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Views from the Choir Loft

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Keven Smith · February 16, 2021

PDF • “Spiritual Mass Plan for Church Organists”

Some guidance on how to stay recollected at a low Mass while you’re also playing organ.

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Andrea Leal · February 15, 2021

Part 1 • “Starting Your Own Traditional Latin Mass”

Practical advice for how to start a Traditional Latin Mass in your city.

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Fr. David Friel · February 14, 2021

New Monthly Companion for the Extraordinary Form

“Benedictus: The Traditional Catholic Companion” is an initiative of Sophia Institute Press.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 13, 2021

“Homily for Quinquagesima Sunday” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM

Sometimes I think we humans are becoming too smart—perhaps too smart for our own good.

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Daniel Tucker · February 13, 2021

“Ad Orientem” Explained

This year, the priest at my parish will be offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass ad orientem on Fridays during Lent. I wrote the following “explainer” to help my parishioners understand what’s going on and why.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 11, 2021

PDF Download • 1954 “Bragers Hymnal”—Accompaniment Edition (131 pages)

We have scanned this extremely rare hymnal, granted Imprimatur by Francis Cardinal Spellman on 15 February 1954.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 10, 2021

“Reform of the Reform” • Eight Lies We Were Told

We should evaluate things based on their merit.

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Fr. David Friel · February 7, 2021

Musical Notation for New EF Prefaces

Facilitating the chanting of the seven prefaces permitted by “Quo magis”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 7, 2021

“Homily for Sexagesima Sunday” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM

I had the good fortune of being assigned to the same mission field twice: the first time in 1956 when I was first ordained.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 4, 2021

Ben Shapiro Teaches His Audience Music Theory!

Also included: “Can amateurs sing polyphony?”

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Keven Smith · February 1, 2021

Looking for a Good Lenten Devotion? Try the Seven Sorrows Rosary

Learn about the amazing promises attached to this venerable devotion.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2021

“Homily for Septuagesima Sunday” (EF) • Father Valentine Young, OFM

I don’t know whether all of you will agree with me when I say: “life is not fair”—but I would imagine older people would agree.

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Dr. Charles Weaver · January 31, 2021

A Lesson in Chant from the Late Fr. Foster

My personal encounter with him left a strong impression, which I will share here.

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Fr. David Friel · January 27, 2021

Music Conference at the Vatican

The theme for this virtual conference will be “Church and Music: Texts and Contexts”

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Veronica Brandt · January 26, 2021

Alleluia, Dulce Carmen – sing it while you can!

A hymn for the last week before Septuagesima, or in the weeks leading up to Lent. Squeeze in all the Alleluias you can before they’re put on ice.

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President’s Corner

    Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”

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

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?

    This brief passage seems (in my humble opinion) to be a delightful specimen.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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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

“Obey, then, these prescriptions sincerely and calmly. [viz. clerics must pray their office in Latin.] It is not an excessive love of old ways that prompts them.”

— Pope Saint Paul VI (15 August 1966)

Recent Posts

  • Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”
  • PDF Download • 1950s Hand Missal including “Priest Photographs” at Mass (944 pages)
  • “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
  • Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?
  • “The Choirmaster Survey” • Update on 29 July 2026

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