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Views from the Choir Loft

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Fr. David Friel · April 7, 2024

Summer Ward Method Courses • CUA 2024

Teaching Children the Fundamentals of Music

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 7, 2024

Exiguous Performing Forces?

Even something simple can be wonderful.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 6, 2024

PDF Download • “Spanish Responsorial Psalm” (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)

A lovely offering by the “Chaumonot Composers Group.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2024

Confusion About This Responsorial Psalm

A serious typo in the Responsorial Psalm for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 4, 2024

Jeff Ostrowski To Leave Los Angeles!

I believe Catholics have a right to attend Mass without being aurally assaulted.

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Richard J. Clark · April 2, 2024

Aftermath: Never take Holy Week for granted.

There is “fallout” and recovery from Holy Week as a positive result. It is not merely physical but deeply emotional especially, as we struggle spiritually with whatever crosses we bear in life.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 2, 2024

“Response to Dr. Weaver” • 2 April 2024

Catholic musicians must avoid being viewed as “esoteric freaks” who can’t agree on anything and spend their entire lives fighting about things nobody cares about.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 1, 2024

PDF Download • “Jeff’s Most Popular Choral Arrangement For Easter” (By Far)

My volunteer choir sang this arrangement during the offertory on Easter Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 27, 2024

“Saint Felix Creed” • Musical Setting for the Nicene Creed (Roman Missal, 3rd Edition)

Dedicated to my brother, Father Mark Ostrowski.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 26, 2024

Good Friday’s Dazzling (and Ancient) Hymn

Visit a random church on Sunday morning and ask parishioners basic questions…

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 25, 2024

“Stabat Mater Dolorosa” • Four (4) Choral Settings

With a digression on ‘drab’ modern architecture.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 25, 2024

“Spotted in the Wild” • (CCWatershed Members)

This clip was sent to us. The conductor is Martin Baker!

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 25, 2024

Clarence Thomas Speaks About The Eucharist

Justice Clarence Thomas attended the seminary for several years, including “Conception” (north of Kansas City).

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 24, 2024

PDF Download • “Holy Week Music Schedule” • Saint Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut

Expect to hear Morales, Palestrina, Victoria, Pierre de la Rue, Tallis, Haydn, Gounod, Rovetta, Lassus, Byrd, Senfl, Taverner, Wingham, and more.

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Fr. David Friel · March 23, 2024

Book Review: Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence

Becoming Missionaries for the Beautiful

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President’s Corner

    Stained Glass Window • Father Brébeuf
    Saint John de Brébeuf was one of the North American Martyrs. The photograph of a gorgeous stained glass window depicting Father Brébeuf was sent to us by Courtney Roberson. Father Brébeuf and his companions were canonized by Pope Pius XI on 29 June 1930. We are told this window is found in the Cathedral of Peoria, Illinois.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
    Our website welcomes millions of visitors, yet surprisingly few find their way to the actual blog page itself. If you are among them, bookmark it today. Numerous articles and resources await you—but these treasures belong to those who explore each article, not merely its title. The headline is only the doorway; the substance lies within.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)

    This is a ‘messy’ booklet in terms of its formatting, but it’s only ever seen by the singers—not members of the congregation.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    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

Random Quote

“Before any seminarian is accepted for ordination, he must not only strive for chastity but actually achieve it. He must already be living chaste celibacy peacefully and for a prolonged period of time—for if this be lacking, the seminarian and his formators cannot have the requisite confidence that he is called to the celibate life.”

— Archbishop Viganò (16 February 2019)

Recent Posts

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  • PDF Chart (33,344 words) • “Graduale Romanum”—Spanish, English: Multiple Approved Translations
  • Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)

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