“Arundel Catholic Hymns” • Hymns Chosen and Edited by the Duke of Norfolk
“To the man of cultivated taste, they are displeasing—and in some cases even offensive…”
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).
“To the man of cultivated taste, they are displeasing—and in some cases even offensive…”
Creating a metrical translation like that, so very literal, is stupefyingly difficult.
This Canon, attributed to William Byrd, was greatly admired by Beethoven and Mozart.
Recorded by participants at the 2018 Symposium!
The famous wit of William F. Buckley Jr. is quite conspicuous in this clip.
We’ve released rehearsal videos for the Kyrie—today, we release the Sanctus & Benedictus!
Why so much deliberation over every choice? Why so much discussion about a single stanza, or even a single word?
I included several nasty “Medicæa” harmonizations from the 19th century…
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