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Views from the Choir Loft

Thesaurus musicae sacrae

Jeff Ostrowski · December 5, 2023

PDF Download • “Lo! He comes with clouds descending” (Advent Hymn) — A Catholic Version!

Some days, Fulton J. Sheen received as many as 30,000 letters.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 1, 2023

1963 Photograph • Original Lyrics for Fr. Hellriegel’s “To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King”

Photograph from 1963, the year Monsignor Hellriegel published his 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐻𝑦𝑚𝑛𝑎𝑙.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 29, 2023

PDF Download • “Eight Gregorian Psalm Tones” (Harmonized by Jeff Ostrowski)

Yesterday, I recorded a video demonstration of each Gregorian Chant tone.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 12, 2023

(14 Examples) • Jeff Ostrowski’s Artistic “Credo”

Including several hymns eminently suitable for the feast of Christ the King.

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Jeff Ostrowski · October 4, 2023

PDF Download • “Congregational Booklet” (Printable) for Jeff’s New Mass Setting

A congregational booklet requested by Mr. Seth Bauer.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 30, 2023

Eight (8) Responsorial Psalm Options • On turning Missalettes into little “gods”

They have embraced a certain opinion about matters and will never change—not even on their deathbed.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 27, 2023

(Not Kidding) • Does Singing for Mass Fulfill One’s Obligation to Attend Mass?

Jeff Ostrowski provides five (5) responses to an assertion made by a priest.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 26, 2023

PDF Download • All Seven (7) Movements: “Mass in Honor of Saint Noël Chabanel”

My Mass setting for the Ordinary Form involves your Congregation, your Cantrix, and your Choir.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 23, 2023

“Everybody Loves Raymond” Actress Responds to Cardinal Dolan

“The ‘Lamb of God’ can reach the length of a baseball game.” —Cardinal Dolan

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 19, 2023

(Quiz) • “How Well Do You Know Your Hymns?”

Including a tip on preventing choirs from ‘sinking’ the pitch lower and lower.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 6, 2023

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?

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 23, 2023

PDF Download • Saint Noël Chabanel Mass Setting (“Kýrie Eléison”) for the Ordinary Form

We must remember the lesson of the rock.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 17, 2023

Why Did You Become a Church Musician?

Including two (2) haunting and powerful Eucharistic hymns.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 11, 2023

PDF Download • Saint Noël Chabanel Mass Setting (“Lamb of God”) for the Ordinary Form

Today, we release the congregational “Lamb of God” with SATB polyphonic extension.

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Jeff Ostrowski · August 2, 2023

Are These “Evil” Priests? • (Not Joking)

The professor inserted himself into our conversation, saying: “You’re both being foolish…”

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President’s Corner

    “Holy, Holy, Holy” transposed lower

    A simple setting based on a work by Canon Jules Vyverman.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    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”
    When it comes to the Latin language, accent marks aren’t placed on 2-syllable words, because doing so would be excessive. In other words, if a Latin word has two (2) syllables, the first syllable always gets the accent—so there’s no need to mark it. Nevertheless, as the years went on, the ABBEY OF SOLESMES began placing accents on 2-syllable words throughout their publications. Yet, they made exceptions for certain words, and nobody can explain why. For example, they never put an accent on the word simul in Latin, as far as I can tell. Download this PDF file if you wish to see with your own eyes. It seems they omit the accent mark about 20% of the time, which eliminates the possibility of oversight.
    —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

“Who dreamed on that day that within a few years, far less than a decade, the Latin past of the Church would be all but expunged, that it would be reduced to a memory fading into the middle distance? The thought of it would have horrified us, but it seemed so far beyond the realm of the possible as to be ridiculous. So we laughed it off.”

— Archbishop Dwyer of Portland (26-Oct-1973)

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