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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

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).

Jeff Ostrowski · January 12, 2026

PDF Download • “Outrageously Rare” Feder Missal (Latin, French, & English) — 3,290 pages!

A gift to our readers, presented in super-high resolution.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 11, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(2 of 50) “Conscience”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 9, 2026

Comm. Fauxbourdon • “What does it sound like?”

Remember the days you prayed for what you have now!

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 9, 2026

“Ad Te Levavi” • Variant

This particular variant hints at “tone painting.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 8, 2026

Spectacular Communion Setting!

Both text & melody are quite beautiful.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 7, 2026

Bach’s Psychotically Awesome Walking Bassline

Thirty-six (36) pedal notes without interruption!

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2026

Fulton J. Sheen • “24-Hour Catechism”

(1 of 50) “Philosophy of Life”

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2026

“Reminder” — Month of January (2026)

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 6, 2026

Hymn Translation • “Was Dr. John Mason Neale the Greatest of All Time?”

I received permission to reveal publicly this “comparison chart” of hymn translations.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 5, 2026

PDF • “Music List” (Sunday, 11 January)

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 5, 2026

August 1970 • “Graduale Simplex Doc” (12 pages)

Similar to polyester vestments & wreckovations, its sad legacy is bound up with everything regrettable about the 1960s liturgical reforms.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 4, 2026

Epiphany Hymn • “New 2-Voice Arrangement”

This can be sung by one woman and one man.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 3, 2026

How Does The Vatican “Rhythm” Actually Sound?

With an excerpt from the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 3, 2026

Simplified Accompaniment (Epiphany Hymn)

Simplified keyboard accompaniment for “Bethlehem! Of noblest cities” (Epiphany hymn).

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 2, 2026

“Adeste Fideles” • Too Many Translations!

Broadly speaking, only one has attained general use throughout the English-speaking world…

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President’s Corner

    Eucharistic Prayer No. 2 on Sundays?

    Highlighted in yellow (on this single-page PDF file) is documentation concerning whether the 2nd Eucharistic prayer may be used on Sundays.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Knox. Has. No. Equal.
    Dr. Finberg (of the University of Leicester) famously said: “No living writer possesses a greater command over the English language than Monsignor Ronald Knox.” A lifetime spent among his works would not exhaust them; always another thing to see, never once a reason to look away. Consider the marvelous way Knox Englished the famous VERBUM SUPERNUM of Saint Thomas Aquinas. The 4th verse (in Latin) means: “By being born, He became man’s companion; at this supper, He became man’s food; in dying, He became man’s ransom; in reigning, He is man’s reward.” Knox brilliantly makes the English fit the Latin meter: The manger, Christ their equal made, | That upper room, their souls’ repast, | The Cross, their ransom dearly paid, | And heav’n, their high reward at last. I believe the meaning of the French word “manger” was not absent from his thoughts when he penned that stanza.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Proportionalist Plainchant • (Documented)
    On this website, we believe: “If we don’t know where we came from, we can’t know where we’re going.” As a result, we often spend hours scanning old books of GREGORIAN CHANT (and organ accompaniments). We don’t claim those items are useful or desirable for today’s circumstances; the goal is understanding where we came from. Here is a fascinating musical score from the 19th century. At that time, it was believed that MENSURALISM (a.k.a. “proportionalism”) was the historically correct way to sing plainsong.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    “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
    “Reader Feedback” • 22 June 2026
    A reader wrote to us from Virginia: “I really appreciate the 23 harmonizations that you posted on CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED for the Daily, Daily, Sing to Mary hymn. I hope to find willing voices in our small Schola Cantorum to try the three-voice version. Carry on, sir! You’re doing the Lord’s work.” While we don’t know this gentleman personally, we note that he earned a Ph.D. (which demonstrates that our blog has something for everybody). 😊
    —Corpus Christi Watershed

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“By a decree of the synod of the diocese of Exeter in 1284, no one should claim any seat in a church; but whoever first entered a church for the purpose of devotion, might choose at his pleasure a place for praying.”

— A work by Fr. Husenbeth (d. 1872)

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