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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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Search Results for: simple english propers

Is It Time To Stop Singing The Propers?

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · January 19, 2020

I know how difficult it can be to introduce chant to a Novus Ordo parish.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 21, 2020

New Collection of Propers from GIA

Fr. David Friel · October 2, 2016

The growing market for Mass propers is a sign of promise.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Alius Cantus Aptus, Authentic Liturgical Renewal Reform, CanticaNOVA Publications, Hymns Replacing Propers, Proper of the Mass in English, Propers, Roman Missal Third Edition, Simple English Mass Propers, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Essential Resources • Psalm Tones for Mass Propers

Jeff Ostrowski · June 15, 2016

“The singing of the Communion Antiphon alone, which sufficed at sung Mass when Holy Communion was not given, is insufficient under the new conditions…” —Solesmes (1957)

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Mass Propers • Fascinating Articles From 1924

Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2016

Editors of “The Tablet” felt these essays were horrendous!

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

OFFERTORY: Chant Propers in Three Parts for Sundays & Feasts

Fr. David Friel · June 14, 2015

Exciting New Collection of Simple English Propers!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Polyphony For Three Voices, Proper of the Mass in English, Simple English Mass Propers, Simple Steps To Improve Parish Music, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(4 of 7)

Dr. Lucas Tappan · February 24, 2015

This year one, a seminarian from our parish is being ordained. He requested that we sing the Propers for his first Mass.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Hilgartner 20 November 2012, Hymns Replacing Propers Last Updated: October 15, 2022

Permission Needed to Replace the Propers?—(3 of 7)

Andrew Leung · February 21, 2015

When the GIRM says “four options”, they really mean four preferences…

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Hilgartner 20 November 2012, Hymns Replacing Propers Last Updated: October 15, 2022

PDF Download: Father Charles Dreisoerner’s “Graduale Romanum” In English (202 pages)

Guest Author · December 22, 2014

Did you know the entire Roman Gradual was set to English texts in 1984?

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Chants for the Church Year, Deacon Patrick Cunningham, Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers Last Updated: August 17, 2024

Review: An English Gradual (Belmont Abbey, 2013)

Jeff Ostrowski · December 10, 2014

For myself, I prefer the liturgy entirely in Latin or entirely in the vernacular. Others will disagree.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers Last Updated: January 1, 2020

New Propers Collection By Lawrence M. Rutherford

Jeff Ostrowski · November 19, 2014

“English Psalm-Tone Propers for the Ordinary Form of the Mass” is now available in print!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Simple English Mass Propers, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Mass Propers In English

Jeff Ostrowski · August 11, 2014

Roosevelt was President while paralyzed. Churchill gave speeches but couldn’t pronounce “S” correctly. Surely, then, we can implement the Mass Propers with these 11 collections! • the Graduale Romanum has been set in English by many composers; here are some collections with audio samples+

Filed Under: Articles, Featured Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Hymns Replacing Propers, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: November 24, 2020

Inaccurate Statements About Translations Of The Mass Propers (A Pet Peeve)

Jeff Ostrowski · July 18, 2014

The quickest way to make this clear to a skeptical priest or liturgist is to request that they bring you some Offertory antiphons from MR3. (They don’t exist!)

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, ICEL New Translation of the Roman Missal, Roman Missal Third Edition Last Updated: January 1, 2020

The Pipe Organ and Propers Flourish with Vexo and Weismann

Richard J. Clark · May 9, 2014

While the pipe organ languishes in some places, it flourishes in others. There are three reasons why.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Improvisation, Pipe Organ, Propers Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Saint René Goupil • Gregorian Chant Propers

Gregorian videos, organ accompaniments, and audio recordings for the 1962 “Graduale Romanum.”

Lalemant Propers • Graduale Romanum in English

What if you’re unable to prepare the Offertory for this Sunday? You had planned to rehearse it, but ran out of time … Problem solved!

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    PDF Download • “Ubi Caritas” (SATB)
    I remember singing “Ubi Cáritas” by Maurice Duruflé at the conservatory. I was deeply moved by it. However, some feel Duruflé’s version isn’t suitable for small choirs since it’s written for 6 voices and the bass tessitura is quite low. That’s why I was absolutely thrilled to discover this “Ubi cáritas” (SATB) for smaller choirs by Énemond Moreau, who studied with OSCAR DEPUYDT (d. 1925), an orphan who became a towering figure of Catholic music. Depuydt’s students include: Flor Peeters (d. 1986); Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel (d. 1953); Arthur Meulemans (d. 1966); Monsignor Jules Vyverman (d. 1989); and Gustaaf Nees (d. 1965). Rehearsal videos for each individual voice await you at #19705. When I came across the astonishing English translation for “Ubi Cáritas” by Monsignor Ronald Knox—matching the Latin’s meter—I decided to add those lyrics as an option (for churches which have banned Latin). My wife and I made this recording to give you some idea how it sounds.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “Cantus Mariales” (192 pages)
    Andrea Leal has posted an absolutely pristine scan of CANTUS MARIALES (192 pages) which can be downloaded as a PDF file. To access this treasure, navigate to the frabjous article Andrea posted Monday. The file is being offered completely free of charge. The beginning pages of the book have something not to be missed: viz. a letter from Pope Saint Pius X to Dom Pothier, in which the pope calls Abbat Pothier “a man versed above all others in the science of liturgy, and to whom the cause of Gregorian chant is greatly indebted.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (2nd Sunday of Lent)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC I created for this coming Sunday, which is the 2nd Sunday of Lent (1 March 2026). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. This feast has magnificent propers. Its somber INTROIT is particularly striking—using a haunting tonality—but the COMMUNION with its fauxbourdon verses is also quite remarkable. I encourage all the readers to visit the feasts website, where the Propria Missae may be downloaded completely free of charge.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Extreme Unction
    Those who search Google for “CCCC MS 079” will discover high resolution images of a medieval Pontificale (“Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 079”). One of the pages contains this absolutely gorgeous depiction of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    PDF Chart • “Plainsong Rhythm”
    I will go to my grave without understanding the lack of curiosity so many people have about the rhythmic modifications made by Dom André Mocquereau. For example, how can someone examine this single sheet comparison chart and at a minimum not be curious about the differences? Dom Mocquereau basically creates a LONG-SHORT LONG-SHORT rhythmic pattern—in spite of enormous and overwhelming manuscript evidence to the contrary. That’s why some scholars referred to his method as “Neo-Mensuralist” or “Neo-Mensuralism.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Simplified)
    I admire the harmonization of “Adeste Fideles” by David Willcocks (d. 2015), who served as director of the Royal College of Music (London, England). In 2025, I was challenged to create a simplified arrangement for organists incapable of playing the authentic version at tempo. The result was this simplified keyboard arrangement (PDF download) based on the David Willcocks version of “O Come All Ye Faithful.” Feel free to play through it and let me know what you think.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it, for in the past they have unhappily left it.

— Pope Pius XI (6 January 1928)

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