“A Peculiar Discrepancy” • Immac. Concep. (8 Dec.)
Who can explain this?
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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).

Who can explain this?

Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.

This was inspired by Florentinus Peeters (d. 1986).

The book is called: “Cantica Sacra: Hymns for the children of the Catholic Church.”
Some have asked which version…

This Introit is in mode iii, which some consider the most beautiful.

What is he talking about? Where can I go to hear these “aesthetically superior” interpretations? Where can they be found?
The feast of the Immaculate Conception contains a typo.

Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.

Including three separate points on Dom Combe’s shameful and defamatory statement.

The feast of Christ the King—a completely modern feast—was added in 1925.

“I’m currently gathering materials for a newly ordained priest…”

This rare missal from 1857 contains some musical notes.

Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
Why even mention such a thing? Everybody makes mistakes, right?
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