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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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“Gregorian Chant Rhythm Wars” • Ostrowski Vs. Williams

Jeff Ostrowski · November 1, 2022

My colleague, Patrick Williams has agreed to enter into a “colloquy” with me vis-à-vis Gregorian rhythm.

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Filed Under: Articles, Featured Tagged With: Gregorian Rhythm Wars, Gregorian Semiology, litterae significative, Notker, Pothier De Caetero 1906, Romanian Letters, Sémiologie grégorienne Last Updated: December 6, 2022

(Installment #7) “Catholic Hymnals” • Richard J. Clark

Richard J. Clark · September 8, 2020

“Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Canticles”—the most influential post-conciliar hymnal—was never distributed by any large publisher!

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Traditional Catholic Hymnals Last Updated: June 27, 2023

Draft Document • “Church Music Manifesto” (2020)

Jeff Ostrowski · June 30, 2020

We’re living in darkness—but, like the phoenix, authentic Church music can rise from the ashes!

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Church Music Manifesto, Guild of Church Musicians Last Updated: June 30, 2020

“Comparison” • 15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals

Guest Author · June 7, 2020

Covid-19 has forced many parishes to remove all hymnals from their pews: A perfect opportunity for change!

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Affordable Hymnal for Catholic Parishes, Dr Theodore Marier, GIA Worship IV Hymnal, Helen Hull Hitchcock Adoremus, Hymns Psalms Spiritual Canticles, Jean de Brebeuf Hymnal, The Catholic Hymnal, Traditional Catholic Hymnals, Traditional Latin Mass Last Updated: March 15, 2022

Broadcasting Holy Mass During Covidtide

Dr. Lucas Tappan · May 26, 2020

The most problematic genre for use in broadcasting is the English setting of the Mass Ordinary since all of the major settings are currently under copyright.

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Repeating Repertoire? • Dr. Tappan

Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 26, 2020

“The tunes and ditties of the radio will be meaningless in the magnitude of one’s final moments; only the psalms can bear the weight of the moment.” —Barry Rose

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Repeating Repertoire Last Updated: March 30, 2020

St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books

“The judicious searcher in this remarkable online collection will certainly reap great rewards for his effort.” — Fr. Robert A. Skeris, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music

Extremely Rare! • 1908 Solesmes Graduale (PDF Download)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 23, 2020

I’ve been searching for this book for twenty years! • For the first time in history, the Graduale Romanum from 1908 (with Solesmes rhythmic markings) has been scanned and uploaded • Includes copious and detailed information about the rhythm of the Editio Vaticana (“Vatican Edition”) you won’t find anywhere else+

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Filed Under: Articles, Featured Tagged With: Dom Eugène Cardine, Gregorian Semiology, melismatic morae vocis, Sémiologie grégorienne Last Updated: January 25, 2023

JMO Copy (inviolable) St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books

Jeff Ostrowski · January 7, 2020

JMO Copy (inviolable) St. Jean de Lalande Library of Rare Books “The judicious searcher in this remarkable online collection will certainly reap great rewards for his effort.” — Fr. Robert A. Skeris, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music (CUA) HE SAINT Jean de Lalande Library is derived primarily from Jeff Ostrowski’s personal collection of rare […]

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The 1961 Code of Rubrics • Pope St. John XXIII

Jeff Ostrowski · September 3, 2019

I would not argue with someone who called this document curious, or even bizarre; it was only in effect for a few years • Also: “Should the Sanctus and Benedictus be split in the Traditional Latin Mass?” • This “Extraordinary Form” question is treated meticulously with full documentation going back 150 years+

Filed Under: Articles, Featured Tagged With: De Ritibus Servandis, Sanctus Benedictus Split Broken Divided Last Updated: May 30, 2023

“Church Music Manifesto” (2019)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 14, 2019

Mass should be a peaceful experience for the congregation, not an opportunity to be harassed.

Filed Under: Articles, Featured Tagged With: Church Music Manifesto, Guild of Church Musicians Last Updated: December 22, 2020

Choosing Choral Repertoire

Dr. Lucas Tappan · April 30, 2018

Is it okay for choirmasters to program the same piece several Sundays in a row?

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Three Entrance Antiphons for the Celebration of Marriage

Richard J. Clark · October 6, 2017

Free Download: Three Entrance Antiphons For the Celebration of Marriage

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Nine Questions About The Latin Mass You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask

Jeff Ostrowski · April 21, 2017

When I first attended the Traditional Mass, I hated it.

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Fr. Magiera Reviews The Campion Hymnal

Corpus Christi Watershed · January 12, 2017

“These renderings are accompanied by beautiful photos so even the novice should be able to follow the Mass rather easily.”

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President’s Corner

    “Simplified” Keyboard Accompaniment (PDF)
    I’d much rather hear an organist play a simplified version correctly than listen to wrong notes. I invite you to download this simplified organ accompaniment for hymn #729 in the Father Brébeuf Hymnal. The hymn is “O Jesus Christ, Remember.” I’m toying with the idea of creating a whole bunch of these, to help amateur organists. The last one I uploaded was downloaded more than 1,900 times in a matter of hours—so there seems to be interest in such a project. For the record, this famous text by Oratorian priest, Father Edward Caswall (d. 1878) is often married to AURELIA, as it is in the Brébeuf Hymnal.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Bogey’ of the Half-Educated: Paraphrase
    Father Adrian Porter, using the cracher dans la soupe example, did a praiseworthy job explaining the difference between ‘dynamic’ and ‘formal’ translation. This is something Monsignor Ronald Knox explained time and again—yet even now certain parties feign ignorance. I suppose there will always be people who pretend the only ‘valid’ translation of Mitigásti omnem iram tuam; avertísti ab ira indignatiónis tuæ… would be “You mitigated all ire of you; you have averted from your indignation’s ire.” Those who would defend such a translation suffer from an unfortunate malady. One of my professors called it “cognate on the brain.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Father Cuthbert Lattey • “The Hebrew MSS”
    Father Cuthbert Lattey (d. 1954) wrote: “In a large number of cases the ancient Christian versions and some other ancient sources seem to have been based upon a better Hebrew text than that adopted by the rabbis for official use and alone suffered to survive. Sometimes, too, the cognate languages suggest a suitable meaning for which there is little or no support in the comparatively small amount of ancient Hebrew that has survived. The evidence of the metre is also at times so clear as of itself to furnish a strong argument; often it is confirmed by some other considerations. […] The Jewish copyists and their directors, however, seem to have lost the tradition of the metre at an early date, and the meticulous care of the rabbis in preserving their own official and traditional text (the ‘massoretic’ text) came too late, when the mischief had already been done.” • Msgr. Knox adds: “It seems the safest principle to follow the Latin—after all, St. Jerome will sometimes have had a better text than the Massoretes—except on the rare occasions when there is no sense to be extracted from the Vulgate at all.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of November (2025)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. Signing up couldn’t be easier: simply scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Gospel Options for 2 November (“All Souls”)
    We’ve been told some bishops are suppressing the TLM because of “unity.” But is unity truly found in the MISSALE RECENS? For instance, on All Souls (2 November), any of these Gospel readings may be chosen, for any reason (or for no reason at all). The same is true of the Propria Missæ and other readings—there are countless options in the ORDINARY FORM. In other words, no matter which OF parish you attend on 2 November, you’ll almost certainly hear different propers and readings, to say nothing of different ‘styles’ of music. Where is the “unity” in all this? Indeed, the Second Vatican Council solemnly declared: “Even in the liturgy, the Church has no wish to impose a rigid uniformity in matters which do not implicate the faith or the good of the whole community.”
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    “Our Father” • Musical Setting?
    Looking through a Roman Catholic Hymnal published in 1859 by Father Guido Maria Dreves (d. 1909), I stumbled upon this very beautiful tune (PDF file). I feel it would be absolutely perfect to set the “Our Father” in German to music. Thoughts?
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The Translator has not followed any existing version exactly in the rendering of the Holy Scripture. The version, or rather series of versions—for there are many different recensions of the text,—generally called the Doway Bible, does not much commend itself to the English ear, and is indeed, especially in the earlier recensions, difficult to understand for any one who does not know Latin, and indeed other languages also…”

— John Crichton-Stuart (27 June 1879)

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