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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 · September 29, 2024

An Anglican “Mess”

If I live to be 100 years old, there’s something I’ll never understand.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 28, 2024

Music List • (26th Sund. Ordinary Time)

Readers have expressed interest in looking over the “music list” I have prepared for this coming Sunday.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 28, 2024

Most Magnificent Plainsong Kyrie?

Here are some of my favorites.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 27, 2024

PDF Download • “Offertories and Communion Hymns for Unison + Organ” (Carlo Rossini, 1951)

I provide three (3) reasons you’ll want to download this book immediately.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 25, 2024

Liturgical Tomfoolery

Nobody’s been able to provide any reason for this—and it’s been 60 years.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 24, 2024

“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (29-Sep-2024)

This one’s in Mode 3, imitating the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 24, 2024

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” in English (26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B)

Sometimes one hears the objection: “But Gregorian Chant was not originally accompanied on the organ…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 23, 2024

Priest Demands Musician’s Resignation • (No Reason Given)

“Our priest was delighted with the program, or so it appeared. During Holy Week he asked me to resign (which I did). He gave no reason and would not even discuss the issue.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 19, 2024

Music List • (25th Sund. Ordinary Time)

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 16, 2024

“Entrance Chant” • For Sunday (22-Sep-2024)

This one’s in Mode 4—and it imitates the authentic Gregorian chant in a magnificent way.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 14, 2024

A Real Advantage!

Before the internet, certain translators could easily “pull the wool over” unsuspecting eyes.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 12, 2024

Music List • (24th Sund. Ordinary Time)

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 11, 2024

Musical Setting • “Confíteor Déo Omnipoténti”

The participants went nuts over this musical setting. They just couldn’t get enough of it!

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 10, 2024

PDF Download • “Entrance Chant” for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Plainchant in English)

Today I discuss a myth about accompanying plainsong on the pipe organ.

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Jeff Ostrowski · September 7, 2024

Music List • (23rd Sund. Ordinary Time)

This coming Sunday (8 September 2024) is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B. Some have expressed interest in seeing my “ORDER OF MUSIC.” If such a thing be appealing to you, it can be downloaded as a PDF file.

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    PDF Download • “Cordero de Dios”
    Feel free to download this setting of the “Cordero de Dios” (AGNUS DEI) in Spanish. The congregation gets an interesting melody within reach, the organist gets a straightforward accompaniment, and the person assembling the ORDER OF WORSHIP gets a ‘ready-to-paste’ plainsong version. Try this setting of the “Santo, Santo, Santo” (SANCTUS) if you desire one that’s easy to sing and includes a simple organ accompaniment. For the record, I have harmonized the Spanish “GLORIA” found in the MISAL ROMANO, Tercera Edición. Click here to download that.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude

    Peter Piel (1835–1904), was a Roman Catholic composer named “Royal Music Director” under Wilhelm I, King of Prussia.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
    Dutch organist, teacher, and conductor HERMAN STRATEGIER (d. 1988) studied under Hendrik Andriessen. He composed this unison setting with organ accompaniment for the LORD’S PRAYER (“Our Father”) which a children’s choir would find both within reach and worthy of the effort. The whole thing fits neatly on a single page. Strategier eventually became organist of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht. He also taught at the “Dutch Institute for Catholic Church Music” (Nederlands Instituut voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “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

Random Quote

The 1960s reformers had no chance of success since their goal was “recasting from top to bottom—and in a few months!—an entire liturgy which had required twenty centuries to develop.”

— Professor Louis Bouyer, close friend of Pope Saint Paul VI

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