Gregorian Chant Revival (Nice Video For A Slow Day)

National Catholic Register ^ | Tuesday, November 25, 2008 | Tom McFeely

[GonzoII]

Not bad, huh?

[Vaquero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7wc55oXWf8

[GonzoII]

Now, that’s penance!!

[MashieNiblick16]

beautiful music. thanks for sharing that article.

[SouthDixie]

Beats 50 lashes with a wet noodle.

[GonzoII]

My pleasure!

[Salamander]

Check these guys out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dySZpw4JJC4

[squarebarb]

Does anyone know of a good book on the history of Gregorian chant?

I listen to a CD of
Gregorian every night.It’s a way of saying, ‘the busyness of the day is over, reflect and say a prayer, let go of worries, leave them to God’.

I know St. Augustine mentioned them as ‘the eastern chant’. I would like to know more of the history.

[The Great RJ]

My sainted Mother, a convert to Catholicism, always deplored the post Vatican II chuch music. She said if young people needed musical entertainment to attend Mass they gained nothing from being there.

[GonzoII]

WOW!, That was a class act!! =Views: 1,078,791; no wonder.

[ken21]

lol!

[GonzoII]

.."always deplored the post Vatican II church music."

Ever so slowly, things are looking up.

[RJR_fan]

Does anyone know of a good book on the history of Gregorian chant?

The church, during eras of its power, has always used the Book of Psalms as its hymnbook. The monks who civilized barbarian Europe chanted through the entire book of Psalms once a month. The Puritans who built holy commonwealths around the world used the Geneva (and other) psalters. From time to time, I've used the Book of Common Prayer psalter for my own devotional life -- but would love to get my hands on the Gregorian psalter, complete with musical notation.

[Salamander]

They’re a group called “Gregorian; Masters of Chant” and they’ve put out a bunch of albums.

Some are “normal” chant but they’ve done as many pop/rock tunes as will fit the tonal requirements for Gregorian chant.

Here’s more if you liked that:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Masters+of+Chant&search_type=

[though I find them doing R.E.M.S’ “Losing My Religion” to be a little quirky]....:))

[Salamander]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_(band)

[GonzoII]

Thanks, I'm going to look for their CDs!

[Salamander]

Very welcome....:)

Try ebay or Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1227971539/ref=sr_nr_i_0?ie=UTF8&rs=&keywords=gregorian&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agregorian%2Ci%3Apopular

[elcid1970]

It’s a rainy Saturday morning; while reading this thread I started a CD of Canto Gregoriano and now the house is filled with sacred music and a renewed sense of the Lord’s infinite wisdom and love.

It has taken the day onto a different course. Thanks for posting.

[GonzoII]

Viva Gregorian!

[MrEdd]

Good to see more interest in this.

I have 6 CDs of Gregorian Chants in my collection (plus John Micheal Talbot’s album of Chants with sparse instrumental accompaniment).