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see?” Bishop Fulton J. SheenLatest Posts For The First Time” • Our Choir Sings In Spanish! May 10, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski That changed last week! Yes or No?” • Should We Give People the Sacred Music They Ardently Crave? May 10, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski Some of them became obsessed” with this SATB arrangement—??? ?ℎ??’? ????! Will I Be Meeting You in Late June? May 9, 2024 By Dr. Lucas Tappan Re: CMAA In-Person” Events for 2024—Don’t Miss Out! J. R. R. Tolkien and Guéranger : Antiquarianism is Protestantism! Was Pius X an Antiquarianist? May 8, 2024 By Matthew Frederes The Church is a living body, that has grown from a seed to a full grown tree. It can never return to the seed. A Wonderful Woman Eviscerates The Argument Of An Infamous Liturgical Radical May 6, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski Diekmann believed all the saints over the last 1,200 years—as well as the fathers of Vatican II—were dead wrong about the liturgy. Time for Another RESUCITÓ, Canta Con Júbilo May 5, 2024 By Veronica Moreno Perhaps it is time to have another Resucitó” for our Spanish-speaking Catholics… Es tiempo para otro RESUCITÓ, Canta Con Júbilo May 5, 2024 By Veronica Moreno Quizá podemos tener más de un Resucitó”. Compartimos una canción pascual con un refrán hermoso y versos como este: Brille tu lámpara, brille con fuerza tu llama / Cesen tus lágrimas al contemplar su mirada.” ¡No se la pierdan! A Couple of Recent Podcast Appearances May 4, 2024 By Dr. Charles Weaver I’ve participated in some recent conversations about chant that might be of interest to our readers. The English Mozart” • Who Was That? May 3, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski Including a hymn suitable for a Catholic wedding (Nuptial Mass”). Anglican Ordinariate: A Hymn For Saint Joseph” May 3, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski With a digression on Cardinal Antonelli and the feast of Saint Joseph the Artisan” (1 May). Singing Bach At Mass? • Yes! Yes! Yes!” May 2, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski I wouldn’t argue if somebody made the claim that Sebastian Bach was the most musical person who ever lived.” A Note to Piano Teachers of Beginning Students May 1, 2024 By Dr. Lucas Tappan What follows are a few tricks that have greatly aided students with me from a young age…” —Dr. Tappan PDF Download • Simplified Accompaniment for the famous Hymn: Praise To The Lord” April 29, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski According to Monsignor Franz Stemmer, the famous hymn Praise to the Lord” originally came from the ????????? ?????????? (1665). Reader Feedback” • 29 April 2024 April 29, 2024 By Corpus Christi Watershed No musician in our parish (and probably our archdiocese) is paid, despite the many hours we put in.” —Charlotte M. Update (25 April) • Forthcoming Spanish Hymnal” April 25, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski When our people have the courage to break resolutely with a bad tradition, there are unworked mines of religious poetry in the old hymns that we can use in translations.” —Father Adrian Fortescue Three Easter Hymns Sung Three Different Ways! April 24, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski There was deep division in Chicago between those who cheered for the Cubs and those who cheered for the White Sox. The Catholic Academy of Sacred Music (Kansas) April 23, 2024 By Dr. Lucas Tappan I can affirm that our first concert was a resounding success: everything from Allegri’s ???????? to the 10-year-old boy playing Bach. Fundraiser Update From CCW President April 22, 2024 By Corpus Christi Watershed I’m a newly ordained priest. In seminary, we constantly used stuff from your website to help us learn things.” —College Station, Texas ¡Anuncio! • Nuevo Himnario en Español” April 22, 2024 By Veronica Moreno Todavía no hemos escogido un título para nuestra colección. Near Occasions” of Sin, Forgiveness, Psalms, Hymns, and the Artistic Temperament April 21, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski Rachmaninoff never forgave Prokofiev for this, as anyone with a melancholic temperament will understand. Dr. Hamilton • Totally Random (But Hopefully Not Useless) Thoughts About Choirs” April 20, 2024 By Dr. Gregory Hamilton We must gauge rehearsal time so as not to totally bore the skilled members, while still making sure to do what’s needed to help lesser-skilled members. PDF Download • Wedding Sheet” (Showing Prices) April 19, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski Being hired as organist or choirmaster for Catholic weddings can be stressful. Announcement! • New Spanish Hymnal” April 17, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski We seek native speakers willing to help proofread. PDF Download • Spanish Responsorial Psalm — 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time” (Year B) April 16, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski We must never let criticism by ‘haters’ bother us. We must strive to block them from our minds. PDF Download • Freiburg Cathedral Hymnal” (Organ Accompaniment) — 308 Pages! April 14, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski The most comprehensive German hymnal ever printed? Well, this masterpiece by Monsignor Stemmer is certainly in the top five! More Posts from this Category PDF Downloads Organ Accompaniment Booklet (20 pages) April 29, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski This coming Sunday in the Extraordinary Form will be the Fifth Sunday after Easter. Each week, everyone can freely visit this page, downloading such booklets (as it were) directly from the source. Nevertheless, I’d like to draw your attention to the ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT BOOKLET (20 pages) for Vespers in the Extraordinary Form: Dominica V Post […] Banish Wrong Notes!” • Hymns Simplified April 10, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski In the past, I’ve mentioned how I can’t stand hearing wrong notes. I was playing LLANFAIR the other day, and I was hitting wrong notes. Earlier today, I created a simplified version which you can download for free. This famous tune (LLANFAIR”) is often used on the feast of the Ascension, with Hail the Day […] PDF Download • Responsorial Psalm for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) April 9, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski This argument from silence is wildly improbable.” —Father John Parsons (2001) Jeff Writes A Song About Dr. Weaver And Himself April 7, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski This article—a mini-dissertation” on syllabic plainsong—writes songs using the names of various CCW authors. PDF Download • Spanish Responsorial Psalm” (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B) April 6, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski A lovely offering by the Chaumonot Composers Group.” Jesus Christ is Ris’n Today” (Simplified) April 2, 2024 By Jeff Ostrowski I hate hearing organists play wrong notes. I invite you to download this simplified organ accompaniment for hymn #699 in the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal. The hymn is Jesus Christ Is Risen Today.” I’m toying with the idea of creating a whole bunch of these, to help amateur organists. The last one I uploaded was […] More Posts from this Category Primary Sidebar Corpus Christi Watershed Contributors Jeff Ostrowski Los Angeles, California Dr. Lucas Tappan Topeka, Kansas Matthew Frederes El Dorado Hills, California Veronica Moreno West Covina, California Dr. Charles Weaver Norwalk, Connecticut Dr. Gregory Hamilton Dallas, Texas Fr. David Friel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Richard J. Clark Boston, Massachusetts Keven Smith Sacramento, California Christopher Mueller Louisville, Kentucky Andrea Leal Las Vegas, Nevada Cynthia Ostrowski Los Angeles, California William J. Fritz Orange County, CA Veronica Brandt Sydney, Australia Daniel Tucker South Bend, Indiana Dr. Alfred Calabrese Dallas, Texas Patrick Torsell Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Corrinne May Singapore Wilfrid Jones Cambridge, UK Random Quote What will be the results of this innovation? The results expected, or rather desired, are that the faithful will participate in the liturgical mystery with more understanding, in a more practical, a more enjoyable and a more sanctifying way.” [Enjoyable?] — Pope Paul VI (26 Nov 1969) Recent Posts Organ Accomp. • Ascension Hymn at Vespers” For The First Time” • Our Choir Sings In Spanish! Hymn for the Ascension Praise To The Lord” • Simple Accomp. Yes or No?” • Should We Give People the Sacred Music They Ardently...