2-Voice Arr. • “Creator of the Starry Height”
Over the centuries, this ancient him became associated with the season of Advent.
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).

Over the centuries, this ancient him became associated with the season of Advent.

Father Valentine Young, OFM, pointed out many errors and typos in the 1962 Missal.

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

This 4-page ‘insert’ contains the seasonal Marian antiphons and various settings of the “Kýrie” my parish will be learning.

Even if the accusation is false, we tend to think of that person—forevermore—as “tainted” or “damaged goods.”

Looking through a (Roman Catholic) German hymnal printed in 1929…

You may think I’m crazy, but I have a belief when it comes to choral music.

An interesting quotation from the eminent liturgist, Monsignor Klaus Gamber…

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

Gregorian melodies ‘stick’ in one’s memory in a way that’s both marvelous and surprising.
I have provided an accompaniment, but it’s only for use during rehearsal.
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