• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Corpus Christi Watershed

A monthly subscription fee of $4.95 gives access to the entire website. Thank you for supporting our efforts!

  • Member Log In
    • My Account
    • “Receipts + Invoices” (Subscribers)
  • Our Team
    • Our Editorial Policy
    • Who We Are
    • How To Contact Us
    • Jeff’s Mom Joins Fundraiser
    • “A New Chapter” • Subscriptions!
    • “Participation” (12 pages)
    • “Choirmaster’s Decalogue” (10 points)
  • Pew Resources
    • Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal
    • Jogues Illuminated Missal
    • Repository • “Spanish Music”
    • Feasts Website
    • KYRIALE • Saint Antoine Daniel
    • Campion Missal, 3rd Edition
  • MUSICAL WEBSITES
    • Secrets of the Conscientious Choirmaster
    • Emporium Kevin Allen
    • Miscellaneous
      • Sainte Marie Bulletin Articles
      • “Let the Choir Have a Voice” (Essay)
      • Catechism of Gregorian Rhythm
      • Sacred Music Symposium 2023
      • The Eight Gregorian Modes
      • Gradual by Pothier’s Protégé
      • Father Enemond Massé Manuscripts
      • Seven (7) Considerations
    • René Goupil Gregorian Chant
    • Saint Jean de Lalande Library
    • Noël Chabanel Psalms
    • Nova Organi Harmonia (2,279 pages)
    • Roman Missal, 3rd Edition
    • Lalemant Polyphonic
  • Donate
  • Cart
Views from the Choir Loft

Articles

Mark Haas · February 9, 2026

Solfege Volleyball: A Children’s Choir Game

“The children loved it instantly. The game required focus, teamwork, and listening.”

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 8, 2026

PDF Download • “2-Voice Hymn” (Holy Name)

This arrangement works with a mixed choir (or children singing with men).

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 7, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(6 of 50) “Christ Foretold”

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Corpus Christi Watershed · February 5, 2026

“Pipe Organ Interlude During Funerals?” • (Reader Feedback)

Before I say one word, I should probably…

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 2, 2026

Alphabetizing Hymn Titles Inside Hymnals • “Does This Make Any Sense?”

“Many breviary hymns are really only fragments of very long compositions.” —Dr. Fortescue

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · February 1, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(5 of 50) “Good and Evil”

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2026

“Reminder” — Month of Febr. (2026)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Dr. Myrna Keough · January 31, 2026

Seminary Music Directors Gather in Houston

What happens to the Church if all seminarians are trained to sing the Mass and value our sacred music tradition?

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Corpus Christi Watershed · January 27, 2026

(January 2026) • “Children Singing Plainsong”

There’s something light and heavenly about children’s voices.

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Dr. Lucas Tappan · January 27, 2026

“Inquiry” • For Music Directors of Cathedrals and Larger Parish Churches

I would very much like to hear from you personally!

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 26, 2026

PDF Download • “Pange Lingua” for Three Voices (Father Edgard De Laet)

For very small choirs, this arrangement can be sung with one male and two females.

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Jeff Ostrowski · January 26, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(4 of 50) “Human Freedom” [a.k.a. “Virgin Birth”]

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Veronica Brandt · January 23, 2026

Good Spiritual Directors Love Chant

For all these reasons, a refresher course on growing in sanctifying grace is very important.

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Mark Haas · January 23, 2026

“We don’t do that anymore.”

Don’t shoot the messenger!

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

Julie Huebner · January 22, 2026

My Ode to Kevin Allen

I was privileged to meet Mr. Allen in 2024. He was kind, humble, and gracefully dealt with a brand new music director asking him questions.

To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • Page 11
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 341
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Corpus Christi Watershed

President’s Corner

    PDF Download • “Cordero de Dios”
    Feel free to download this setting of the “Cordero de Dios” (AGNUS DEI) in Spanish. The congregation gets an interesting melody within reach, the organist gets a straightforward accompaniment, and the person assembling the ORDER OF WORSHIP gets a ‘ready-to-paste’ plainsong version. Try this setting of the “Santo, Santo, Santo” (SANCTUS) if you desire one that’s easy to sing and includes a simple organ accompaniment. For the record, I have harmonized the Spanish “GLORIA” found in the MISAL ROMANO, Tercera Edición. Click here to download that.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude

    Peter Piel (1835–1904), was a Roman Catholic composer named “Royal Music Director” under Wilhelm I, King of Prussia.

    To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
    Dutch organist, teacher, and conductor HERMAN STRATEGIER (d. 1988) studied under Hendrik Andriessen. He composed this unison setting with organ accompaniment for the LORD’S PRAYER (“Our Father”) which a children’s choir would find both within reach and worthy of the effort. The whole thing fits neatly on a single page. Strategier eventually became organist of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht. He also taught at the “Dutch Institute for Catholic Church Music” (Nederlands Instituut voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek).
    —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.

    To access this post, you must purchase Monthly Subscription or Yearly Subscription.
    —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

In the United States, Archbishop Kenrick had said in his “Moral Theology” that it was acceptable to sing the “Véni Sáncte Spíritus” before the sermon.

— Monsignor Schmitt (1977)

Recent Posts

  • PDF Download • “Cordero de Dios”
  • PDF Download • “O God, Our Help in Ages Past” — Simple Organ Interludes (5 pages)
  • “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude
  • Active Passivity? Yes. Let me explain.
  • “A Mode of Singing & Chanting Mass for Children”

Subscribe

Subscribe

* indicates required

Footer

CONTACT • Corpus Christi Watershed

1 (747) 218-8005
chabanel.psalms@gmail.com
Corpus Christi Watershed
8118 Etienne Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78414

Copyright © 2026 Corpus Christi Watershed · Isaac Jogues on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Corpus Christi Watershed is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization recognized by the state of Texas on 19 October 2006. Our statement of purpose notes that we “employ the creative media in service of theology, the Church, and Christian culture for the enrichment and enjoyment of the public.”