A Spanish Hymn for Lent
This particular hymn is being considered for inclusion in the “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.”
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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).

This particular hymn is being considered for inclusion in the “Cantoral del Padre Antonio Daniel.”

For a number of reasons, this statement sounds fishy.

Few Catholics seem to realize it was Pope Pius XII who suppressed Tenebrae, a ceremony deeply loved by the faithful for centuries.

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.
Kyrie VIII with polyphony.
Bonus! Six (6) of my favorite Lenten hymns.

I’m not sure I know another feast like the 1st Sunday of Lent.

This English adaptation uses mode 8, as does the authentic Gregorian Chant version.

Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for this coming Sunday.

This communion is particularly beautiful.

Listening to yourself singing isn’t fun—but it’s crucial if you wish to improve.

This English adaptation uses mode 1, as does the authentic Gregorian Chant version.

Archbishop Sheen said famously: “Freedom is a word much abused.”
A choir isn’t some sort of fancy “add-on.”

It would be difficult to imagine “sacred music” more disturbing than this.
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