PDF • “Music List” (Sunday, 11 January)
Readers have expressed interest in examining my “music list” for the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
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“Puer Natus in Béthlehem” • (Added Fifths)
A dash of something!
Epiphany Hymn • “New 2-Voice Arrangement”
This can be sung by one woman and one man.
Simplified Accompaniment (Epiphany Hymn)
Simplified keyboard accompaniment for “Bethlehem! Of noblest cities” (Epiphany hymn).
Psalm Tone Challenge!
If you know a shorter one, please email me!
“Kaitrin Drost Strikes Again!” • Plus a Few Random Thoughts and Tirades by Jeff Ostrowski
Imagine walking up into a choir loft and sounding like these young ladies without rehearsal.
PDF • “O Come All Ye Faithful” (Simplified)
Please play through it and let me know what you think.
💰 Are Church Musicians Paid Too Little?
I came very close to paying an unspeakably severe price.
PDF Download • “In Paradisum” in English
If anyone wants to download this organ accompaniment, feel free to do so!
PDF • “Music List” (Sunday, 28 December)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for the feast of the Holy Family.
Should Catholics Sing Protestant Christmas Carols?
Including the “music list” I have prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.
PDF • “Music List” (Xmas Midnight Mass)
Readers have expressed interest in examining the “music list” I prepared for Christmas Midnight Mass.
What does this mean? “Pre-Urbanite”
This topic I had believed to be fairly well understood—but I was wrong.
“He never had a single day of conflict with anyone.”
Upon the death of of the Very Reverend Canon Edgard De Laet.
PDF • “Standard Gregorian Chants for Schools, Churches, Seminaries, & Convents” (1946) —123 pages
Until a few days ago, I knew nothing of this (extremely rare) book. Now it’s been scanned and uploaded—free to all.