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Views from the Choir Loft

Jean de Brebeuf Hymnal

Jeff Ostrowski · August 7, 2020

Vexing? Irksome? • Thoughts On Hymnal Indexes

Most people comb desperately through the final pages, seeking the correct section…

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Andrea Leal · July 28, 2020

8,000 entries • “Snippets Index” for New Hymnal

(Be patient while it loads) —Easy to use, fully complete; what more could you ask?

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 12, 2020

Two Settings • “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name”

Imagine trying to read from a score like this!

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 5, 2020

Two remarkable (radical) liturgical realities … which few realize!

It’s interesting to compare the literal translations in the Brébeuf Hymnal to those done by Solesmes Abbey during the 1950s.

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 16, 2020

How Good Are Your Musical Ears? • (Speedy Test)

Can you hear the difference between females and males?

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Guest Author · June 7, 2020

“Comparison” • 15 Traditional Catholic Hymnals

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

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2020

“Jesu Nostra Redemptio” • Ancient Hymn for the Ascension translated into English!

Did you know every Mass is a celebration of our Lord’s Ascension? — Here’s proof.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 19, 2020

New Harmonies! • “To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King”

It’s hard to believe, but Father Knauff’s “Christ the King Hymnal for Congregational Singing” (1954) omitted this hymn!

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 16, 2020

PDF Download • Organ Accompaniments (Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament)

Including O SALUTARIS (“O Saving Victim Opening Wide”) and TANTUM ERGO (“Down in Adoration Falling”) in Latin and English.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 14, 2020

Can’t Decide Which Hymn Tune To Use?

My brain can’t accept the approach chosen by this “Graduale”…

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 11, 2020

A B C D F etc. — An Ancient “Alphabetical” Hymn

This hymn by Caelius Sedulius (Christian Poet from the 5th century) has been translated into English by a Catholic priest.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 7, 2020

Stunning Harmonies! • “Hail, Holy Queen Enthroned Above” (Hymn #783)

This has been called the “incomparable and indispensable” hymnal for Catholics.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 5, 2020

“Pange Lingua” translated into English • Hymn by Saint Thomas Aquinas

I predict this smooth harmonization will go down in history—it fits the voice perfectly.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 22, 2020

“Christ The Lord Is Risen Today” • (Hymn #697)

…including several captivating attempts to translate “Victimae Paschali Laudes.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 20, 2020

Rehearsal • “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest”

Including information about a *fabulous* liturgical book from the 1950s.

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    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—knows that music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)

    The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (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
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“The free space which the new order of Mass gives to creativity it must be admitted, is often excessively enlarged. The difference between the liturgy with the new liturgical books, as it is actually practiced and celebrated in various places is often much greater than the difference between the old and new liturgies when celebrated according to the rubrics of the liturgical books.”

— Cardinal Ratzinger (1998)

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