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Views from the Choir Loft

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 6, 2016

“Ad Orientem” • Archbishop Naumann’s Letter

“…there are, in the core of the Church’s sacramental teaching and experience, good contentions and corollary arguments to be made for both practices.” —Archbishop Naumann

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 5, 2016

Lay Faithful Have Begun A Facebook Page

…for the new FSSP Apostolate in Los Angeles.

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Richard J. Clark · December 5, 2016

Communion Antiphons for Christmas on “Sounds from the Spires”

“Sounds from the Spires” has been a great supporter of sacred music in the liturgy, bringing choral music, chant, and the pipe organ to a broad audience.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 5, 2016

Bishop of Manchester • Letter Re: “Ad Orientem”

A $12,000 reward will be given to anyone who can produce a Vatican II document mentioning “celebration facing the people.”

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Fr. David Friel · December 4, 2016

The Renewal of Adoremus

The “Society for the Renewal of the Sacred Liturgy” is itself experiencing renewal.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 2, 2016

Does Your Choir Sing Perfectly?

Why do we avoid telling the ones we love how we feel about them?

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 1, 2016

Musical Resources • 2nd Sunday of Advent (EF)

“Be appeased, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the prayers and offerings of our lowliness…”

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Dr. Alfred Calabrese · December 1, 2016

Nostalgia Is Not Rigid

I don’t think young people (or most people, frankly) are drawn to the pre-conciliar Mass because of nostalgia.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 30, 2016

“Benedictus” • Palestrina Uses The “Dragnet” Theme!

Our Church is notoriously horrible at keeping up with cultural fads—because they’re so ephemeral.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · November 28, 2016

Today Only! 40% off musical scores

Why not pick up a copy of Kevin Allen’s “Matri Divinae” collection?

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 28, 2016

Unbelievable Track Recorded By One Voice!

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Pete Avendaño at the Sacred Music Symposium, held each year in Los Angeles.

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Fr. David Friel · November 27, 2016

Update on Sacra Liturgia Milano 2017

Preliminary Speaker List and Background Information

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 27, 2016

Musical Resources • 1st Sunday of Advent 1

“May we receive Thy mercy, O Lord, in the midst of Thy temple…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 26, 2016

Meatless Fridays • Were We Taught Correctly?

“Ever wonder why McDonald’s decided in 1962 to put a piece of fish into a hamburger bun?” —Bishop Earl Boyea

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Andrew Leung · November 24, 2016

Free Download • Simple Choral Midnight Mass Introit

A simple setting of “Dominus Dixit ad Me” by Fr. Áureo Castro.

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President’s Corner

    PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (22 Pages)

    The formatting of this booklet is ‘messy’—but it’s only ever seen by the singers (not the congregation).

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Twenty-Two (22) English Translations
    We gathered every English translation of “Creátor Alme Síderum” ever made by Catholic poets, priests, bishops, cardinals, and saints (22 in all). Click this link to see them displayed, placed directly alongside the original Latin. Some are strikingly beautiful (e.g. “Great Maker of the glitt’ring stars”) and together they trace the hymn back to the ancient “Cónditor Alme Síderum,” which POPE URBAN VIII reworked in 1632AD.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Stained Glass Window • Father Brébeuf
    Saint John de Brébeuf was one of the North American Martyrs. The photograph of a gorgeous stained glass window depicting Father Brébeuf was sent to us by Courtney Roberson. Father Brébeuf and his companions were canonized by Pope Pius XI on 29 June 1930. We are told this window is found in the Cathedral of Peoria, Illinois.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “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

Random Quote

“Rarely indeed,” asserted Pope Benedict XV (2 October 1921), “has the idealism of art and the glory of the faith been joined in such perfect harmony” as in the works of Palestrina and fellow polyphonists.

— Quoted by Gerard Ellard SJ (Church history professor at St. Mary’s College, KS)

Recent Posts

  • “Ad Orientem” • Six (6) Post-Conciliar Quotes
  • PDF • “Singers’ Booklet” (22 Pages)
  • Twenty-Two (22) English Translations
  • “Creátor Alme Síderum” • Twenty-Two (22) English Translations by Catholic Priests and Archbishops!
  • “Gregorian Chant Rhythm” • Recorded Conversation with Dr. Horst Buchholz Re: Rhythmic Markings

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