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.
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“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
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Request From Australia
“This is an exquisite setting and I know my singers would very much enjoy singing it.” —Mary
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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.
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PDF Download • “Quasi Modo Sunday”
The official language of the Catholic Church is Latin (whereas Greek is our mother tongue).
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‘German’ Introductions for Hymns
German organ books have an enchanting habit…
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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…”
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Buckfast Abbey Weighs In
Dom John Stéphan was a Benedictine monk of Buckfast Abbey in South Devon, England.
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PDF Download • “Catholic Hymnal & Service Book” (632 Pages)
Includes an interesting harmonization for “Víctimae Pascháli Laudes.”
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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).
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Responsorial Psalm Fauxbourdon?
What does this actually sound like?
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Music List • (Easter Sunday, 2026)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for Easter Sunday 2026.
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PDF Download • “Sprinkling Rite”
At the last second, a few tones were changed in the antiphon.
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