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Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, with later additions and redactions.
This 1,900-page book contains most versions of the ordinary chants for the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei), as well as the common chants for the Divine Office (daily prayers of the Church) and for every commonly celebrated feast of the Church year—including more than two hundred pages for Holy Week alone—as practiced ...
They perform chants of ancient origin, such as Gregorian chants, as well as modern polyphonic music. The papal choir is a well-known institution that dates back more than four hundred years. Singers were originally from northern Europe, but began arriving more from Spain and Italy in the 16th century.
Gregorian chant setting for Kyrie XI notated in neumes.. The Kyriale is a collection of Gregorian chant settings for the Ordinary of the Mass.It contains eighteen Masses (each consisting of the Kyrie, Gloria [excluded from Masses intended for weekdays/ferias and Sundays in Advent and Lent], Sanctus, and Agnus Dei), six Credos, and several ad libitum chants.
The Liber Brevior is a book of commonly used Gregorian chants in the Catholic tradition. [1] It is an abbreviation of the Liber Usualis and differs from that compendium of chant music in that it contains only the chants required for use at sung Mass, omitting the chants used in the chanting of the Divine Office.
A devout Catholic, his sacred compositions include a Requiem, the Mass in D major, Stabat Mater and Te Deum. Edward Elgar, devoutly Catholic English composer of nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most famous religious work is The Dream of Gerontius whose text is a poem by Cardinal Newman; Gabriel Fauré, nineteenth century French composer.
Spanish Chant Manuscript – A collection of Gregorian chants, hymns and psalms (Spain, 1575-1625) from the UBC Library Digital Collections This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Gregorian Antiphonary". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
The songs were compulsory as Gregorian chant for the Roman church and largely replaced local vocal styles. In the style of the Gregorian chant emerged many new compositions that were increasingly melismatic. Their texts came from the Ordinary and the Proprium Missae, from antiphons for the worship service, and pieces from the Liturgy of the Hours.