The mid-1990s witness a renewed interest in Gregorian Chant with the release, twenty years after its recording, of Chant (Angel, 1973/1994) by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos. The ...

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 ...

Medieval history comes to life at Harvard University on Oct. 18, when students and guest musicians collaborate in the North American premiere of an 800-year-old chant repertory from Harvard’s Houghton ...

There are many famous sayings from Saint Augustine, but the one that encompasses the musical aspect is this one: "He who sings well, prays twice." For the Church, chant has been a fundamental aspect, ...

This week, Continuum concentrates on chants, the monophonic, sometimes semi-polyphonic, repetitive vocal music sung in the church. But in this show, they play not the popular Gregorian chants, but ...

Chant, particularly Gregorian chant, is inexorably tied to the image of the Catholic Liturgy. Watch a documentary that mentions the Church or the pope, and what music is playing in the background? If ...