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Jeff Ostrowski · May 3, 2021

“No hymn deserves more to be reintroduced in our catholic tradition.” —Dom Ermin Vitry

A live recording of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.

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Fr. David Friel · May 2, 2021

Summer Course in the Ward Method

CUA is pleased to announce that this week-long intensive course will be offered in person this summer.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 2, 2021

Calling All Church Musicians!

Is this normal? (Answer: “yes”)

Veronica Brandt · April 30, 2021

Salve Joseph

Spanish Australian Setting of Salve Joseph

A Latin hymn to St Joseph with a popular tune – a unison chorus with 4 two part verses.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 29, 2021

“Days Of The Week In Latin” • Feria II, Feria III, Feria IV, Feria V, Feria VI

“Feria Quinta” — which day is that? … Be honest.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 28, 2021

“Are They Ugly?” • May 1st Propers For Saint Joseph

I fail to see how such a position can be defended…

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Keven Smith · April 28, 2021

Hidden Gem: In Te, Domine, Speravi (Hassler)

This simple canon makes a great “anytime” Offertory motet for developing choirs and experienced ensembles alike.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 27, 2021

Paul Inwood Attacks Jeff Ostrowski’s Harmonies

Paul Inwood has unwittingly committed a rookie’s error here…

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Fr. David Friel · April 25, 2021

The Greater Litanies & the Meaning of Liturgical Processions

Processing is one way in which we express who we are as wayfarers en route to heaven.

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Veronica Brandt · April 24, 2021

An Interview with Veronica Brandt

How exactly does one get from electrical engineering to writing hymnbooks and making videos on singing Gregorian chant?

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 21, 2021

“The Fifteen Best Catholic Hymns” • Wait……

Church musicians: Is this what we’re doing wrong?

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 20, 2021

Do You Know This Easter Hymn?

We did both versions: One is quite popular, the other less so.

Jeff Ostrowski · April 19, 2021

Why does this repeat four times?

Folks, this is pretty cool.

Jeff Ostrowski · April 17, 2021

Not. Just. Catholics.

Talk about whatever subject you desire…except musical “style”—because doing so might get you killed.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 16, 2021

Did Solesmes Abbey Drink The 1960s Kool-Aid?

…you be the judge…

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President’s Corner

    Luis Martínez Must Go!
    Sevilla Cathedral (entry dated 13 December 1564): The chapter orders Luis Martínez, a cathedral chaplain, to stay away from the choirbook-stand when the rest of the singers gather around it to sing polyphony—the reason being that “he throws the others out of tune.” [Excerpt from “The Life of Father Francisco Guerrero.”]
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Urgent! • We Desperately Need Funds!
    A few days ago, the president of Corpus Christi Watershed posted this urgent appeal for funds. Please help us make sure we’re never forced to place our content behind a paywall. We feel it’s crucial that 100% of our content remains free to everyone. We’re a tiny 501(c)3 public charity, entirely dependent upon the generosity of small donors. We have no endowment and no major donors. We run no advertisements and have no savings. We beg you to consider donating $4.00 per month. Thank you!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Booklet of Eucharistic Hymns” (16 pages)
    I was asked to create a booklet for my parish to use during our CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION on 22 June 2025. Would you be willing to look over the DRAFT BOOKLET (16 pages) I came up with? I tried to include a variety of hymns: some have a refrain; some are in major, others in minor; some are metered, others are plainsong; some are in Spanish, some are in Latin, but most are in English. Normally, we’d use the Brébeuf Hymnal—but we can’t risk having our congregation carry those heavy books all over the city to various churches.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
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Random Quote

“For me, religious music ceased with the sixteenth century. The fresh, childlike souls of that time alone expressed their vehement, untainted fervor in music free from worldliness. Since then we have had pious musical improvisations more or less made for show. That wonderful man Johann Sebastian Bach only escaped because of his natural genius. He built harmonic edifices as a devout architect and not as an apostle.”

— Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

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