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“ Dissonance? ” • Gregorian Accompaniment

Jeff Ostrowski · April 5, 2018

Nothing could be further from the truth!

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

PDF Download • Organ Accompaniment for “Vexilla Regis” (Hymn) by Fr. Adrian Fortescue

Jeff Ostrowski · March 27, 2018

When I saw this page, my opinion of Fortescue went down—but then I remembered…

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Last Updated: March 15, 2020

Phone Interview • Fr. Guy Nicholls, Cong. Orat.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 15, 2018

The Blessed John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music (England) has a big announcement!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Fr Guy Nicholls, Graduale Parvum, John Henry Newman Sacred Music Last Updated: January 1, 2020

PDF Download • Best Hymnal Ever Printed?

Jeff Ostrowski · January 4, 2018

If you like this, stay tuned—I’ll soon release a 1,200 page treasure!

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Msgr. Knox • “Ten Commandments” for Crime Stories

Jeff Ostrowski · November 29, 2017

Knox was a founding member of the “Detection Club,” which included Agatha Christie and G. K. Chesterton.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Andrew Gregory Murray d 1992, Dom Gregory Murray, Monsignor Ronald Knox Traditional Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Album: Sacred Treasures of England

Fr. David Friel · September 24, 2017

Reflections on a recently released album of English choral music

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Catholic Youth Choirs, Charles Cole, Children at Mass, Recording Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Sacred Music Workshop • Allentown, NJ

Fr. David Friel · September 6, 2017

The workshop presenter will be Peter Carter, a graduate of Westminster Choir College in organ performance.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

PDF Download • “O Esca Viatorum”

Jeff Ostrowski · August 18, 2017

I am deeply saddened that some people still don’t know where these items are located.

Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Holy Week Bulletin from 1943

Jeff Ostrowski · June 21, 2017

Notice when the ceremonies begin!

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Easter Vigil Morning, Holy Thursday Morning, Pre-1955 Holy Week Last Updated: February 28, 2021

Forming the Next Generation of Church Musicians

Dr. Lucas Tappan · June 13, 2017

Until we start forming our youth in the Church’s treasury of sacred music we will continue contracepting our musical future to death.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Horrible Hymn Rhymes

Jeff Ostrowski · May 25, 2017

“Anyone who sought thee, or made to thee his moan…”

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Feature Video • London Oratory Schola

Andrew Leung · February 14, 2017

A very cool promotion video of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

A Late Gift for Nicholasmas

Dr. Lucas Tappan · December 13, 2016

Unfortunately we live in a society in which parents can no longer allow the culture to help form their children, and in most instances are forced to fight such an un-cultural leviathan.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Do You Recognize This Hymn Tune?

Jeff Ostrowski · November 8, 2016

The Brébeuf hymnal will include texts by contemporary Roman Catholic poets.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Last Updated: November 13, 2019

Do You Recognize This Hymn Tune? 1

Jeff Ostrowski · November 8, 2016

The Brébeuf hymnal will include texts by contemporary Roman Catholic poets.

Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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    “Music List” • 15th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Some have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I prepared for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (13 July 2025). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and propers for this Sunday are also provided at the the feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    This coming Sunday—13 July 2025—is the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). All the chants have been conveniently assembled and posted at the feasts website. The OFFERTORY, Ad Te Levávi, is particularly beautiful.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music Director Job • $80,000 per year
    Our readers will be interested in this job offering for Music Director at Saint Adalbert’s Basilica, located 40 minutes from where I live. My pastor was recently elevated to this basilica. He is offering $80,000 per year, plus benefits. I’m told Saint Adalbert’s Basilica is utterly gorgeous and contains one of America’s most magnificent pipe organs. It would be fantastic to have a colleague nearby!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Pope Pius XII Hymnal?
    Have you ever heard of the Pope Pius XII Hymnal? It’s a real book, published in the United States in 1959. Here’s a sample page so you can verify with your own eyes it existed.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Hybrid” Chant Notation?
    Over the years, many have tried to ‘simplify’ plainsong notation. The O’Fallon Propers attempted to simplify the notation—but ended up making matters worse. Dr. Karl Weinmann tried to do the same in the time of Pope Saint Pius X by replacing each porrectus. You can examine a specimen from his edition and see whether you agree he complicated matters. In particular, look at what he did with éxsules fílii Hévae.
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

Pope Gelasius in his 9th Letter to the Bishops of Lucania condemned the evil practice which had been introduced of women serving the priest at the celebration of Mass. Since this abuse had spread to the Greeks, Innocent IV strictly forbade it in his letter to the Bishop of Tusculum: “Women should not dare to serve at the altar; they should be altogether refused this ministry.” We too have forbidden this practice in the same words in Our oft-repeated constitution “Etsi Pastoralis” (§6, #21)

— Pope Benedict XIV • Encyclical “Allatae Sunt” (26 July 1755)

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