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Views from the Choir Loft

Thesaurus musicae sacrae

Jeff Ostrowski · February 24, 2026

PDF Download • “Pange Lingua” in Simple (Contemporary) Polyphony for Three Voices

This arrangement of the “Pange Lingua” (which contains the famous “Tantum Ergo” verse) works quite well.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 9, 2026

Comm. Fauxbourdon • “What does it sound like?”

Remember the days you prayed for what you have now!

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 23, 2025

💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?

I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 24, 2025

PDF Download • ‘Choral Extension’ for the Sanctus (especially useful in the Ordinary Form)

It’d be easier to accept if they admitted they were explicitly contradicting Vatican II … but instead, they lied egregiously.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 4, 2025

Never Work For A Priest Or Bishop Who Believes Sacred Music Should Be “Entertainment”

Unsolicited advice for prospective choir directors.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 13, 2025

Important Quote by a Church Musician

My friend is a highly-placed musician at the Vatican.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 9, 2025

“Novus Ordo Parish … With Polyphony?” • Is that possible? How specifically does that work?

Many have asked: “Without getting fired, how can choirmasters introduce polyphony to the Ordinary Form?”

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Corpus Christi Watershed · April 7, 2025

Father John Paul Lewis • “Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Oklahoma City”

The musical director is Dr. Alvez Barkoskie IV.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 20, 2025

PDF Download • “Music List” for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

“One may well wonder what the origin is of this new way of thinking and this sudden dislike for the past.” —Pope Saint Paul VI

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 29, 2025

Can Polyphony Be Added to the Ordinary Form?

Vatican II went out of its way to be explicit—which is good news for conscientious choirmasters.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 4, 2024

Jeff Ostrowski To Leave Los Angeles!

I believe Catholics have a right to attend Mass without being aurally assaulted.

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Jeff Ostrowski · April 2, 2024

“Response to Dr. Weaver” • 2 April 2024

Catholic musicians must avoid being viewed as “esoteric freaks” who can’t agree on anything and spend their entire lives fighting about things nobody cares about.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 13, 2024

“Ite, Missa Est” • What Does That Actually Mean?

Bishop Ambo’s assertion that Mass was attended—for centuries—by a single woman (and nobody else) is bizarre.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 6, 2024

“Mass in the Vernacular?” • Seven (7) Considerations

Should Mass be in Latin or English? Or should it be a mixture?

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 5, 2023

PDF Download • “Lo! He comes with clouds descending” (Advent Hymn) — A Catholic Version!

Some days, Fulton J. Sheen received as many as 30,000 letters.

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President’s Corner

    Shortest Psalm In The Bible
    The shortest chapter in the whole Bible—as well as the shortest psalm—is PSALM 116 (“Laudáte Dóminum ómnes géntes”), which consists of just two verses. German-speaking Catholics did something really splendid (PDF) with PSALM 116. I was alerted to this many years ago by none other than Monsignor Robert Alexander Skeris. Click here to download—from different Catholic hymn books—ten (10) different harmonizations for this fabulous hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Oldest Latin Eucharistic Hymn
    The Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn is featured in the Brébeuf Hymnal. Indeed, the legendary Father Adrian Fortescue made a translation of it—matching the original’s meter—which was elevated by the Brébeuf team. For years, we’ve been working on a Spanish hymnal: “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.” The progress has been slow but steady, and we encourage anyone fluent in Spanish to consider joining the proofreading team. A few days ago, my wife helped me record a rehearsal video for this Spanish version of the Church’s oldest Latin Eucharistic hymn.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Rare Plainsong Accompaniments
    Our contributor, Veronica Brandt, went deep into Australia to take photographs of organ accompaniments for Gregorian Chant. Some consider these peculiar PLAINSONG ACCOMPANIMENTS—with 3-part harmonies by Barcelona Cathedral organist, Father Josep Muset i Ferrer—to be the rarest in the world. Click here to learn more. Thanks Veronica! 😊
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    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

Random Quote

Ambrose and Prudentius took something classical and made it Christian; the revisers and their imitators took something Christian and tried to make it classical. The result may be pedantry, and sometimes perhaps poetry; but it is not piety. “Accessit Latinitas, discessit pietas.”

— Fr. Joseph Connelly (1954)

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