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Views from the Choir Loft

Search Results for: simple english propers

When in Crisis: Ideology and Diplomacy

Richard J. Clark · February 21, 2014

In cases of constant crisis, diplomacy yields far more fruit than ideology. Demanding the ideal will usually get you nothing but a pink slip.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

“Adoremus In Æternum” … Heretical?

Jeff Ostrowski · September 19, 2013

“Will you still love your girlfriend after she becomes your wife?”

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Heretical GIA Hymns Last Updated: March 24, 2021

“Missa de Jerry Seinfeld” and Praying as a Family

Richard J. Clark · July 19, 2013

What I will remember most is that I knelt side by side with my daughter during the consecration. I will remember reciting the Creed in my fidgety three-year-old son’s ear as I held him.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

07 • Lalemant Conversations: Sequoia Sierra

Corpus Christi Watershed · July 1, 2013

What does a young stylist from L.A. think about the Mass Propers?

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

06 • Lalemant Conversations: Dr. Scott Smith

Corpus Christi Watershed · June 4, 2013

Dr. Scott Smith speaks about the Mass Propers in a “live” phone interview.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth On Sacrosanctum Concilium

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 24, 2013

“The singing of the Proper texts rather than the endless substitution of songs and hymns, are only now being seriously considered and implemented.” — Executive Director of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL)

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

04 • Lalemant Interviews: Fr. David Friel

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 14, 2013

Fr. David Friel speaks about the Mass Propers, bringing many insights, including how Eastern Catholics would view the current practice of the West.

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03 • Lalemant Interviews: Dr. Edward Mulholland

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 10, 2013

Watershed President Jeff Ostrowski said afterward, “Dr. Mulholland shared in this interview several profound insights about the Mass Propers. I can totally see myself poaching these!”

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Josquin’s Beautiful “Missa Pange Lingua” In Minnesota

Guest Author · May 4, 2013

St. Benedict Catholic Church in Duluth, Minnesota, will be hosting a Solemn High Mass (traditional Latin Mass), celebrated by the parish pastor, Father Eric Hastings, for the Ascension on Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

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02 • Lalemant Interviews: Dr. Jeremy Sienkiewicz

Corpus Christi Watershed · May 3, 2013

Does the Church really allow the Gospel to be replaced by excerpts from Machiavelli’s THE PRINCE? Seriously? Dr. Jeremy Sienkiewicz of Benedictine College chats about numerous topics, including the Mass Propers.

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01 • Lalemant Interviews: Fr. Christopher Mann

Corpus Christi Watershed · April 23, 2013

Corpus Christi Watershed will be conducting a series of interviews with priests, seminarians, sisters, and lay folks to raise awareness about the Mass Propers.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Free Communion Antiphons!

Andrew R. Motyka · March 27, 2013

Free responsorial-style Communion antiphons for Ordinary Form Mass use.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Catholic News Agency Praises Vatican II Hymnal

Cynthia Ostrowski · March 18, 2013

“The paper is of the highest quality with a resilient binding, the designs, beautifully appointed. It has the readings for all Sundays and feast days – the complete cycles, A, B, C. It will be about twenty years or perhaps thirty before another translation is made. Here is music for the new evangelization. The Vatican II Hymnal serves as a musical ambassador for Christ.” —Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Msgr. Wadsworth Praises Corpus Christi Watershed

Corpus Christi Watershed · March 6, 2013

The executive director of ICEL notes that “Corpus Christi Watershed has a wide variety of resources that could be immediately helpful in a parish context.”

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: April 26, 2020

A Polyphonic Kyrie During Lent

Jeff Ostrowski · February 3, 2012

The Gloria is not said during Lent, so musicians can “get away” with using a slightly longer Kyrie . . .

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 21, 2020

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    Music List • (26th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 27 September 2026.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of September (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). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. 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 Download • “Cordero de Dios”
    Feel free to download this setting of the “Cordero de Dios” (AGNUS DEI) in Spanish. The congregation gets an interesting melody within reach, the organist gets a straightforward accompaniment, and the person assembling the ORDER OF WORSHIP gets a ‘ready-to-paste’ plainsong version. Try this setting of the “Santo, Santo, Santo” (SANCTUS) if you desire one that’s easy to sing and includes a simple organ accompaniment. For the record, I have harmonized the Spanish “GLORIA” found in the MISAL ROMANO, Tercera Edición. Click here to download that.
    —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

“I ask that future priests, from their time in the seminary, receive the preparation needed to understand and to celebrate Mass in Latin, and also to use Latin texts and execute Gregorian chant; nor should we forget that the faithful can be taught to recite the more common prayers in Latin, and also to sing parts of the liturgy to Gregorian chant.”

— Statement by the Supreme Pontiff (Sacramentum Caritatis, 22-feb-2007)

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