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Kyrie XVII: “In dominicis Adventus et Quadragesimae.”
Jesus said to them: “I have come into this world so that a sentence may fall upon it, that those who are blind should see, and those who see should become blind. If you were blind, you would not be guilty. It is because you protest, ‘We can see clearly,’ that you cannot be rid of your guilt.”
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).
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this feast.
Rachmaninoff said: “Nine hours? That’s nothing. For a period of my life, I used to practice 17 hours a day.”
Father Mathias served as organist for Strasburg Cathedral, where he founded the “Saint Leo Institute for Church Music” in 1913.
The book is called: “Cantica Sacra: Hymns for the children of the Catholic Church.”
This Introit is in mode iii, which some consider the most beautiful.
What is he talking about? Where can I go to hear these “aesthetically superior” interpretations? Where can they be found?
Readers have expressed interest in perusing the “music list” I’ve prepared for this coming Sunday.
Including three separate points on Dom Combe’s shameful and defamatory statement.
The feast of Christ the King—a completely modern feast—was added in 1925.
“I’m currently gathering materials for a newly ordained priest…”
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