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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Jeff Ostrowski · October 15, 2022

USCCB • “Principal Music Books for the Eucharist”

The principal books of music for the Eucharist were recently (re-)confirmed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · October 13, 2022

“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” • New album from Richard Kelley & Richard J. Clark

Famed Boston trumpeter (Richard Kelley) and Boston Cathedral choirmaster (Richard J. Clark) explore the depths of human frailty, struggle, and dignity …

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 13, 2022

PDF Download • “Salve Regina” Chant in English (Four Different Versions)

I never knew these existed until earlier today!

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 11, 2022

PDF Download • 1915 “Gregorian Vesperale” … Printed On Five Lines! (651 Pages)

Father Weinmann placed plainsong on five (5) lines, yet still used Gregorian notation—including chord symbols!

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 11, 2022

“Times & Locations” • Traditional Latin Masses in the Diocese of Arlington

Bishop Burbidge has forbidden eight parishes from publishing Mass times in their bulletins, parish websites, or social media channels!

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Dr. Charles Weaver · October 9, 2022

The Solesmes Episema and Contemplation

Are we even singing the Solesmes rhythm at all?

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 6, 2022

“Bravery!” • Schola Director Posts ‘Live’ Recording

“The portable organ shall be lowered into the quire to accompany the singers, who shall sing solos in their order of seniority…” —1604 document

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 1, 2022

“Released” • A Eucharistic Hymn You’ll Love!

Installment 4 • “How Has Nobody Done This Before?” (series)

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Dr. Charles Weaver · September 29, 2022

Solmization from the Inside: Part 2

What can medieval and renaissance music pedagogy offer to us now?

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 28, 2022

PDF Download • SATB “Alleluia” by J.S. Bach

This short piece shimmers with beauty. The arrangement is by Monsignor René Moissenet.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 27, 2022

“What Is Polyphony?” • With Audio Examples

A professor at our conservatory always told us: “An example is worth 1,000 words.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 26, 2022

Say “Hello” to the Villain Who Lied About You

Fulton J. Sheen told a story about a man who bumped into Abraham Lincoln yelling: “Get out of my way, you big ugly lummox!”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · September 24, 2022

“North American Martyrs” • Stained Glass Window

Their feast is on Monday (in Canada and the EF)!

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 24, 2022

“Nobody Cares About This” • (Except Me!)

I’ve attempted to create a recording for this coming Sunday according to the official rhythm…

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · September 21, 2022

Saint Brigid’s School • New Choir School for the Cathedral of Saint Mary (San Francisco)

Thirty years ago most pastors would not have been open to inaugurating good sacred music programs in their parishes, but times have changed.

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President’s Corner

    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
    Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”

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

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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

Some are called not to much speaking, | nor to conversations about the Church, | but, rather, to a deep silence | and to a life hidden in the heart of the Church, | far from wrangling tongues, from speculations, and discord. […] This is the essence of a Eucharistic monastic life.

— Fr. Mark Daniel Kirby (Meditation on Colossians 3:3)

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