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Andrea Leal · June 3, 2021

PDF Download • For the Sacred Heart (3 voices)

There is a great need for simple polyphonic pieces arranged for 2 voice and 3 voices.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 2, 2021

PDF Download • Organ Accompaniments for “Lauda Sion Salvatorem” (Sequence)

“Man cannot understand this, cannot perceive it; but a lively faith affirms that the change—which is outside the natural course of things—takes place.” (Ladua Sion, v12)

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Keven Smith · May 31, 2021

Charles Tournemire: An Organist’s Best Friend

Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique is an indispensable resource—especially for organists who are feeling “stuck” in their improvisation.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 31, 2021

News From Belgium • Re: Choral “Our Father”

Including an update on the Sacred Music Symposium.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 29, 2021

(Holy Trinity Sunday) • An Astonishing Hymn!

Hymns by Monsignor Knox often make reference to “the friendless”—have you ever been without a friend?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 29, 2021

PDF Download • “Credo VII Polyphonic Extension” for a Girls’ Choir

We’ve decided to try an experiment, with assistance from one of my favorite composers: Giovanni Maria Nanino (d. 1607).

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 26, 2021

What A Roman Catholic Hymnal Looks Like!

How exactly does the “Choral Supplement” look in real life?

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Dr. Charles Weaver · May 25, 2021

A Summer Course in Old Notation

Announcing an opportunity for graduate-level summer study in sacred music.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 25, 2021

“Veni Creator Spiritus” + Organ Accompaniment • with English Translation by Fr. Fortescue

Did you realize there are two versions of this famous hymn?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 23, 2021

“Part 1 of 3” • Guerrero Kyrie for Our Lady

Now that choirs are beginning to come back…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2021

“Veni Sancte Spiritus” (Sequence) • 18 Accompaniments

The Pentecost Sequence harmonized by Father Green, Father Jones, Dom Gregory Murray, Max Springer, Achille P. Bragers, and more!

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Keven Smith · May 18, 2021

On Musicianship: A Thought Experiment for Choir Directors

Teaching sight-singing is important, but let’s not forget that it’s a means to an end.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 17, 2021

“Slanty Wampus” Doesn’t Count

From one of my composition teachers…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 15, 2021

“Homily: Sunday after the Ascension” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM

I wanted to become a Franciscan priest, and became one. But I certainly landed in places and assignments I never dreamed of being in.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 14, 2021

“Easy Polyphonic Agnus Dei” • Part 2 of 3

What is the best way to get your choir singing when they first return? Here are some tips…

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President’s Corner

    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

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

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (27th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 4 October 2026

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    A Mystery! — Re: the “Liber Usualis”

    Even after all these years, nobody has been able to explain this.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    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
    ‘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

Random Quote

At the Council of Trent, the subject was raised whether it was correct to refer to the unconsecrated elements of bread and wine as “immaculata hostia” (spotless victim) and “calix salutaris” (chalice of salvation) in the offertory prayers. Likewise the legitimacy of the making the sign of the cross over the elements after the Eucharistic consecration was discussed.

— ‘Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, Cong. Orat.’

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