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Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”

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PDF Download • Vespers Organ Accompaniments

Jeff Ostrowski · June 10, 2019

NE OF THE MOST AWESOME things we do at my parish is Sunday Vespers. The entire congregation sings, alternating between Men & Women. It is beautiful beyond anything I could have imagined, although it took us a few months to get going. This would not be possible without the 465-page book I mentioned, created by Albert Bloomfield. The Magnificat changes each week, and I accompany Vespers on the organ. (Reminder: The men and women alternate, sitting on opposite sides of the congregation.) So, which organ scores do I use to accompany the (ever-changing) Magnificat antiphon & verse? Well, you can download them if you wish (see below). You’ll notice the harmonies underneath the psalm tones are missing, because I like to improvise them. These scores are very ugly. They’re for private use only.

*  PDF Download • First Vespers of JANUARY 1st
—“Octave Day of Christmas” • a.k.a. Circumcision.

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Epiphany

* *  (Complete Vespers) • Feast of the Holy Name

*  PDF Download • Feast of the Holy Family
—This booklet is incomplete.
—First Sunday after Epiphany.

“2nd Sunday after Epiphany”
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 3rd Sunday after Epiphany

“4th Sunday after Epiphany”
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 5th Sunday after Epiphany

*  PDF Download • 5th Sunday after Epiphany (“Zizánia”)
—Dom Lucien David was Abbat Pothier’s protégé.

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 6th Sunday after Epiphany

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Septuagesima Sunday

Sexagesima Sunday
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)

Quinquagesima Sunday
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)

Hymn for Vespers: AUDI BENIGNE CONDITOR

*  PDF Download • MAGNIFICAT (1st Sunday of Lent)

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 2nd Sunday of Lent

3rd Sunday of Lent (“Third Sunday of Lent”)
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (24 Pages)

4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”)
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (24 Pages)

5th Sunday of Lent (“Passion Sunday”)
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (24 Pages)

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 5th Sunday of Lent (“Passion Sunday”)

Hymn for Vespers: VEXILLA REGIS PRODEUNT

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Palm Sunday

Temporary file to accompany Eastertide Vespers (includes the hymn)

Hymn for Vespers: AD REGIAS AGNI DAPES

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Low Sunday

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 2nd Sunday after Easter
“Good Shepherd Sunday”

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 3rd Sunday after Easter

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 4th Sunday after Easter

5th Sunday after Easter (“Pétite Sunday”)
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (20 Pages)

*  PDF Download • Vespers Hymn for the Ascension
—Also used on the Sunday which follows the Ascension.

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Sunday after Ascension

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Pentecost Sunday

Complete booklet to accompany Pentecost Sunday Vespers II:
*  PDF Download • PENTECOST SUNDAY

*  PDF Download • Trinity Sunday Vespers Booklet
—22-page booklet to accompany Trinity Sunday Vespers II.

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Trinity Sunday

*  PDF Download • HYMN for TRINITY SUNDAY
—Set to “Gonfalon Royal” tune from the Brébeuf hymnal.

Simplified setting of the Magnificat: Trinity Sunday

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 4th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 5th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 6th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 7th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 8th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 9th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 10th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 11th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 12th Sunday after Pentecost

12th Sunday after Pentecost   •   A New Method To Accompany

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 13th Sunday after Pentecost

(Version for singers, since this Tone is difficult, can
also be printed for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost.

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 14th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 15th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 16th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 17th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 18th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 19th Sunday after Pentecost

Father Weinmann • 19th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 20th Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (print double sided) • Christ the King Sunday

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 21st Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 23rd Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 24th and LAST Sunday after Pentecost

* *  (Complete Service) • 1st Sunday of Advent

* *  (Complete Service) • 2nd Sunday of Advent

* *  (Complete Service) • 3rd Sunday of Advent

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • 22 December (verse 10 has error)

* *  (Magn. Ant. + Verse) • Sunday after Christmas
For some reason, I find it easier to improvise the harmonies for psalm tones, rather than read them.

If you have never done Vespers before, this xerox sheet is (perhaps) the best way to begin.

EXTRAS:

“Booklet: Feast of the Transfiguration, 6 August”
*  PDF Download • ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (25 Pages)

12 December: Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: Organ Accompaniment Magnificat, Vespers, Vespers Organist Scores Last Updated: May 13, 2024

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Michigan. —(Read full biography).

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    New Bulletin Article • “21 September 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for our parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article (dated 21 September 2025) discusses some theological items—supported by certain verses in ancient Catholic hymns—and ends by explaining why certain folks become delirious with jealousy when they observe feats by Monsignor Ronald Knox.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!
    It’s always amusing to see old diocesan newspapers—in huge capital letters—advertising the Cheapest Catholic Paper in the United States. The correspondent who sent this to me added: “I can think of certain composers, published by large companies in our own day, who could truthfully brag about the most tawdry compositions in the world!” I wonder what she could have meant by such a cryptic comment…
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • Dom Murray Harmonies
    Along with so many others, I have deep respect for Dom Gregory Gregory Murray, who produced this clever harmonization (PDF) of “O SANCTISSIMA.” It’s always amazed me that Dom Gregory—a truly inspired composer—was so confused when it came to GREGORIAN CHANT. Throughout his life, he published contradictory statements, veering back-and-forth like a weather vane. Toward the end of his life, he declared: “I see clearly that the need for reform in liturgical music arose, not in the 18th and 19th centuries, but a thousand years earlier—in the 8th and 9th centuries, or even before that. The abuses began, not with Mozart and Haydn, but with those over-enthusiastic medieval musicians who developed the elaborate and flamboyant Gregorian Chant.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Karl Keating • “Canonization Questions”
    We were sent an internet statement (screenshot) that’s garnered significant attention, in which KARL KEATING (founder of Catholic Answers) speaks about whether canonizations are infallible. Mr. Keating seems unaware that canonizations are—in the final analysis—a theological opinion. They are not infallible, as explained in this 2014 article by a priest (with a doctorate in theology) who worked for multiple popes. Mr. Keating says: “I’m unaware of such claims arising from any quarter until several recent popes disliked by these Traditionalists were canonized, including John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II. Usually Paul VI receives the most opprobrium.” Mr. Keating is incorrect; e.g. Father John Vianney, several centuries ago, taught clearly that canonizations are not infallible. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen would be another example, although clearly much more recent than Saint John Vianney.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Vatican II Changed Wedding Propers?
    It’s often claimed that the wedding propers were changed after Vatican II. As a matter of fact, that is a false claim. The EDITIO VATICANA propers (Introit: Deus Israel) remained the same after Vatican II. However, a new set of propers (Introit: Ecce Deus) was provided for optional use. The same holds true for the feast of Pope Saint Gregory the Great on 3 September: the 1943 propers (Introit: Si díligis me) were provided for optional use, but the traditional PROPRIA MISSAE (Introit: Sacerdótes Dei) were retained; they weren’t gotten rid of. The Ordo Cantus Missae (1970) makes this crystal clear, as does the Missal itself. There was an effort made in the post-conciliar years to eliminate so-called “Neo-Gregorian” chants, but (contrary to popular belief) most were retained: cf. the feast of Christ the King, the feast of the Immaculate Conception, and so forth.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Solemn “Salve Regina” (Chant)
    How many “S” words can you think of using alliteration? How about Schwann Solemn Salve Score? You can download the SOLEMN SALVE REGINA in Gregorian Chant. The notation follows the official rhythm (EDITIO VATICANA). Canon Jules Van Nuffel, choirmaster of the Cathedral of Saint Rumbold, composed this accompaniment for it (although some feel it isn’t his best work).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

“Much more serious was the problem, what to do about ‘thou’ and ‘you.’ I confess I would have liked to go the whole hog, and dispense with the use of ‘thou’ and ‘thee’, even where the Almighty was being addressed. They do these things in France, but I felt sure you could not get it past the British public. Why not, then, have ‘thou’ for God and ‘you’ for man? That is Moffatt’s principle; but it seems to me to break down hopelessly in relation to our Incarnate Lord…”

— Monsignor Ronald A. Knox

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