PDF Download • Extremely Rare! • Gregorian Accompaniments (513 pages)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 1, 2023

IS COMMENT stung me at first, since I wasn’t expecting it. Moreover, my friend’s words were blunt: “Jeff, the reason absolutely nobody cares about these rare books you post is because you assume they know why they’re supposed to care.” After a while, his words sank in. He had a point. Therefore, I have written a brief PREFACE to this latest release. If I get positive feedback, I will continue this practice—and by the way, we have tons more rare Gregorian Chant books I can’t wait to release in 2023!

I really hope readers appreciate this book! To be honest, it took forever to scan, clean, straighten, index, and upload:

* PDF Download • Graduale ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT (513 pages)
—Composed by Dr. Peter Wager, director of the GREGORIAN ACADEMY (Fribourg, Switzerland).
—This is a very large file • 366MB.

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

Simplified Antiphons • “Candlemas”

Anyone who desires simplified antiphons (“psalm tone versions”) for 2 February, the Feast of the Purification—which is also known as “Candlemas” or the Feast of the Presentation—may freely download them. The texts of the antiphons are quite beautiful.

—Jeff Ostrowski

Tempo?? • 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘞𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘺 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦

Once, after Mass, my pastor said he really loved the hymn we did. I said: “Father, that's Holy God, We Praise Thy Name—you never heard it before?” He replied: “But the way you did it was terrific. For once, it didn't sound like a funeral dirge!” Last Sunday, our volunteer choir sang that hymn. I think the tempo was just about right … but what do you think?

—Jeff Ostrowski

Don’t You Agree About These?

If you want to make Jeff Ostrowski really happy, send him an email with effusive praise about the individual voice recordings for hymn #296. [Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass] They came out dazzlingly sensational, don't you agree?

—Jeff Ostrowski

There is a lack of that kind of organization which favors mature judgment. Move on, move on, get it out. Schemata are multiplied without ever arriving at a considered form. The system of discussion is bad … Often the schemata arrive just before the discussions. Sometimes, and in important matters, such as the new anaphoras, the schema was distributed the evening before the discussion was to take place … Father Bugnini has only one interest: press ahead and finish.

— Cardinal Antonelli (Peritus during the Second Vatican Council)

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