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Veronica Brandt • Article Archive

Veronica Brandt holds a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering. As editor, she has produced fine publications (as well as valuable reprints) dealing with Gregorian chant, hymnody, Latin, and other subjects. These publications are distinguished on account of their tastefulness. She lives in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia, with her husband Peter and six children.—Read full biography (with photographs).

Veronica Brandt · July 22, 2022

The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception

Singing the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception gets a whole lot more approachable.

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Veronica Brandt · May 24, 2022

Review • A Catholic Book of Hymns

A budget, orthodox option for your parish music program.

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Veronica Brandt · December 26, 2021

My submission to the Synod 2023

I felt that the Listening and Discernment Guides would make something of a Christmas Party Diversion while my family was all gathered together. We had a lively discussion, following the Guides with a suitable lack of rigidity. I hope the synod itself will be as much fun for the bishops.

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Veronica Brandt · August 15, 2021

Exciting New Documentary : Mass of the Ages – Tonight!

A trilogy of movies to convey the immense treasure of the history of the liturgy through personal stories and beautifully filmed footage of the Mass of the Ages.

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Veronica Brandt · July 23, 2021

Top 3 Heart-warming Articles about the Latin Mass

Tired of dense theological issues and historical comparisons about the new Motu Proprio? Take a little time out to read some simpler reflections on the Latin Mass.

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Veronica Brandt · May 12, 2021

Updated Litany of St Joseph with Chant

Chanting the Litany of St Joseph with the newly announced invocations.

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Veronica Brandt · April 30, 2021

Salve Joseph

Spanish Australian Setting of Salve Joseph

A Latin hymn to St Joseph with a popular tune – a unison chorus with 4 two part verses.

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Veronica Brandt · April 24, 2021

An Interview with Veronica Brandt

How exactly does one get from electrical engineering to writing hymnbooks and making videos on singing Gregorian chant?

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Veronica Brandt · January 26, 2021

Alleluia, Dulce Carmen – sing it while you can!

A hymn for the last week before Septuagesima, or in the weeks leading up to Lent. Squeeze in all the Alleluias you can before they’re put on ice.

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Veronica Brandt · December 26, 2020

Chasing the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary

I thought making a course on singing the Little Office would be an easy project. However, as with just about everything to do with Sacred Music, there is so much more to it than you expect.

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Veronica Brandt · December 1, 2020

Latin Mass Gospel Reading Video: Boost your Sunday

Reviewing the Sunday readings ahead of time is a highly recommended exercise. Now enjoy a crossword puzzle at the same time!

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Veronica Brandt · October 29, 2020

Geeky Virtual Pipe Organ Options

Setting up a virtual pipe organ based on a tiny credit-card sized computer for your home studio.

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Veronica Brandt · September 19, 2020

The Tiniest Prayer Books: the Key of Heaven

Revealing the probable contents of the tiny little books in Jeff’s photo from World War II.

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Veronica Brandt · August 28, 2020

(Installment #2) “Catholic Hymnals” • Veronica Brandt

“For every hymn which is unequivocally denounced as ‘schmaltzy’ expect to find someone for whom that hymn is what sustained them through a particularly bleak time.”

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Veronica Brandt · July 4, 2020

EF Gospel Illustrations

An Illustrated Book of Gospel Meditations from 1593! Print one for this Sunday to explore and color.

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    Knox. Has. No. Equal.
    Dr. Finberg (of the University of Leicester) famously said: “No living writer possesses a greater command over the English language than Monsignor Ronald Knox.” A lifetime spent among his works would not exhaust them; always another thing to see, never once a reason to look away. Consider the marvelous way Knox Englished the famous VERBUM SUPERNUM of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The 4th verse (in Latin) means: “By being born, He became man’s companion; at this supper, He became man’s food; in dying, He became man’s ransom; in reigning, He is man’s reward.” Knox brilliantly makes the English fit the Latin meter: The manger, Christ their equal made, | That upper room, their souls’ repast, | The Cross, their ransom dearly paid, | And heav’n, their high reward at last. I believe the meaning of the French word “manger” was not absent from his thoughts when he penned that stanza.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)
    On this website, we believe: “If we don’t know where we came from, we can’t know where we’re going.” As a result, we often spend hours scanning old books of GREGORIAN CHANT (and organ accompaniments). We don’t claim those items are useful or desirable for today’s circumstances; the goal is understanding where we came from. Here is a fascinating musical score from the 19th century. At that time, it was believed that MENSURALISM (a.k.a. “proportionalism”) was the historically correct way to sing plainsong.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”

    We received an email asking whether the “Garnier Gospel Acclamations website” has…

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “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
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “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). 😊
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Random Quote

“So, as in delirium a man talks in a long-forgotten tongue, now—when her heart is rent—the Catholic Church drops twenty centuries without an effort, and speaks as she spoke underground in Rome, and in Paul’s hired house, and in Crete and Alexandria and Jerusalem.”

— A non-Catholic describing the “Hagios O Theos” of Good Friday in 1906

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