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Views from the Choir Loft

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 1, 2025

“Entrance Chant” • Presentation (2 Febr.)

This English adaptation imitates the authentic Gregorian Chant version in a splendid way.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2025

PDF Download • Intensely Rare 1898 “Roman Gradual” — (Released for the First Time in History)

I carefully scanned all 642 pages in (color) high resolution.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2025

2 February • “Communion”

I would say: “Somewhat dark, yet beautiful”

Jeff Ostrowski · January 30, 2025

Thoughts on the “English” Method of Hymn-Printing

Protestants sometimes say: “One must never omit verses of a hymn, because hymns tell a story.”

Jeff Ostrowski · January 28, 2025

Breaking! • “Cardinal Roche Vs. Bishop Paprocki” (Development on 23 Jan. 2025)

On 23 January 2025, Arthur Cardinal Roche attempted (?) to overrule the Vatican’s “Committee on Canonical Affairs.”

Corpus Christi Watershed · January 27, 2025

Photograph • Mass at Dachau Concentration Camp

Is that a tiny pipe organ?

Jeff Ostrowski · January 27, 2025

PDF Download • 3-Voice Arrang. by Helen Drost

You owe it to yourself to listen to this ‘live’ recording.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 25, 2025

“What Are the Urbanite Hymns?” (4-Page PDF)

“No one who knows anything about the subject now doubts that that revision of Urban VIII was a ghastly mistake, for which there is not one single word of any kind to be said.” —Father Adrian Fortescue

Jeff Ostrowski · January 24, 2025

“Music List” • 3rd Sunday (Ord. Time)

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 24, 2025

Only Every Three Years…

Communion antiphon for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).

Jeff Ostrowski · January 23, 2025

“Entrance Chant” • 3rd Sunday (Ord. Time)

This English adaptation uses a Tetrardus mode, as does the authentic Gregorian Chant version.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 22, 2025

“Remembering William Mahrt” • My interview with Dr. Horst Buchholz (21 January 2025)

Includes Dr. Buchholz’s obituary for William Mahrt: “A Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Friend”

Jeff Ostrowski · January 22, 2025

PDF Download • “Pipe Organ Recessional” (Manuals Only) — George Frederick Handel

I have a confession to make…

Jeff Ostrowski · January 21, 2025

PDF Download • Singers’ Wedding Booklet (28 Pages)

I don’t pretend to have an answer to this question.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 20, 2025

PDF • “Gloria VIII” on 5 lines!

As of a few minutes ago, you can freely download this PDF score.

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President’s Corner

    Urgent! • We Desperately Need Funds!
    A few days ago, the president of Corpus Christi Watershed posted this urgent appeal for funds. Please help us make sure we’re never forced to place our content behind a paywall. We feel it’s crucial that 100% of our content remains free to everyone. We’re a tiny 501(c)3 public charity, entirely dependent upon the generosity of small donors. We have no endowment and no major donors. We run no advertisements and have no savings. We beg you to consider donating $4.00 per month. Thank you!
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Booklet of Eucharistic Hymns” (16 pages)
    I was asked to create a booklet for my parish to use during our CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION on 22 June 2025. Would you be willing to look over the DRAFT BOOKLET (16 pages) I came up with? I tried to include a variety of hymns: some have a refrain; some are in major, others in minor; some are metered, others are plainsong; some are in Spanish, some are in Latin, but most are in English. Normally, we’d use the Brébeuf Hymnal—but we can’t risk having our congregation carry those heavy books all over the city to various churches.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Yahweh” in church songs?
    My pastor asked me to write a weekly column for our parish bulletin. The one scheduled to run on 22 June 2025 is called “Three Words in a Psalm” and speaks of translating the TETRAGRAMMATON. You can read the article at this column repository. All of them are quite brief because I was asked to keep within a certain word limit.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt

Random Quote

“The Jesuits have spoiled the work of Christian antiquity, under pretext of restoring the hymns in accordance with the laws of metre and elegant language.”

— M. Ulysse Chevalier (1891)

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