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Jeff Ostrowski • Article Archive

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).

Jeff Ostrowski · March 3, 2017

Choirmasters, Your Job Is Hard Beyond A Doubt

What does sacred music have to do with the O. J. Simpson murder trial?

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 28, 2017

Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro (1891-1976)

“There remains throughout the presence of Bugnini—his bias, his anger, and his prejudice—making one continuously ask the unanswerable question: why?” ~ Msgr. Richard J. Schuler

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 22, 2017

“Morae Vocis” acc. to the Vatican Edition

The «Kyriale» contains very few melismatic morae.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 21, 2017

PDF Download • “Cantus Varii” (469 Pages)

The revolution continues!

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 20, 2017

2-1 Suspension in Guerrero Motet

“Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 18, 2017

Musical Resources • Sexagesima Sunday 1

“O God, who seest that we put no trust in ourselves…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 13, 2017

Refutations • “Can the Latin Mass be enriched?”

The OF can enrich the EF, but not the way Fr. Stravinskas describes.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 11, 2017

Who I Am

Vladimir Horowitz was especially known for this ability.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 9, 2017

“A Trip to the Sacred Music Symposium” • (Film)

Two young ladies in high school created this video as part of a school project.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 7, 2017

Musical Resources • Septuagesima Sunday 1

“Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 6, 2017

Pope Benedict XVI on this Sunday’s Introit

“The virgin mother bound his limbs in swaddling clothes; such bands held the hands and feet of God!”

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 5, 2017

“The Return of the SSPX”

Reflections by a member of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.

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Jeff Ostrowski · February 3, 2017

Did we meet our fundraising goal?

The answer will amaze!

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 31, 2017

Photos • Society for Catholic Liturgy Conference

After Mass, a presentation was delivered by the Executive Director of the USCCB Committee on Divine Worship.

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Jeff Ostrowski · January 30, 2017

Mind-Blowing SATB Canon

“Laudate Dominum” by William Croft (†1727) is a miracle.

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    PDF Download • “Cordero de Dios”
    Feel free to download this setting of the “Cordero de Dios” (AGNUS DEI) in Spanish. The congregation gets an interesting melody within reach, the organist gets a straightforward accompaniment, and the person assembling the ORDER OF WORSHIP gets a ‘ready-to-paste’ plainsong version. Try this setting of the “Santo, Santo, Santo” (SANCTUS) if you desire one that’s easy to sing and includes a simple organ accompaniment. For the record, I have harmonized the Spanish “GLORIA” found in the MISAL ROMANO, Tercera Edición. Click here to download that.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Be Joyful Mary” • Organ Interlude

    Peter Piel (1835–1904), was a Roman Catholic composer named “Royal Music Director” under Wilhelm I, King of Prussia.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Our Father” (1 page)
    Dutch organist, teacher, and conductor HERMAN STRATEGIER (d. 1988) studied under Hendrik Andriessen. He composed this unison setting with organ accompaniment for the LORD’S PRAYER (“Our Father”) which a children’s choir would find both within reach and worthy of the effort. The whole thing fits neatly on a single page. Strategier eventually became organist of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Utrecht. He also taught at the “Dutch Institute for Catholic Church Music” (Nederlands Instituut voor Katholieke Kerkmuziek).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Preface of Saint Joseph (added by the pope)

    You can see the “Præfatio de Sancto Joseph” inserted directly into the priest’s missal.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Predictable Rhymes?” • A Follow Up
    We received considerable correspondence regarding my article, Two Ways to Defile a Hymn. More specifically, what really raised certain people’s hackles was its follow-up article dealing with the keyboard accompaniment for the CHRIST THE KING HYMNAL. But to quote Eliza Doolittle: “Have I said anything I oughtn’t?” Please examine this PDF file and see whether you agree. Were the editors of the BRÉBEUF HYMNAL incorrect to insist upon sophisticated and clever rhymes, rather than mind-numbingly predictable rhymes?
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    ‘Ould’ But Not Good
    Dom Samuel Gregory Ould (note the spelling) was a Benedictine monk at FORT AUGUSTUS ABBEY in Scotland. As musician, organist, and composer, Dom Ould was highly regarded. Moreover, he was considered an authority on Gregorian Chant. But not everything found in an old book—or, in this case, an “Ould” book—is necessarily praiseworthy. Consider this page from Dom Ould’s hymnal. Do you see the rhymes? They offend severely by ABR (“Abuse By Reuse”) and are utterly predictable. In my recent article—Two Ways to Defile a Hymn—I addressed this topic.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“A vigorous search is instituted for the best tenor and bass singers to be found in the realm. Luys de Villafranca, master of the altar boys and instructor of plainchant, petitions on November 27 that the boy-bishop festivities be combined this year with those for the Feast of St. Nicholas.” [From “The Life of Father Francisco Guerrero.”]

— Sevilla: Chapter Resolution (20 November 1562)

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