PDF Download • “Gloria In Excelsis” With 3-Voice Polyphony By Cristóbal De Morales
Could this have something to do with how each line comes through “cleanly” in 3-part music?
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).

Could this have something to do with how each line comes through “cleanly” in 3-part music?

A luxuriant choral setting of the Kyrie from “Mass of the Angels”

Mother Angelica sat down for a wonderful interview with a famous Theologian.

The organist will play softly at the Offertory.

Who wouldn’t welcome a brief-but-beautiful piece like this?

Here are some thoughts, but I can’t promise they make sense.

Is the “Reform of the Reform” dead? Bishop Serratelli and many others disagree!

Some EF communities will celebrate the “External Solemnity” of the Most Sacred Heart on Sunday.

Including a special version of the “Tantum Ergo” by Fr. Adrian Fortescue.

I suspect that in a long melisma it’s hard to know “where you are”…

A generous reader sent me copies of this extremely rare book.

“I cannot understand why a private family can be made worldwide agent for the official prayers of the Church.” —Dr. Jerry Galipeau

Some EF communities will celebrate the “External Solemnity” of Corpus Christi today.
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