“Saint Felix Creed” • Musical Setting for the Nicene Creed (Roman Missal, 3rd Edition)
Dedicated to my brother, Father Mark Ostrowski.
Articles
Good Friday’s Dazzling (and Ancient) Hymn
Visit a random church on Sunday morning and ask parishioners basic questions…
“Stabat Mater Dolorosa” • Four (4) Choral Settings
With a digression on ‘drab’ modern architecture.
“Spotted in the Wild” • (CCWatershed Members)
This clip was sent to us. The conductor is Martin Baker!
Clarence Thomas Speaks About The Eucharist
Justice Clarence Thomas attended the seminary for several years, including “Conception” (north of Kansas City).
PDF Download • “Holy Week Music Schedule” • Saint Mary’s in Norwalk, Connecticut
Expect to hear Morales, Palestrina, Victoria, Pierre de la Rue, Tallis, Haydn, Gounod, Rovetta, Lassus, Byrd, Senfl, Taverner, Wingham, and more.
Book Review: Good Music, Sacred Music, and Silence
Becoming Missionaries for the Beautiful
“Victimæ Paschali Laudes” • Thirty-One (31) Different Versions — Including Organ Accompaniments
This version by Father Adrian Fortescue is fascinating!
“Reprehensible Chrism Mass” • (Do Not Click)
A disturbing video sent to us from the Diocese of Superior (Wisconsin).
Church Music • “The Female Voice”
Msgr. Leo Manzetti foolishly wrote: “Church musicians, when experts in vocal art, agree that women’s voices are effeminate, sensuous, and operatic, hence un-churchly.”
Response to Jeff: Rhythmic Signs Again
I propose that we consider Dom Pothier’s method without making an unnecessary appeal to authority.
Jeff Ostrowski Attempts to Sing the Easter Introit
I opted for the Church’s official rhythm.
Dr. Alfred Calabrese Conducts In Boston Cathedral
“To Richard Clark, music director of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, few sounds are as joyful to hear as over 100 children singing in unison…”
PDF Download • Lenten Hymn + SATB Refrain
Professor Bouyer later admitted (in his memoirs) that his team of liturgical reformers had been doomed from the start, since their goal was “recasting from top to bottom—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴!—an entire liturgy which had required twenty centuries to develop.”
“Response to Dr. Weaver” • 11 March 2024
“It would be a barbarous archaism to adopt this ancient custom in our time.” —Dom Guéranger