PDF Download • Pentecost Sequence In English! — Gregorian Notation w/ Organ Accompaniment
Does plainsong work in English? It actually can!
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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).
Does plainsong work in English? It actually can!
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This is a large file (172 MB), but trust me! You will love it.
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The Fulton J. Sheen Missal (1961) does something rather puzzling…
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Don’t ask me how this booklet works … but it does.
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“Once there were lost islands, but most of them have been found…”
One of our choristers recorded this audio excerpt from a recent rehearsal we had. I know there are certain people on the internet who claim that “proper voice leading & harmonies died with Bach in 1750AD…anything goes these days.” But I could not disagree more with such an assertion. The proper rules of harmony and […]
Ronald Reagan stopped being governor of California in 1975; then Jerry Brown was elected. Bizarrely, Brown ended his final term in 2019.
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A perfect canon is the hardest thing to compose—and this is one!
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Add variety to the singing, so choir members will “take delight” in what they are doing—and they should be “taking delight” in singing praises to God.
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This *might* be the most beautiful 45 seconds in music—Father Guerrero’s compositions are truly awe-inspiring!
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Here’s what I currently have…but several of these draft copies are pretty ugly!
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