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Views from the Choir Loft

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Veronica Moreno · January 20, 2025

A Full Choir in FSSP-Caen

A choir member visits the FSSP in Normandy, France and is overjoyed to hear the full choir raining down chant and polyphony throughout the Church building. She recommends Sunday Mass if you’re on pilgrimage.

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Julie Huebner · January 19, 2025

PDF Download • “Small Choirs, Unite!” (2nd Part)

This is definitely a piece worth bringing out for choirs of all sizes!

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 14, 2025

PDF Download • “Rare Hymnal” (1966) by Monsignor Hayburn and Others — 632 Pages!

In 1979, Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn published an important book called: “Papal Legislation on Sacred Music.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 14, 2025

Was “Ordinary Time” Found in the 1962 Missal?

The answer might surprise you!

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Corpus Christi Watershed · January 13, 2025

“What A Choral Conductor Must Know” • Interview with Dr. John Paul Johnson

Dr. John Paul Johnson—a frequent guest conductor at Carnegie Hall—served as a conductor-in-residence at the Trinity College of Music (London).

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Julie Huebner · January 13, 2025

PDF Download • “Small Choirs Unite!”

We have a wide range of expertise: from experienced choristers (some with music degrees) to a gentleman who’d never sung in a choir in his life before joining.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · January 11, 2025

When Does “Christmas” End?

“I believe (though I could be wrong) the USCCB website is correct and Jeff is wrong.” —Father J. Haley

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 10, 2025

PDF Download • “Baptism of the Lord” (Hymn)

From what I have seen, musicians tend to be the best liturgists…

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Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 9, 2025

Livestreams Worth the Reader’s Time

Today I introduce two very different—yet equally sublime—choral foundations.

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Corpus Christi Watershed · January 8, 2025

“Prelim. Details” • Sacred Music Symposium 2025

Too many parish choirs don’t sound as nice as they could. We’re here to help!

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2025

PDF Download • Extremely Rare! —Solesmes “Graduale” acc. to the Official Rhythm (1,049 pages)

Doesn’t it stand to reason that we should sing from this edition in the manner its creators intended?

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 3, 2025

PDF Download • “Communion Chant” (Epiphany)

Fully harmonized, including fabulous (optional) verses from the New Testament.

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Corrinne May · January 3, 2025

Re: “O Magnum Mysterium” by Lauridsen

Nothing quite like singing for two (2) Apostolic nuncios!

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Fr. David Friel · January 2, 2025

In Memoriam • Dr. William Mahrt

A brilliant and faithful man who had tasted heaven in the chants of the Church

Keven Smith · January 2, 2025

Tuning Your Choir Without Driving Them Mad

How to achieve outstanding intonation without making your rehearsals tedious and stressful.

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President’s Corner

    PDF Download • “Singers’ Booklet”

    The Communion antiphon this week is the powerful “Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids.”

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Feast of All Saints (Nov. 1st)

    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

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

“Both priests and people in this country [viz. ENGLAND] were largely taken by surprise by the recent restoration of the Easter Vigil, by the changes in the laws of fasting for Holy Communion, and the advent of the Evening Mass.”

— Dom Oswald Sumner (1955)

Recent Posts

  • 70% Moonshine? • Jeff Responds to a Dissertation-Length Article on Gregorian Chant
  • Hymn: “Lux Alma Jesu Méntium” • 16 English Translations by Priests, Cardinals, & Bishops
  • PDF Download • “Singers’ Booklet”
  • “Rare Photograph” • Dom Anthony Gregory Murray
  • PDF Download • Sanctus XIII — “Excellent for Congregations” (Harmonies by Jeff Ostrowski)

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