Jeff Ostrowski’s Discovery • (Does Anyone Care?)
Feel free to examine every single page if you doubt what I’m saying!
Articles
Can a Lens Make a Difference?
My husband tells me this edition (by Dom Pothier’s student) is of monumental importance. I take him at his word.
Lack Choir Boys? • A Foolproof Way to Get Them!
What happened to this masculine presence in all things musical in the United States?
Dr. Alfred Calabrese on William Byrd’s “Sanctus” • (Mass for Five Voices)
“The Byrd Masses were printed without title pages, and with no reference to a composer. It was too dangerous to do so.” —Dr. Calabrese
Natalia’s Message • “Explaining The Two Sections!”
If you asked random Catholics to recite in English—without reference to a book—a stanza from the “Tantum Ergo” of Saint Thomas Aquinas, how many do you think could?
Does It Make Sense to Alphabetize Hymnals?
Perhaps you’re saying to yourself: “Jeff comes across as super ungrateful.”
Revealed! • Father Enemond Massé Manuscripts of Sacred Gregorian Chant
Please enjoy this new addition to the website which provides a useful list of manuscripts discussed on this blog, for easy access to the same sources used by the contributors!
When Others Say You’re “Dumb”
I could give a zillion more examples of my disability.
Are You A Professional? • (Am I One?)
Including a Eucharistic Hymn (#142) every Catholic should know!
Gregorian Rhythm Wars • “The Counter Tradition”
Guest submission (1 September 2023) by Alasdair Codona of Glasgow, Scotland.
“Momentous Release!” • Freakishly Rare Gradual & Vesperal Published by Pothier’s Protégé (1,638 pages!)
He screamed into the telephone: “There’s no such thing as Gregorian Chant!”
Report from St. Louis Chant Workshop with Marcel Pérès
“I would characterize the sound as heavy and visceral in contrast to the soaring and ethereal aesthetic of the Solesmes style of chant.” —Patrick Williams
PDF Download • “Alleluia Verse before Gospel” • (Mass in honor of Saint Noël Chabanel)
Instead, Saint Francis knelt down and kissed the priest’s hands…
In Festo Sancte Augustine
“In the psalms and hymns used in your prayers to God, let that be pondered in the heart which is uttered by the voice; chant nothing but what you find prescribed to be chanted; whatever is not so prescribed is not to be chanted.”
Natalia’s Message • “Hymn Verses Written Out!”
The cruelest thing you can do to anyone is…