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Gregorian chant

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gregorian chant see plainsong . ... Read more
Gregorian Chant
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Gregorian Chant . Solo and unison plainsong choral chants assoc. with Pope Gregory I which became the fundamental mus. of the RC Church. See Plainsong . Read more
Gregorian chant
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...and the name is often used broadly to include them all. Gregorian chant apparently derived principally from Jewish cantillation...performance of chant has diminished greatly. cantus firmus . Gregorian chant Gregorian chant Gregorian chant Read more

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Decadent Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Enchantments: The Revival of Gregorian Chant at Solesmes. By Katherine Bergeron...1998. Pp. xv, 196. $35.00.) Gregorian chant, the oldest written form of...history of the restoration of Gregorian chant during the nineteenth and early... Read more
A Gregorian Chant Handbook
Magazine article from: The Hymn; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; A Gregorian Chant Handbook by William Tortolano. Chicago...University of Montreal, and has researched Gregorian chant at St. Pierre de Solesmes in France...write a much-needed practical guide on Gregorian chant for today's church musicians. This... Read more
A GREGORIAN CHANT HANDBOOK
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; BOOKS A GREGORIAN CHANT HANDBOOK, William Tortolano. Chicago...dwindling workaday musicians for whom Gregorian chant is an everyday language, and an everyday...musicians who profess to perform Gregorian chant are hut pretenders, well intentioned... Read more
Recent collections of Gregorian chant issued for the holiday season. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; Why did Gregorian chant catch on in such a big way in 1994...collections have appeared in recent months. Gregorian chant, traditionally the liturgical music...Eternal Chant: An Anthology of Classic Gregorian Chant, various artists Atlantic Records... Read more
Gregorian Chant Today
Magazine article from: Pastoral Music; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...suited to the Roman liturgy": Gregorian chant. Therefore, they said in the...discover why, on the one hand, Gregorian chant (setting Latin texts) should...places and peoples (SC, 119). Gregorian chant has a lot going for it: It gives... Read more
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF GREGORIAN CHANT
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERPRETATION OF GREGORIAN CHANT, Vol. 1: Foundations, Luigi...of William Tortolano's new A Gregorian Chant Handbook, reviewed here last...historically informed interpretation of Gregorian chant based on its early tradition... Read more
Gregorian Chants Hot in Spain, Soon to Be in U.S.
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 3/8/1994; 695 words ; ...is my particular opinion that Gregorian chant is quite simple, beautiful...says monks have been singing Gregorian chant at the monastery for over 100...problem. Brother EDUARDO LOPEZ: Gregorian chant is very difficult to perform... Read more
Gregorian Chant and the Carolingians.
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Gregorian Chant and the Carolingians. By Kenneth Levy...into the concomitant development of Gregorian chant. The musical notation that records melodies of Gregorian chant in neumes first appears in manuscripts... Read more
Gregorian `Chant': God's Greatest Hits?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/24/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Western Europe, "The Best of Gregorian Chant by the Monks of Santo Domingo...Unlike John Williams soundtracks, Gregorian chant is at least genuinely venerable...classical labels have long had Gregorian chant albums in their catalogue, and... Read more
CLASSICAL RECORDINGS; Monk Rock? Gregorian Chant Gains a Faithful Pop Following
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Their two-CD collection of Gregorian chant, issued late last year, rose...standing-room crowd dancing to Gregorian chant in the cells of a monastery on Spain's central plateau), Gregorian chant is the ultimate feel-good music... Read more

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