PDF Download: Notre Dame Hymn Tune Book (1905)
“They call me a Papist and they laugh at my creed…”
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
Can you imagine singing all those vernacular hymns while Mass is happening?
You’ll want to immediately download these scores, videos, and Mp3 files!
Many of you asked me to share the results, which I have done below.
“The vitality of the Classical Rite is as fresh as ever.”
Many don’t realize that all the EF chants for the Holy Family can be used at OF—cf. section 397 of the Ordo Cantus Missæ.
Here is an except from a Church bulletin published in December of 2014.
Archbishop Sheen said nary a word about any liturgical reforms following the Council.
“So many of the wonderful Preludes & Fugues by Bach—as splendid as they are—do not work as Processional pieces: they’re simply too long.”
Before the revision, Haugen’s Gloria “worked” much better, but I still had serious reservations about it.
…including a special PDF version (Singer + Organist) of “Corde Natus ex Parentis.”
I bet you don’t own this important historical hymn book!
“Many of those who have influenced the reform have no love, and no veneration of that which has been handed down to us.” —Secretary of the Consilium
The Ancient Form of Mass will be offered indefinitely at St. Victor Church every Sunday at 7:00pm.
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