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Jeff Ostrowski · December 16, 2015

“Veni Veni Emmanuel” • Original Setting (Two Voices)

This famous Advent hymn was not written in the 1800s—it goes back at least to the 15th century.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 19, 2015

Some of the old Catholic hymnals were dreadful, but this one is splendid.

Jeff Ostrowski · November 18, 2015

This special Solesmes book contains another version of the “Chants Abrégés.”

Jeff Ostrowski · October 26, 2015

“I’m sure you’ll enjoy the beautiful poems, songs, and pictures…” —Very Rev. Norbert M. Shumaker

Jeff Ostrowski · October 21, 2015

An extremely rare Canadian hymnal produced by Rev. Aloysius Knauff.

Jeff Ostrowski · September 28, 2015

Published by the Catholic Choirmasters’ Guild of Buffalo, New York.

Guest Author · September 9, 2015

Including an update on wonderful things happening for Sacred Music in Colorado!

Jeff Ostrowski · August 29, 2015

Here’s a chart with rubrics from the 1974 “Graduale” translated into English.

Jeff Ostrowski · August 26, 2015

A Collection of 115 Motets and Hymns, with an Easy Mass for Two Equal Voices.

Jeff Ostrowski · August 17, 2015

All 255 pages of this famous hymn book can now be downloaded as a PDF.

Jeff Ostrowski · June 24, 2015

Could this have something to do with how each line comes through “cleanly” in 3-part music?

Jeff Ostrowski · June 9, 2015

A generous reader sent me copies of this extremely rare book.

Two free resources for the Pentecost Sequence, “Veni Sancte Spiritus”

Jeff Ostrowski · May 18, 2015

If they were set upon avoiding the word “men,” I wish ICEL would have done something like “peace on earth to *those* of good will.”

Jeff Ostrowski · April 28, 2015

“The origins of some are not known due to the long and nearly untraceable popular usage they have enjoyed.” —Gregorian Institute