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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 · December 30, 2015

Another “Oops” Moment For Liturgical Press

Msgr. Kevin Irwin says this book “reflects the best of liturgical scholarship and wisdom gleaned from the liturgy.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 29, 2015

PDF • “The Truth Of Papal Claims” (Merry del Val)

Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val published this reply to a Protestant scholar in 1902.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 28, 2015

A Myth That Needs To Die

“I never witnessed a Mass in the so-called Extraordinary Form that was done in 15 minutes.”

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 28, 2015

Hollywood: Midnight Mass By Candlelight

The FSSP had a special Christmas Mass at their new Apostolate in Los Angeles.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 24, 2015

Musical Resources • Christmas Midnight Mass (Extraordinary Form)

We won’t be singing “Frosty The Snowman” for Offertory!

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 17, 2015

Sacred Vs. Secular • What Do You Think?

My performance leaves much to be desired, but you get the idea.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 16, 2015

“Veni Veni Emmanuel” • Original Setting (Two Voices)

This famous Advent hymn was not written in the 1800s—it goes back at least to the 15th century.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 14, 2015

Why Don’t Serious Catholics Address This?

If you want to test the USCCB policy, try this experiment.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 10, 2015

Rehearsal Videos • Victoria’s “Ave Maria” (SATB)

Including six reasons why Tomás Luis de Victoria may be the true composer of this piece.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 7, 2015

Rehearsal Videos • “O Magnum Mysterium” (Victoria)

With a masterpiece like this, we must be careful not to rush in where angels fear to tread.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 7, 2015

Propers for Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 December)

Providing music for the Traditional Latin Mass is not nearly as hard as some believe.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 5, 2015

Musical Resources • Second Sunday of Advent (Extraordinary Form)

“Gather ye together His Saints to Him; who have set His covenant before sacrifices…”

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 2, 2015

Introit For The Immaculate Conception (8 December)

“Gaudens Gaudebo” is not a short Introit.

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Jeff Ostrowski · December 1, 2015

The Most Important Thing A Choirmaster Can Do

Sometimes it takes decades to appreciate the genius of this or that Gregorian chant.

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Jeff Ostrowski · November 30, 2015

Changing The Good Friday Prayer For The Jews

“Christianity is the perfect development of the Jewish religion…” —Fr. Leslie Rumble

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    “Hidden Chant” • For the Ordinary Form

    Not even “GregoBase”—which is incredibly comprehensive—knows that music for this antiphon was published by the Vatican in the 1930s.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Citation Needed” • Dom Foote of ICEL
    Father Basil Foote, OSB, was organist at WESTMINSTER ABBEY MISSION (British Columbia, Canada). In 1984 he published an article called “Chanting in the Vernacular.” Twenty years later, it was republished by ADOREMUS—and that’s how it came to my attention. In that article, Dom Foote makes a claim I consider somewhat outlandish. At the very least, his statement with regard to the Latin accent needs some sort of citation. He has served on the Music Sub-Committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Music List • “Corpus Christi” (Year A)

    The 28-page Singers’ Booklet is included. Our children’s choir will join us for this Mass.

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    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    Time and Again We Are Asked…
    John Baptist Singenberger (d. 1924) was a central figure of Catholic Church music. In this utterly fascinating excerpt (Single-Page PDF), Singenberger writes: Time and again we are asked: “Is the Gregorian chant to be accompanied by the organ?” As a young student in Saint Gall, Singenberger befriended SEBASTIAN GEBHARD MESSMER, the future Archbishop of Milwaukee (Wisconsin). The two graduated together in 1861. The school they attended (Saint George’s Seminary) was a “seminary”—but in the older European sense. In other words, it provided a classical education without necessarily leading to ordination. Singenberger remained a layman his whole life, but Messmer was eventually made archbishop—by Pope Saint Pius X—of the very archdiocese in Wisconsin where Singenberger would spend his American career, giving him a powerful ecclesiastical ally.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Reminder” — Month of June (2026)
    On a daily basis, I speak to people who don’t realize we publish a free newsletter (although they’ve followed our blog for years). Since we were founded in 2006, not one of our board members has ever accepted any remuneration whatsoever—not a penny. We have no endowment, no major donors, no savings, and refuse to run annoying ads. As a result, our mailing list is crucial to our survival. It couldn’t be easier to subscribe! Just scroll to the bottom of any blog article and enter your email address.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Thee” + “Thou” + “Thine”
    Few musicians realize that various English translations of Sacred Scripture were granted formal approval by the USCCB and the Vatican for liturgical use in the United States of America. But don’t take my word for it! Here are four documents proving this, which you can examine with your own eyes. Some believe the words “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee” were forbidden after Vatican II—but that’s incorrect. For example, they’re found in the English translation of the ‘Our Father’ at Mass. Moreover, the Revised Standard Version (Catholic Edition) mentioned in those four documents employs “Thine” and “Thou” and “Thee.” It was published with a FOREWORD by Westminster’s Roman Catholic Archbishop (John Cardinal Heenan).
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

On 26 July 1916—during the German occupation of Belgium—a student choir led by Van Nuffel performed his setting of the psalm “Super flumina Babylonis” in Saint Rumbold’s Cathedral. The text and the musical setting very aptly expressed the depressed and rebellious mood of the population. The acclaim was enormous, and it laid the foundation for Van Nuffel’s formation of the Saint Rumbold’s choir.

— Unknown

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