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 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.
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.