“Music List” • 3rd Sunday (Ord. Time)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
“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).
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
This English adaptation uses a Tetrardus mode, as does the authentic Gregorian Chant version.
Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…
Includes Dr. Buchholz’s obituary for William Mahrt: “A Gentleman, a Scholar, and a Friend”
I have a confession to make…
I don’t pretend to have an answer to this question.
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
This English adaptation matches the mode of the authentic Gregorian Chant version.
In 1979, Monsignor Robert F. Hayburn published an important book called: “Papal Legislation on Sacred Music.”
From what I have seen, musicians tend to be the best liturgists…
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