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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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    Music List • (27th Sund. Ordinary Time)

    Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for this coming Sunday: 4 October 2026

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    A Mystery! — Re: the “Liber Usualis”

    Even after all these years, nobody has been able to explain this.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    A Popular “Gloria” … in Dutch?
    Close to 16 years ago, I composed a “Glory to God in the Highest” in honor of SAINT RALPH SHERWIN. It was subsequently sung all over the world, and included in various collections (under different titles). You can download the musical score in plainsong notation. It was selected for inclusion in the Saint Isaac Jogues Illuminated Missal, Gradual, and Lectionary—and here’s its keyboard accompaniment (PDF file). I have a terrible memory, but somebody reminded me it was translated into Dutch (!) in 2012. I have no idea who did this—but you can download the score by clicking here. Because I don’t speak Dutch, I have no idea whether the adaptation was done skillfully.
    —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

“Those who teach Latin must know how to speak to the hearts of the young, know how to treasure the very rich heritage of the Latin tradition to educate them in the path of life, and accompany them along paths rich in hope and confidence.”

— Pope Francis (7 December 2017)

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