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Views from the Choir Loft

Josef Hofmann Pianist Extraordinaire

Jeff Ostrowski · December 6, 2024

PDF Download • “Musical Outline” for the Feast of Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception

Rachmaninoff said: “Nine hours? That’s nothing. For a period of my life, I used to practice 17 hours a day.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 10, 2024

Must We “Love” All Gregorian Chant?

Where “Parce Dómine” (the famous song for Lent) came from.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 12, 2023

(14 Examples) • Jeff Ostrowski’s Artistic “Credo”

Including several hymns eminently suitable for the feast of Christ the King.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 4, 2023

PDF • Draft Booklet “Couture Chant” (255 Pages)

This is very much a “work in progress”…

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Jeff Ostrowski · July 25, 2023

Splendid Repertoire for (Reduced) Summer Choirs!

Here’s a technique you must try with your choir.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 22, 2023

PDF Download • Draft Copy — “2023 Symposium Booklet” (320 Pages)

I will never forget standing in that green room, waiting to go on stage.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 6, 2022

“Bravery!” • Schola Director Posts ‘Live’ Recording

“The portable organ shall be lowered into the quire to accompany the singers, who shall sing solos in their order of seniority…” —1604 document

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 8, 2022

Ruth Slenczynska & “Traditionis Custodes”

Bishop Arthur Roche recently sent out puzzling instructions which encourage “Ordinary Form” Catholics to ostracize and belittle those who prefer the Traditional Mass.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 1, 2021

A Deaf Composer? A Deaf Conductor?

When I’m sick with a cold, my hearing becomes clogged and I can’t hear properly—which is a choirmaster’s worst nightmare.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 27, 2020

ICEL added “Died” to the Nicene Creed • (I am not kidding!)

I bet you never noticed this, but here’s the proof! • Believe it or not, the Nicene Creed never says Our Lord “died,” and this article provides full documentation; also included are beautiful manuscript images from the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscript in the world: Catherine of Cleves Hours (15th century MS.)+

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 26, 2020

Josef Hofmann • “Pianist Par Excellence”

Anton Rubinstein, who hated child prodigies, called Josef Hofmann “the greatest musical genius the world has ever known.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 12, 2020

Recorded Music At Mass?

Lorin Maazel was conducting major orchestras at the tender age of eight.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 22, 2019

Josef Hofmann: “King of Pianists”

This excerpt from a 1980 radio interview with Abe Chasins proves I’m not crazy…

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Jeff Ostrowski · March 4, 2019

“Lacuna” • An Actual One—Not A Fake One

Read these entries—and then tell me your head isn’t spinning!

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 28, 2014

Why I No Longer Compose

When I observe our beautiful children, I realize that God is the True Artist.

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President’s Corner

    Stained Glass Window • Father Brébeuf
    Saint John de Brébeuf was one of the North American Martyrs. The photograph of a gorgeous stained glass window depicting Father Brébeuf was sent to us by Courtney Roberson. Father Brébeuf and his companions were canonized by Pope Pius XI on 29 June 1930. We are told this window is found in the Cathedral of Peoria, Illinois.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Sacred Music “Pro Tip”
    Our website welcomes millions of visitors, yet surprisingly few find their way to the actual blog page itself. If you are among them, bookmark it today. Numerous articles and resources await you—but these treasures belong to those who explore each article, not merely its title. The headline is only the doorway; the substance lies within.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • (29th Sund. Ordinary Time)
    Readers have expressed interest in seeing the ORDER OF MUSIC which I created for this coming Sunday, the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. The INTROIT for this Sunday explains why this Sunday is called “Apple Sunday.” As we approach the end of the liturgical year, most of the INTROITS seem to be in Mode III or Mode IV, which are ‘haunting’ tones.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (26 Pages)

    This is a ‘messy’ booklet in terms of its formatting, but it’s only ever seen by the singers—not members of the congregation.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    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

Random Quote

“Although the Mass contains much instruction for the faithful, it has nevertheless not seemed expedient to the fathers that it be celebrated everywhere in the vernacular. The holy synod commands pastors and everyone who has the care of souls to explain frequently during the celebration of the Masses, either themselves or through others, some of the things that are read in the Mass, and among other things to expound some mystery of this most Holy Sacrifice, especially on Sundays and feastdays.”

— ‘Council of Trent, XII:8 (1562)’

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