SLANE • “Simplified” Keyboard Arr.
Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?
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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).

Do you know ‘SLANE’ the hymn tune?

There is no more dissonant chord than this in the entire Baroque era!

Do you see how each Latin accent is ‘shifted’ to the final syllable, as if they were French words?

Since a new month has arrived, it’s my pleasure to remind you that…

You simply must play this chord!

This was used by Father Edgard De Laet as a vocal warm-up for his choirs.

A small subscription. An enormous library. An eternal tradition.

Giving away to readers—on 29 June 2026—my ultimate treasure!

Some consider this the single most valuable book we ever scanned and uploaded.

Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Sunday (12 July 2026).

Often, the Latin in the Roman Gradual is more ancient (!) than Saint Jerome’s Vulgate.

Published in the 1920s by a famous composer from Copenhagen!

Back in 2015, we carefully scanned and uploaded this rare keyboard accompaniment for Father Knauff’s “Christ the King Hymnal” (published in Canada).
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