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Jeff Ostrowski · August 7, 2026

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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Corpus Christi Watershed · August 6, 2026

“Panis Angelicus” • Organ Accompaniment (7 Pages)

“Those two options are as good as any (and better than most).” —Jeff Ostrowski

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 6, 2026

1,187 Pages • “Dripping With Color, Craft, and Splendor” (Missale Romanum, 1933)

That such a richly-illustrated missal could have been created—much less mass produced—in the 1930s is beyond belief.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 3, 2026

Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)

This document shows a “mensuralist” approach to Gregorian Chant.

Jeff Ostrowski · July 31, 2026

“Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up

We received considerable correspondence regarding my article: “Two Ways to Defile a Hymn.”

Jeff Ostrowski · July 29, 2026

Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 28, 2026

“Progress Report” (With Samples) • Forthcoming Roman Catholic Hymnal In Spanish

It’s coming along nicely!

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 26, 2026

PDF Download • “Roman Catholic Music in England from 1850–1962” — Lengthy Dissertation (402 pages)

This includes 1914-1962 (years which were excluded from Muir’s book).

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 23, 2026

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 · July 22, 2026

“A Catholic Choir Director’s Decalogue” • Jeff’s Personal Odyssey (10 Points)

Is there anyone on the planet willing to pretend he doesn’t understand the plain meaning of those words?

Jeff Ostrowski · July 19, 2026

SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.

Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 16, 2026

Insane Baroque-Era Dissonance!

There is no more dissonant chord than this in the entire Baroque era!

Mark Haas · July 8, 2026

PDF Downloads • “16 Gorgeous SAB Motets”

The following collection offers a variety of Latin and English motets

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Corpus Christi Watershed · July 7, 2026

PDF Download • “Singers’ Music Booklet” (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

Meet Dr. Horst Buchholz and Kevin Allen!

Jeff Ostrowski · July 3, 2026

Organist and Choirmaster (Birmingham Oratory)

You simply must play this chord!

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President’s Corner

    Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 on Sundays?
    May the SECOND EUCHARISTIC PRAYER be used on Sundays? Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether it may be chosen on Sundays. In the late 1960s, Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 was assembled based on a text believed (by some) to be an early form of the Canon. The priest who created Eucharistic Prayer No. 2—hastily assembling it while sitting in an Italian restaurant—came to regret his role in the liturgical reforms. His name was FATHER LOUIS BOUYER (a close personal friend of Pope Saint Paul VI), and he later admitted his team had little chance of success because their goal was to “recast from top to bottom—and in a few months!—an entire liturgy that had required twenty centuries to develop.” No bishop who participated in Vatican II thought the ROMAN CANON would ever be prayed in the vernacular (much less eliminated), which we have documented a zillion times on this blog. Someday, all this must be set right! ✠
    —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

“The Humanists abominated the rhythmical poetry of the Middle Ages from an exaggerated enthusiasm for ancient classical forms and meters. Hymnody then received its death blow as, on the revision of the Breviary under Pope Urban VIII, the medieval rhythmical hymns were forced into more classical forms by means of so-called corrections.”

— ‘Father Clemens Blume, S.J.’

Recent Posts

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  • 1,187 Pages • “Dripping With Color, Craft, and Splendor” (Missale Romanum, 1933)
  • Knox. Has. No. Equal.
  • “Plainsong Propers” • Fascinating 1980s Recordings

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