The haunting, otherworldly sound of Gregorian chant transports us to another time and place. The trouble is, that time and place may never have existed. That’s because the style of chant we’re ...

Existing for over a thousand years and still practised today, Gregorian chant is one of the most sophisticated forms of sacred music. It is not only the chant of the Church, but also the chant of the ...

Musical notation was developed for the recording of Gregorian Chant, and so we have melodies written down in different systems of musical notation. But in essentially the same forms.

How could the church that brought about Gregorian chant, polyphony and musical notation -- all profound influences on Western music -- be the same one leading sing-alongs of "Love Is Colored Like ...

Gregorian chants give each day in this cloistered monastery its spine and shape. The nuns sing together seven times a day, celebrating the divine office on an ancient schedule that begins with ...

The study, “Gregorian Chant as a Practical School of Meditation,” concludes: “Even if Gregorian Chant is a religious art, it is also in danger of being taken out of its original context ...

Every generation since the beginning of recorded music discovers Gregorian Chant. The most recent (re)discovery was in the mid-1990s with the phenomenally successful Chant CDs from The Benedictine ...

“Gregorian chant was the repertoire where music notation as we know it came into being, “ said Rothenberg. “That’s a neat story to tell, and as you tell that story it’s nice to have an old book to ...

Best place to hear Gregorian chants by Benedictine Monks The Monastery of the Holy Cross in Bridgeport by S. Nicole Lane February 22, 2024 February 20, 2024. Share this: ...