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Search Results for: simple english propers

A Challenge for the “Big Three” — Is there a Market for the Propers?

Richard J. Clark · November 29, 2013

I have a challenge to the “Big Three” publishers. The propers are the new frontier of liturgical composition. I propose that they get ahead of the curve now.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Propers, Singing the Mass Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Graduale Simplex, Archbishop Bugnini, And More

Jeff Ostrowski · September 10, 2013

I’m reminded of my years as a high school teacher. There were always 5-6 parents who had too much time on their hands, and they pestered the administration for changes.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Graduale Simplex, Hymns Replacing Propers Last Updated: October 12, 2022

Ordo Cantus Missae — English Translations

Jeff Ostrowski · July 29, 2013

Who should start the “Glory to God” at Mass? Who should intone the Gloria? Ordinary Form.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Bugnini ORDO CANTUS MISSAE, Ordinary Form Ordo Cantus Missæ, Ordo Cantus Missae, ORDO CANTUS MISSAE NOVUS ORDO Last Updated: September 29, 2023

Introducing the Lalemant Propers (391 Pages) — Free Download !

Jeff Ostrowski · April 23, 2013

The Lalemant Propers are extremely simple settings (in English) of the Mass Propers which make it possible for any person to sing these sacred prayers . . . even people who have no musical training whatsoever.

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Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Last Updated: January 13, 2020

“Chant Is Not a Penitential Act” • Lenten Reflection by Daniel Marshall

Daniel Marshall · February 18, 2026

…and then Easter will come, and for many parishes, the chant will disappear again.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: March 2, 2026

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Years ABC)

Jeff Ostrowski · July 23, 2024

Including ten (10) alternate versions!

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Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: Carmen Gregorianum, Chaumonot Composers Group, Chaumonot Entrance Chant Collection, Rev Fr Adrian Fortescue Liturgy Last Updated: July 24, 2024

Live Recording • “Entrance Chant” (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)

Jeff Ostrowski · July 9, 2024

In the 1970s, some musicians felt that annihilating the Mass propers would lead to “freedom”—but the opposite was true.

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Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: Chaumonot Composers Group, Chaumonot Entrance Chant Collection, Mass Propers Proprium Missae, Suscepimus Introit Last Updated: July 9, 2024

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” — 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)

Jeff Ostrowski · July 4, 2024

I’d love to hear you sing this!

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Filed Under: Articles, PDF Download Tagged With: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Anaphora, Cantatorium For Soloists, Cardinal Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli OFM, Chaumonot Composers Group, Entrance Chant from Roman Gradual, Evangeliarium, Louis Bouyer Oratorian Priest, Mass Propers Proprium Missae, Simple English Mass Propers, St John Gradual Archdiocese of Boston, Urbanite Hymn Reform Last Updated: July 7, 2024

Antiphons Vs. Hymns • A “Both/And” Church

Richard J. Clark · September 21, 2023

“[T]he primordial question is centered on how the hymn or antiphon will help the assembly enter more deeply into the mystery being celebrated.” — Christopher Ferraro

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: September 25, 2023

Huge Discovery! (Not a Joke) • Re: “Gradual Antiphons vs. Missal Antiphons”

Jeff Ostrowski · August 23, 2020

Last night I discovered something I never knew—so I immediately telephoned a priest to verify this.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Father Adalbert Franquesa Garrós, Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, Missal Antiphons Dont Match Roman Gradual, Propers Ignatius Press by Fr Samuel Weber, Samuel Weber Propers, St Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal, Sung Vs Spoken Propers Novus Ordo Last Updated: December 20, 2024

Clarity! • Missal vs. Gradual Text (Ordinary Form)

Jeff Ostrowski · August 19, 2020

If this problem is to be solved, we must first understand it.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Father Adalbert Franquesa Garrós, Graduale Romanum Roman Gradual Propers, THE ADALBERT PROPERS Last Updated: January 18, 2025

Reopening our Churches – Encouragement – Resources

Richard J. Clark · May 22, 2020

Saint Cecilia and an Angel Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco

As churches are working towards reopening, it is also no small change for many to concede congregational singing and choirs of any size. So many musicians have already sacrificed so much, spiritually, artistically, and economically.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: May 23, 2020

Announcing: Saint Rita Choral Academy!

Dr. Lucas Tappan · July 30, 2019

The parish’s new venture, the St. Rita Choral Academy, is the brainchild of Dr. Alfred Calabrese.

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

New Resource! • Chant Videos for Treble Voices

Fr. David Friel · February 23, 2019

A new website seeks to record the full Gregorian propers each week using a treble voice.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Catholic Youth Choirs, Extraordinary Form 1962 Missal, Gregorian Chant, Liturgy For Children, Resources for training in Church music Last Updated: January 1, 2020

Musical and Liturgical Life at the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center

Guest Author · April 6, 2016

Praising our Extraordinary God in the Ordinary Form

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Filed Under: Articles Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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President’s Corner

    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)

    The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Rubric Challenge”
    The feast of Corpus Christi is special for TLM altar boys. On that day, two of us thurifers got to walk backwards while using the THURIBLE. (That American custom, if memory serves, is not strictly described in the rubrics.) A few weeks ago on the CCW Facebook Page we posted this screenshot from a 1915 Roman Catholic hymnal. The challenge is to guess what the rubric says, which we blocked from view with a red box. So far, nobody has guessed correctly. Feel free to guess! Our email address is listed at the bottom of each page. UPDATE: The answer has been revealed as of 8 June 2026.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Simplified Version • “Canon in D” (Pachelbel)
    I published an article on 11 November 2023 called Wedding March For The Lazy Organist, which rather offhandedly made reference to a simplified version I created in 2007 for Pachelbel’s Canon. I often use it as a PROCESSIONAL for weddings and quinceañeras. Many organists say they “hate” Pachelbel’s Canon. But I love it. I think it’s bright and beautiful. I created that ‘simplified version’ for musicians coming to grips with playing the pipe organ. It can be downloaded as a free PDF if you visit Andrea Leal’s article dated 15 August 2022: Manuals Only: Organ Interludes Based on Plainsong. Specifically, it is page 84 in that collection—generously offered as a free PDF download. Johann Pachelbel (d. 1706) was a renowned German organist, violinist, teacher, and composer of over 500 works. A friend of Bach’s family, he taught Johann Christoph Bach (Sebastian Bach’s eldest brother) and lived in his house. Those who read Pachelbel’s biography will notice his connection to two German cities adopted as famous hymn tune names: EISENACH and ERFURT.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“Victoria not only made his professional debut as church organist: he also continued active on the organ bench until the very eve of his death. Indeed, during his last seven years at Madrid (1604-1611) he occupied no other musical post but that of convent organist.”

— Dr. Robert Stevenson (1961)

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