PDF Download • “Congregational Booklet” (Printable) for Jeff’s New Mass Setting
A congregational booklet requested by Mr. Seth Bauer.
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 congregational booklet requested by Mr. Seth Bauer.

Non-rhyming hymns are certainly a strong temptation since they’re so much easier to compose.

On 21 September 2023, composers Dan Schutte, Roc O’Connor, and Bob Dufford stood in the Sanctuary of Old St. Patrick’s Church…

They have embraced a certain opinion about matters and will never change—not even on their deathbed.

Jeff Ostrowski provides five (5) responses to an assertion made by a priest.

In praise of the Cardine approach to chanting, with some further thoughts on pluralism and correctness in performance practice.

My Mass setting for the Ordinary Form involves your Congregation, your Cantrix, and your Choir.
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“Please don’t get cocky and think of your methods as somehow innately superior or universally and inarguably superior in their benefits.” —Email from a Reader

“Here is offered choral music recommendations for all Sundays and major liturgical occasions of the church year, including selected Ritual Masses. The repertoire is submitted by CRCCM members and is offered to all musicians of liturgical churches throughout the world.”

“The ‘Lamb of God’ can reach the length of a baseball game.” —Cardinal Dolan

A month of William Byrd … in Dallas, Texas!

“[T]he primordial question is centered on how the hymn or antiphon will help the assembly enter more deeply into the mystery being celebrated.” — Christopher Ferraro
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