Simplified Accomp. • Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
A simplified keyboard accompaniment for Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria.”
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“The Unselected Hymn” • Do You Recognize It?
I fought for this one—but lost the battle.
“Gregorian Chant Isn’t a Platform for Your Personal Theories, Jeff” • (A Letter We Received)
“My desire, Leroy, is to answer your question in a rigorously straightforward way.” —Jeff Ostrowski
Request From Australia
“This is an exquisite setting and I know my singers would very much enjoy singing it.” —Mary
PDF Download • “Anima Christi”
I received a request for this organ accompaniment…
Simplified Accompaniment (Easter Hymn)
Last time I created a ‘simplified’ keyboard accompaniment it was downloaded more than 1,000 times within 24 hours.
PDF Download • “Quasi Modo Sunday”
The official language of the Catholic Church is Latin (whereas Greek is our mother tongue).
‘German’ Introductions for Hymns
German organ books have an enchanting habit…
PDF Download • “Sprinkling Rite” + Psalm Verses
“From your wounded side, O Christ, a spring of water bursts forth, by which the squalor of the world is washed away…”
Buckfast Abbey Weighs In
Dom John Stéphan was a Benedictine monk of Buckfast Abbey in South Devon, England.
PDF Download • “Catholic Hymnal & Service Book” (632 Pages)
Includes an interesting harmonization for “Víctimae Pascháli Laudes.”
PDF • “Liturgical Law” (467 Pages)
Dom Charles Augustine Bachofen was born in Switzerland but spent his career between the Benedictine monasteries at Conception (Missouri) and Mount Angel (Oregon).
Responsorial Psalm Fauxbourdon?
What does this actually sound like?
Music List • (Easter Sunday, 2026)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Easter Sunday 2026.
PDF Download • “Sprinkling Rite”
At the last second, a few tones were changed in the antiphon.