Do You Like This German Hymn Tune?
Hymns in 3/4 can present problems, but this one really isn’t…
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).
Cardinal Montini—later known as Pope Paul VI—celebrates Mass in the St. Peter’s Basilica during Vatican II.
The Verdelot “Agnus Dei” gets better and better the more we explore its treasures.
“Such moments had been a part of his spiritual life since boyhood and through his priesthood.”
Once we finish revising the scores at Goupil, this will be unnecessary.
“I did my best to give utterance to all those black notes in the missal.” —Fulton J. Sheen
The recessional is bright, happy, and beautiful.
“We strongly resent the implication that we and our children are not sufficiently intelligent to understand the simple Latin of the Mass…” —Manifesto of the Catholic Laity (1943)
“Women forced to sell their bodies in desperation and fear” —From a 2013 GIA hymnal
Amazing! Verdelot’s cadence here sounds quite modern!
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