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Jeff Ostrowski · March 22, 2024

“Victimæ Paschali Laudes” • Thirty-One (31) Different Versions — Including Organ Accompaniments

This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 22, 2024

“Reprehensible Chrism Mass” • (Do Not Click)

A disturbing video sent to us from the Diocese of Superior (Wisconsin).

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 19, 2024

Church Music • “The Female Voice”

Msgr. Leo Manzetti foolishly wrote: “Church musicians, when experts in vocal art, agree that women’s voices are effeminate, sensuous, and operatic, hence un-churchly.”

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Dr. Charles Weaver · March 16, 2024

Response to Jeff: Rhythmic Signs Again

I propose that we consider Dom Pothier’s method without making an unnecessary appeal to authority.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 15, 2024

Jeff Ostrowski Attempts to Sing the Easter Introit

I opted for the Church’s official rhythm.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 15, 2024

Dr. Alfred Calabrese Conducts In Boston Cathedral

“To Richard Clark, music director of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, few sounds are as joyful to hear as over 100 children singing in unison…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 12, 2024

PDF Download • Lenten Hymn + SATB Refrain

Professor Bouyer later admitted (in his memoirs) that his team of liturgical reformers had been doomed from the start, since their goal was “recasting from top to bottom—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴!—an entire liturgy which had required twenty centuries to develop.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 11, 2024

“Response to Dr. Weaver” • 11 March 2024

“It would be a barbarous archaism to adopt this ancient custom in our time.” —Dom Guéranger

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 9, 2024

“Church Music Job” • Salary Between $50k – $70k

“I believe any dedicated choirmaster would love to team up with a pastor like this one!” —Jeff Ostrowski

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 9, 2024

The Day My Life Changed Forever

Do we believe sacred music exists?

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 8, 2024

Introit • “Laetare Jerusalem” (4th Sunday of Lent)

Sung according to the official rhythm of the Catholic Church.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 8, 2024

Ronald Reagan: “My Greatest Dread”

Excerpt (60 seconds) from an interview done in 1985 by the “Reader’s Digest” magazine.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 7, 2024

Paul Inwood: It’s a “Miracle” (his word) the Traditional Latin Mass Still Exists

How dare I broach such a subject?

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Guest Author · March 6, 2024

Saint Paul’s Choir School • “My Reflections”

Saint Paul’s Choir School is the only all boys Catholic choir school in the nation.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · March 5, 2024

(5 March 2024) • Interview with Diana Corliss

In this interview, Diana speaks about (among other things) the “Colorado Sacred Music Conference.”

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President’s Corner

    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
    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —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

The effectiveness of liturgy does not lie in experimenting with rites and altering them over and over, nor in a continuous reductionism, but solely in entering more deeply into the word of God and the mystery being celebrated. It is the presence of these two that authenticates the Church’s rites, not what some priest decides, indulging his own preferences.

— Liturgicae Instaurationes (1970)

Recent Posts

  • PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)
  • Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
  • PDF Chart (33,344 words) • “Graduale Romanum”—Spanish, English: Multiple Approved Translations
  • Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
  • Ordinary of the Mass (Spanish Settings) for Organ + Congregation • “We’ve Had Success With These”

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