Stunning Hymn With 3-Voice Polypony You Will Want To Sing For Pentecost
A story about Victoria—perhaps a myth—says Palestrina was jealous of his student’s first drafts.
“A much greater source of anxiety to Us is the style of action of those who maintain that liturgical worship should shed its sacred character, who foolishly say we should substitute for sacred items & furnishings ordinary common things in daily use.” —Pope Saint Paul VI (14 Oct 1968)
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).
A story about Victoria—perhaps a myth—says Palestrina was jealous of his student’s first drafts.
We are getting close to Pentecost, when the FSSP Superior General will visit our parish.
The “Method of Gregorian Accompaniment” by Flor Peeters is excellent.
Fr. Carlo Rossini’s is probably the best, but 11 more are also provided.
The Communion can be written “Dum venerit” or “Cum venerit”—both are correct.
If you’re searching for “Cum vénerit Paráclitus,” you might want to check the *D* section…
Footage taken by John Ehrlichman a 1970s “home video reel.”
“The origins of some are not known due to the long and nearly untraceable popular usage they have enjoyed.” —Gregorian Institute
“These samples from Connelly make less sense in English than the Latin originals would to a North Korean.” —Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt
I’ve always believed it’s a mistake to have all-women alto sections and all-men tenor sections.
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