First Instance of “Alius Cantus Aptus”
“The current rubrics of the missal … specify the moments when the celebrant must turn toward the people.” —Cardinal Sarah, 23 May 2016
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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).

“The current rubrics of the missal … specify the moments when the celebrant must turn toward the people.” —Cardinal Sarah, 23 May 2016

Who could deny the text painting here?

“O God, Who hast prepared good things unseen for them that love Thee…”

I started asking myself how anyone could argue against something like this. After all, isn’t it good to share joy?

“The singing of the Communion Antiphon alone, which sufficed at sung Mass when Holy Communion was not given, is insufficient under the new conditions…” —Solesmes (1957)

“The Ordinary of the Mass and the hymn at Vespers are the parts of Divine Service in which the congregation is supposed to join.” —Solesmes (1903)

… composed by a Franciscan monk!

“May the mysteries we have received purify us, we beseech Thee, O Lord…”

Can you tell which voice is not mine?

Title: “Fifty Tips For Training Amateur Choirs”

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Do you agree this is a dark antiphon?

Only four (4) bishops voted against the Vatican II document on liturgy.

What did the Traditional Latin Mass look like sixteen years ago?

“O God, Who on this day didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit…”
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