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Views from the Choir Loft

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 9, 2022

PDF • “Hymn Suggestions For Each Sunday”

The conscientious choirmaster takes people where they are and then—carefully and prudently—leads them to something higher.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 8, 2022

“Like None Other!” • New Three-Voice Collection

I could not function as a choirmaster without this collection.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 5, 2022

“Communion Hymn For Lent” • (Rec. 3/4/2022)

I believe many choir members will stop coming back if the music is always the same.

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 5, 2022

IMPORTANT • Stunning News From Rome!

In this meeting—and subsequent statement—Pope Francis made it clear that institutes like the FSSP are not affected by “Traditionis Custodes.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 2, 2022

Does Your Musical Program Have Balance?

What I’ve labeled “musical diversity” could also be thought of as “balance.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 26, 2022

PDF Download • Missa Philomena (Philippe Verdelot)

This music is from a much earlier period; and you can tell.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 26, 2022

“Common” Hymn Tunes? • Another Example

The first text is for the “pre-Lent” season…

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 24, 2022

Cardinal Cupich’s Diocese • “What Mass Looks Like”

The “primary cross” for most young men has to do with temptations against the 6th Commandment.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 22, 2022

PDF Download • No More OCP “Breaking Bread”

This powerful response—by a Catholic priest—is without question one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever read.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 18, 2022

Eucharistic Hymn • By a Jesuit Martyr Priest

English has words whose meanings directly contradict each other (such as “cleave” or “sanction”).

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 16, 2022

Sound superb! … with just 2 minutes of rehearsal

I’m someone who harbors an irrational fear of anything I’m not familiar with.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 12, 2022

Attention! • “15,283 Signatures … More Needed”

I’m generally against online petitions, but here’s the thing…

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 11, 2022

Breaking! • Bishop Lobsinger Forbids Spanish and French (for Confession & Last Rites)

Spanish may no longer be used (starting 3/6/2022) for the Sacrament of Confession or the Last Rites.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 9, 2022

“A New Era Of Church Music”

Also included are three (3) versions of the Stations of the Cross, by Fulton J. Sheen, Cardinal Ratzinger, and Alphonsus Liguori.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 8, 2022

Ruth Slenczynska & “Traditionis Custodes”

Bishop Arthur Roche recently sent out puzzling instructions which encourage “Ordinary Form” Catholics to ostracize and belittle those who prefer the Traditional Mass.

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    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

It is unworthy that the stone holds Him, Who encloses everything in His hand, Locked in by the forbidding rock. (“Indígnum est cujus claudúntur cuncta pugíllo | Ut tegat inclúsum rupe vetánte lapis.”)

— SALVE FESTA DIES (Eastertide)

Recent Posts

  • PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)
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  • Ordinary of the Mass (Spanish Settings) for Organ + Congregation • “We’ve Had Success With These”

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