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Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Jeff Ostrowski · June 12, 2025

PDF Download • “Gospel Acclamation” for 29 June (Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles)

Jeff Ostrowski’s attempt to harmonize the most well-known of all Gregorian chants.

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Cynthia Ostrowski · June 11, 2025

Available! • Free Rehearsal Videos for Agnus Dei “Mille Regretz” after Gombert (d. 1560)

Artificial intelligence will never replace authentic polyphony.

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Corrinne May · June 9, 2025

PDF Download • “Polyphonic Extension” (Kevin Allen) for Gloria III

I will be conducting Palestrina’s ‘Ave Maria’ as well as teaching plainsong.

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Julie Huebner · June 9, 2025

PDF Download • “Text by Saint Francis of Assisi” (choral setting w/ organ: Soprano & Alto)

“I am near to end of my first year as a full-time choirmaster.” — Julie Huebner

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Dr. Samuel Backman · June 6, 2025

“Participation” • Recovering its Receptive Dimension

“The goal of our active participation is not that we might shape and mold God, but that he might shape and mold us.” —Dr. Samuel Backman

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 4, 2025

“Breathtaking Photographs” • First Mass of Father Michael Caughey, FSSP (Muskegon, MI)

Our choir sang so beautifully for this special Mass!

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Jeff Ostrowski · June 3, 2025

“Re: Vigil Masses” • Reader Feedback (3 June 2025)

“This question comes up twice this month, both for Pentecost and the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul.” —Marissa R.

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Andrea Leal · May 28, 2025

“The Adalbert Propers” • Six (6) Quotations

“Fewer than 1% of Catholics are able to answer these questions correctly.” —Andrea Leal

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 27, 2025

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for 29 June … Which Falls on a Sunday This Year!

Growing up, we had an encyclopedia in our basement—but that was hardly the equivalent access to the internet!

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Guest Author · May 25, 2025

“Can the Choir Sing Alone at Mass?” • Yes! And Here’s Why That Matters

A priest once suggested to me that we “mic” the people in the pews during Mass to make their responses more audible and robust.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 23, 2025

Nobody Cares About This! • 1887 Rheims-Cambrai Gradual included “Restored” Plainsong

I’d be interested to know what Dr. Weaver thinks about how the mode is given.

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 21, 2025

What No Musicologist Can Explain!

How glorious is Gregorian Chant!

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Jeff Ostrowski · May 19, 2025

A Gentleman (Whom I Don’t Know) Approached Me After Mass Yesterday And Said…

Some may enjoy these eight brief articles on the sacred liturgy.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 17, 2025

“For me, Gregorian chant at the Mass was much more consonant with what the Mass truly is…” —Bp. Earl Fernandes

“When things are holy and sacred, they are perceived as such by all.” —Bishop Fernandes

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Corpus Christi Watershed · May 16, 2025

“Lindisfarne Gospels” • Created circa 705 A.D.

Lusciously resplendent illuminations created 1,300 years ago by Roman Catholic monks in North England—now available to be viewed in high resolution!

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President’s Corner

    Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”

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

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?

    This brief passage seems (in my humble opinion) to be a delightful specimen.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Calling Dr. Weaver!

    A remarkable exposition of the “mora vocis” (published in 1953 in the Netherlands) which doesn’t shy away from a certain item!

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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). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

Random Quote

The 1960s reformers had no chance of success since their goal was “recasting from top to bottom—and in a few months!—an entire liturgy which had required twenty centuries to develop.”

— Professor Louis Bouyer, close friend of Pope Saint Paul VI

Recent Posts

  • Garnier Alleluias • “Have They Moved?”
  • PDF Download • 1950s Hand Missal including “Priest Photographs” at Mass (944 pages)
  • “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
  • Absolutely ‘Perfect’ Voice-Leading?
  • “The Choirmaster Survey” • Update on 29 July 2026

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