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Views from the Choir Loft

President's Corner

Jeff Ostrowski · May 8, 2026

PDF Download • “For Pentecost Sunday”

There’s a triple ‘allelúja’ and I just love the chord at the end of the 2nd iteration.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2026

PDF Download • “Organ Accompaniment”

The following declaration will probably smack of “blowing my own horn.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2026

“Gregorian Chant Quiz” • 4 May 2026

How well do you know your Gregorian Chant?

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 4, 2026

“Rare Photographs” • Hannibal Bugnini

These are currently ‘making the rounds’ on Twitter.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 2, 2026

Music List • “5th Sunday of Easter” (Year A)

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 30, 2026

PDF Download • Communion for Sunday

Such a shame it only comes every three years…

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 28, 2026

Season’s End Repertoire

I’m trailing the timeline and need to close the distance.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 27, 2026

PDF Download • “Funeral Procession”

Funeral Procession drawn by Simon Bening, a mediæval artist who died in 1561.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 20, 2026

Simplified Accomp. • Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”

A simplified keyboard accompaniment for Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 15, 2026

“Reminder” — Month of April (2026)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 12, 2026

Simplified Accompaniment (Easter Hymn)

Last time I created a ‘simplified’ keyboard accompaniment it was downloaded more than 1,000 times within 24 hours.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 11, 2026

PDF Download • “Quasi Modo Sunday”

The official language of the Catholic Church is Latin (whereas Greek is our mother tongue).

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 10, 2026

‘German’ Introductions for Hymns

German organ books have an enchanting habit…

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 8, 2026

Buckfast Abbey Weighs In

Dom John Stéphan was a Benedictine monk of Buckfast Abbey in South Devon, England.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 6, 2026

Responsorial Psalm Fauxbourdon?

What does this actually sound like?

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President’s Corner

    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (27th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 4 October 2026

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    A Mystery! — Re: the “Liber Usualis”

    Even after all these years, nobody has been able to explain this.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “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

Random Quote

“Until Pope Paul VI, there has not been a single pope who introduced the type of fundamental changes in liturgical forms which we are now witnessing. In fact, we must note that even small changes in the liturgy introduced by a pope have never been readily accepted.”

— Monsignor Klaus Gamber (d. 1989)

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