“Kaitrin Drost Strikes Again!” • Plus a Few Random Thoughts and Tirades by Jeff Ostrowski
Imagine walking up into a choir loft and sounding like these young ladies without rehearsal.
Mass Propers Proprium Missae
Fulton J. Sheen + this Sunday’s “Entrance Chant”
Gregorian melodies ‘stick’ in one’s memory in a way that’s both marvelous and surprising.
Bugnini’s Statement (6 November 1966)
More is revealed each day.
Antiphons Don’t Match?
The short answer is: the “Adalbert Propers” were never intended to be sung.
The Very Least We Can Do!
Today I must ask the infamous question… (ducks)
PDF Download • “O’Fallon Mass Propers” (483 Pages)
Including an English version of the “Dies Irae,” an English version of the “Lauda Sion,” and hundreds of pages of English Mass Propers.
Live Recording • “Entrance Chant” (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)
In the 1970s, some musicians felt that annihilating the Mass propers would lead to “freedom”—but the opposite was true.
PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” — 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
I’d love to hear you sing this!
Documentation • “In the Olden Days, Was Vernacular Sung During Liturgical Services?”
Including a splendid harmonization of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name.”
Thou Hast Saved the Good Wine until Now
Reflections on the communion chant for the Second Sunday after Epiphany
Offertory Compared • “Ave Maria” (4th Sunday of Advent) vs. “Ave Maria” (Immaculate Conception)
Consider the melody found in “Le Graduel Romain,” published in 1800—nine years before Napoleon Bonaparte kidnapped Pope Pius VII
The Prophet Baruch: Surge, Ierusalem, Look to the East!
The communion chant for the Second Sunday of Advent, together with the introit and offertory, invite us to reflect on the Holy City, Jerusalem.
Sacred Music US • Website for Fr. Weber’s Resources
A website exists to disseminate Fr. Samuel Weber’s sacred music resources
What to Do with the “Fourth Option”
A new Adoremus article explores how best to overthrow the tyranny of “alius cantus congruus.”
Motet for Three Voices: “O Crux Ave” 1
This piece is ideal for use as a motet during the veneration of the Holy Cross at the Good Friday liturgy.