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“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He completed studies in Education and Musicology at the graduate level. Having worked as a church musician in Los Angeles for ten years, in 2024 he accepted a position as choirmaster for Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Michigan, where he resides with his wife and children. —Read full biography (with photographs).
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Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I have prepared for the Feast of the Holy Family.
Imagine blaming the rise of Adolf Hitler on the Church’s immemorial use of a ‘lingua sacra’ during Mass!
This 2024 collection incorporates responsorial psalms by many composers, particularly Catholic composers associated with Cambridge University.
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” we used at our Christmas Midnight Mass.
Choirs will ‘pick up’ this piece up with minimal rehearsal time.
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Notice how Dom Franquesa (without explanation) stealthily annihilates sacrifice, sin, and the adoration we owe God.
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
Like so many Advent antiphons, this one is in the first mode and comes from the prophet Isaiah.
It certainly seems like most of the Advent antiphons come from the book of Isaiah…
A different version was requested. I was able to complete that task earlier today.
I have made some changes to my “musical list” for funerals.
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