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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2017

Photos • Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference

After Mass, a presentation was delivered by the Executive Director of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 30, 2017

Mind-Blowing SATB Canon

“Laudate Dominum” by William Croft (†1727) is a miracle.

Fr. David Friel · January 30, 2017

In Defense of the Organ Postlude 1

Newly-published reflections from Professor Kwasniewski.

Fr. David Friel · January 29, 2017

Conference Updates

Dunwoodie Chant Conference & Sacra Liturgia Milano

Jeff Ostrowski · January 26, 2017

PDF Download • “Sing the Angelus” (Plainchant)

Can you think of a better way to begin your choir rehearsals?

Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 24, 2017

Chorister Pitfalls

A misguided belief states that the quality of our liturgical music should be sacrificed on the altar of good intentions.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 24, 2017

Musical Resources • 4th Sunday after Epiphany

“But the men wondered, saying, What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey Him?”

Jeff Ostrowski · January 23, 2017

More From The New Microphone

This Introit is repeated many times, depending on how many Sundays occur after Epiphany.

Fr. David Friel · January 22, 2017

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.

Richard J. Clark · January 20, 2017

Communion Antiphons for Lent & Easter • NEW • World Library Publications

This is perhaps my favorite collection to date.

Fr. David Friel · January 19, 2017

Debriefing “Silence”

Thoughts on Martin Scorsese’s Latest Film

Jeff Ostrowski · January 17, 2017

PDF • “The Book of Ceremonies” (629 pages)

By Rev. Laurence J. O’Connell, and *published in English* in 1943.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 16, 2017

Nine Rubrics for Mass in the Extraordinary Form

These rubrics are official; so when does your church begin the Introit?

Jeff Ostrowski · January 16, 2017

Courageous Schola Director Posts “Live” Recording

Our choir is 100% volunteers—and many don’t read music.

Fr. David Friel · January 15, 2017

Cosmic Harmony

Thoughts from Saint Athanasius

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    “Entrance Chant” • 4th Sunday of Easter
    You can download the ENTRANCE ANTIPHON in English for the 4th Sunday of Easter (11 May 2025). Corresponding to the vocalist score is this free organ accompaniment. The English adaptation matches the authentic version (Misericórdia Dómini), which is in a somber yet gorgeous mode. If you’re someone who enjoys rehearsal videos, this morning I tried to sing it while simultaneously accompanying my voice on the pipe organ.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Repertoire for Weddings”
    Not everyone thinks about sacred music 24/7 like we do. When couples are getting married, they often request “suggestions” or “guidance” or a “template” for their musical selections. I created music list with repertoire suggestions for Catholic weddings. Please feel free to download it if you believe it might give you some ideas or inspiration.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Beginning a Men’s Schola
    I mentioned that we recently began a men’s Schola Cantorum. Last Sunday, they sang the COMMUNION ANTIPHON for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C. If you’re so inclined, feel free to listen to this live recording of them. I feel like we have a great start, and we’ll get better and better as time goes on. The musical score for that COMMUNION ANTIPHON can be downloaded (completely free of charge) from the feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Antiphons Don’t Match?
    A reader wants to know why the Entrance and Communion antiphons in certain publications deviate from what’s prescribed by the GRADUALE ROMANUM published after Vatican II. Click here to read our answer. The short answer is: the Adalbert Propers were never intended to be sung. They were intended for private Masses only (or Masses without music). The “Graduale Parvum,” published by the John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in 2023, mostly uses the Adalbert Propers—but sometimes uses the GRADUALE text: e.g. Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul (29 June).
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    When to Sit, Stand and Kneel like it’s 1962
    There are lots of different guides to postures for Mass, but I couldn’t find one which matched our local Latin Mass, so I made this one: sit-stand-kneel-crop
    —Veronica Brandt
    The Funeral Rites of the Graduale Romanum
    Lately I have been paging through the 1974 Graduale Romanum (see p. 678 ff.) and have been fascinated by the funeral rites found therein, especially the simply-beautiful Psalmody that is appointed for all the different occasions before and after the funeral Mass: at the vigil/wake, at the house of the deceased, processing to the church, at the church, processing to the cemetery, and at the cemetery. Would that this “stational Psalmody” of the Novus Ordo funeral rites saw wider usage! If you or anyone you know have ever used it, please do let me know.
    —Daniel Tucker

Random Quote

“You should try to eat their food in the way they prepare it, although it may be dirty, half-cooked, and very tasteless. As to the other numerous things which may be unpleasant, they must be endured for the love of God, without saying anything or appearing to notice them.”

— Fr. Paul Le Jeune (1637)

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