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Jeff Ostrowski · March 16, 2026

Stumped by “Episcopalian Hymnal” (1910)

Some consider this 1910 tome the greatest Episcopalian Hymnal ever printed.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · February 24, 2026

Like! Like! Like!

You’ll never guess who gave us a “like” on Facebook!

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 7, 2025

“Articles for Bulletin” • Saint Mary’s in Muskegon

This series is for Saint Mary’s in Muskegon.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 6, 2024

Protected: Don’t Share • “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 28, 2022

Scandalous “Catholic” Hymn

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Cynthia Ostrowski · February 16, 2021

(photographs) • The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 8, 2020

(2022, Revised) • Saint Vitus Choir Page

6 May 2022 Morales Alleluia = #78969 THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRIORITY 78969 • Alleluia for OF & EF (Morales Magnificat) Page 697 from The Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal …rehearsal videos are at #697 and also #868 THIS IS YOUR SECOND PRIORITY “Christ the Lord is risen today” TUNE: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 […]

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 12, 2020

Protected: « Sundays after Pentecost »

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 5, 2020

Protected: 3rd edition • Saint Edmund Campion Missal

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 2, 2019

Veronica Brandt • “Lalande Drop-Cap Letters”

Editing Code in the Classic Editor There are two tabs to the right of the content box: Visual and Text. Choose Text to edit the code. Choose Visual for a rough idea of how it will look. Editing Code in the Block Editor Each paragraph block has a menu bar which pops up when that […]

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Guest Author · October 18, 2011

The title you choose must not be extremely long

This should be a (relatively short) sentence designed to make people want to read your blog. It can have some “shock value” … but don’t go crazy!

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 14, 2005

Choir of Sainte Marie • “THE GREAT WEEK”

You are also responsible for learning the PALESTRINA ALLELUIA: 26561 • “Alleluia for SATB”   •   PDF Score (Singer) EQUAL VOICES : YouTube SOPRANO : YouTube ALTO : YouTube TENOR : YouTube BASS : YouTube Music list: Palm Sunday Music list: Holy Thursday Music List: Good Friday Music List: Easter Sunday Reminder: the “feasts […]

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    Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 on Sundays?

    Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether the 2nd Eucharistic prayer may be used on Sundays.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    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

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

“During Lent…the use of musical instruments is allowed only so as to support the singing. Nevertheless, Laetare Sunday (the Fourth Sunday of Lent), Solemnities and Feasts are exceptions to this rule.”

— ‘Roman Missal, 3rd Edition (2011)’

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