PDF • SABT Enhancement (“Our Father”)
“As the congregation sings their part, the choir “enhances” them with polyphony. This is genius!” — Veronica Moreno
“Is it not true that prohibiting or suspecting the extraordinary form can only be inspired by the demon who desires our suffocation and spiritual death?” —The Vatican’s chief liturgist from 2014-2021; interview with Edw. Pentin (23-Sep-2019)
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).
“As the congregation sings their part, the choir “enhances” them with polyphony. This is genius!” — Veronica Moreno
The sixth mode is sometimes the “peaceful” mode.
This Introit is in the sixth mode (known as the “peaceful” mode).
For sixty years, Catholics have demanded to know what is gained by the ceaseless tinkering with liturgical translations.
“That would be to me the finest triumph sacred music could have…” —Giuseppe Cardinal Sarto (1897)
A perfect “apples-to-apples” comparison.
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
His statement is not only foolish, it approaches heresy!
Singing Gregorian Chant lifts one’s spirits. Agree or disagree?
The reformers borrowed this “Entrance Chant” from the Ember Saturday of Lent.
There’s been considerable online discussion about this. Our readers have a right to know what’s at issue.
“This is not the choir!” … exclaims Mike Aquilina.
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