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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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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.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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.”

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

When to Teach Children to Sight-Read Plainsong

Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 10, 2017

Children can and should be taught Gregorian chant by hearing and repeating—but this binds them to singing only what they have memorized.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Wonderful Things are Happening in Detroit!

Dr. Lucas Tappan · October 11, 2016

Even more exciting were two developments I learned of while in Detroit.

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Communion Antiphons for Advent & Christmas • NEW • World Library Publications

Richard J. Clark · August 26, 2016

World Library Publications has published settings of Communion propers for Advent and Christmas. Listen here to beautiful recordings directed by Paul French.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Propers, World Library Publications Last Updated: December 4, 2020

A Model of Sacred Music at Priest’s First Mass

Richard J. Clark · May 27, 2016

What music does a newly ordained priest, who currently plays the drums in a jazz band, choose for his first Mass? A priest who also has a degree from the Hartt School of Music in Music Production and Technology? The answer will surprise you.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Instruction on Sacred Music by Bishop John Doerfler

Fr. David Friel · April 24, 2016

Introducing a Five-Year Plan for the Future of Sacred Music in the Diocese of Marquette

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bishop John Doerfler Sacred Music, Hymnbooks, Hymns Replacing Propers, ICEL Chants, Propers, Reform of the Reform, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Three Common Misconceptions about Chant

Andrew Leung · February 11, 2016

If we can solve these 3 misunderstandings, people can fall in love with chant easier!

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Musical Resources • Feast of the Holy Family (Extraordinary Form)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 9, 2016

“O Lord Jesus Christ, who—in the days of thy sub­jec­tion to Mary and Joseph—didst consecrate home life by ineffable acts of virtue…”

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Is this the “Proper” solution for you?

Dr. Alfred Calabrese · October 1, 2015

I’ve decided to try an experiment that may work in other parishes.

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A Most Devastating Change By Pope Paul VI

Jeff Ostrowski · July 28, 2015

“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bishop of Chur, Missal Antiphons Dont Match Roman Gradual, Reform of the Reform, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: July 13, 2023

Only Priests Can Save Catholic Music

Jeff Ostrowski · July 1, 2015

Including thirteen (13) complete collections of Mass Propers…with audio examples!

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Regensburger Domspatzen

Dr. Lucas Tappan · March 23, 2015

I would still love to see a choir of this quality in every major Catholic church in America.

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Lenten Acclamations To Genevan Psalm Tunes

Guest Author · February 11, 2015

“Dom Beauduin realised that the singing of psalms and the reading of the Scriptures in divine worship is the greatest bond between Catholics and Protestants.” —Fr. Mark Woodruff

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Musical Resources • Holy Family

Jeff Ostrowski · January 8, 2015

Many don’t realize that all the EF chants for the Holy Family can be used at OF—cf. section 397 of the Ordo Cantus Missæ.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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    Music List • (5th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday, 8 February 2026, which is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. You will probably notice it isn’t as ‘complete’ or ‘spiffy’ as usual, owing to some difficulties which took place this week.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF • “Communion” (5th Sunday in Ordin.)
    The COMMUNION ANTIPHON for this coming Sunday, 8 February 2026—which is the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)—is truly delightful. You can download the musical score completely free of charge. This text will be familiar to altar boys, because it’s PSALM 42. The Feder Missal makes the following claim about that psalm: “A hymn of a temple musician from Jerusalem: he is an exile in a heathen land, and he longs for the holy city and his ministry in the Temple there. The Church makes his words her own.”
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Funeral Music “Template” • For Families
    Many have requested the MUSICAL TEMPLATE for funerals we give to families at our parish. The family of the deceased is usually involved in selecting Number 12 on that sheet. This template was difficult to assemble, because the “Ordo Exsequiarum” has never been translated into English, and the assigned chants and hymns are given in different liturgical books (Lectionary, Gradual, Order of Christian Funerals, and so on). Please notify me if you spot errors or broken links. Readers will be particularly interested in some of the plainsong musical settings, which are truly haunting in their beauty.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of Febr. (2026)
    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. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    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

Random Quote

“Like all other liturgical functions, like offices and ranks in the Church, indeed like everything else in the world, the religious service that we call the Mass existed long before it had a special technical name.”

— ‘Rev. Adrian Fortescue (THE MASS, page 397)’

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