“British Polyphony” • The Best 55 Seconds In Music!
The paradigmatic English sonority can only be described as “haunting.” There’s nothing else quite like it.
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
A theorist, organist, and conductor, Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004), and did graduate work in Musicology. He serves as choirmaster for the new FSSP parish in Los Angeles, where he resides with his wife and children.—Read full biography (with photographs).
The paradigmatic English sonority can only be described as “haunting.” There’s nothing else quite like it.
Father Ould and William Sewell (organist at the Birmingham Oratory of Saint Philip Neri) produced an impressive collection.
Cardinal Roche met with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on 27 August 2022.
“The new 𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑚 of Pope Paul VI is essentially the same missal that was in use from the time of the Council of Trent…” — Msgr. Richard J. Schuler
Including a stunningly gorgeous (and rare!) hymn by Flor Peeters.
My response to the recent article by Professor Charles Weaver.
In my 25 years as a choirmaster, I’ve witnessed hypocrisy and mistreatment that would make your head spin.
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Using this coming Sunday (12th Sunday after Pentecost) as an example.
I consider this my best organ accompaniment … I hope you like it!
A wonderful way to get volunteers singing SATB polyphony immediately!
Today’s release will go down in history!
In graduate school, one is taught a valuable lesson: if you emphasize everything, nothing is emphasized. In other words, putting every other word in bold or italic (or both) wrecks your paper. I never to use the word “best”—but today I make an exception. The book of organ interludes released today by my colleague is […]
Kyrie “Missa de Angelis”—recorded yesterday by a volunteer choir.
Does this sound like a “hymn” to you? Or does it sound like a “chant” composition?
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