1941 Mass (Chicago) mixed with 2017 Mass (FSSP)
I can’t remember if I ever released this “comparison” video…
Pope Saint Paul VI (3 April 1969): “Although the text of the Roman Gradual—at least that which concerns the singing—has not been changed, the Entrance antiphons and Communions antiphons have been revised for Masses without singing.”
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).
I can’t remember if I ever released this “comparison” video…
Choirmasters and organists understand how crucial flexibility is.
If you can read treble clef, you can read this edition … a brilliant idea!
This excerpt from a 1980 radio interview with Abe Chasins proves I’m not crazy…
I will most definitely be playing these pieces—based on hymn tunes—by Georg Philipp Telemann!
Saint Vitus • MATT GONZALEZ WEDDING • Saturday, 1 August 2020…bride walks at Noon! ——Call time for singers is 10:00am ENTRANCE Organist will play INTROIT • “Deus Israël conjungat” Sung by Men from Goupil-Chant Search the René Goupil website for “pro sponsis” KYRIE #81668 — Palestrina “Fons Bonitatis” part 1 #81249 — Palestrina “Fons Bonitatis” […]
Mr. Albert Bloomfield has done us a breathtaking favor.
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A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of the smartest Catholic priests alive.
“To contrast Ancient Sarum with Modern Roman is absurd.” —Fr. Adrian Fortescue (1912)
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