bottazzo, Johann Sebastian Bach, and many others.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 21, 2024

Famous Italian Actor Regrets Aborting Son

“I would have liked you to be lying under the covers during a storm, silent so you could hear the sound of the rainfall.” —Andrea Roncato

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 20, 2024

“The Very Best 42 Seconds of Gregorian Chant”

Fulton J. Sheen, Saint John Mary Vianney, and more!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 19, 2024

Must This Be Accompanied?

The age-old question—will it ever be resolved?

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Adam Raha · August 17, 2024

Fathers Must Turn Their Hearts To Their Children

I don’t necessarily mean children with no dad. I mean “absent” fathers.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 11, 2024

(Chicago) • Upcoming Sacred Music Workshop!

Featuring as presenters Jeffrey Ostrowski and Kevin Allen.

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    Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”

    We received an email asking whether the “Garnier Gospel Acclamations website” has…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?

    This brief passage seems (in my humble opinion) to be a delightful specimen.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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    —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). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

“We have baptized about 240 this year … All the labors of a million persons—would they not be worthwhile if they gained one single soul for Jesus Christ?”

— Father Isaac Jogues, writing to his mother

Recent Posts

  • Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”
  • PDF Download • 1950s Hand Missal including “Priest Photographs” at Mass (944 pages)
  • “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
  • Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?
  • “The Choirmaster Survey” • Update on 29 July 2026

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