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| | Gregorian chant - definition of Gregorian chant in Encyclopedia |
 | | Gregorian chant is also known as plainchant or plainsong, and is a form of monophonic, unaccompanied singing, which was developed in the Catholic church, mainly during the period 800-1000. | | | Chant allows only one accidental on Ti (equivalent to Bb, but the actual pitch is variable) which adds complication to the 8 modes. | | | The rest of the parts are sung by the bishops, priests, and deacons with a certain default assigning of notes to words depending on their place in a sentence. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Gregorian_chant
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| | Chant - MSN Encarta |
| | Chant texts can be either sacred or secular, but the term usually refers to sacred liturgical music. | | | It is now called Gregorian chant after Pope Gregory I, known as the Great, who was active in collecting Roman chants, having them assigned specific places within the liturgy, and seeing that they were adopted by churches in other cities and countries. | | | In Spain, until about the 11th century, there was a chant repertory called Mozarabic chant, named after the Mozarab Christians who lived in Arab-dominated Spain during the Middle Ages. |
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http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558300/Chant.html
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| | THE LITURGICAL CHANT ACCORDING TO THE CARPATHO-Rusyn TRADITION |
| | Chant, especially in the Byzantine Rite, became an expression of liturgical piety of the faithful, who used to come together in their churches not only for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, but also for their common prayers, offering to God their "sacrifice of praise" (Heb. | | | Liturgical chant became an integral part of Christian worship since Apostolic times in agreement with the admonition of St. Paul: "With gratitude in your heart sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God" (Col. 3:16). | | | Olshavskyj decided to educate not only the priests but also the cantors since it was their duty to teach the children in the parochial schools. |
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http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/spirit/chant.htm
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| | Football chant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A large proportion of chants have the same tune as hymns, because hymns were traditionally sung before the start of all football matches in the late 19th and early 20th century. | | | The chants themselves can vary enormously, from the simple and repetitive to the topical and complex, encompassing tradition and vulgarity. | | | Another melody for chants is that of the hymn Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer which goes "Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me now and ever more! |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_chant
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| | Gregorian Association |
| | However, the performance of Anglican Chant continued to be influenced by the same rhythmic performance style until the twentieth century, when equalist rhythm was adopted in the wake of the influence of the monks of Solesmes. | | | The Association is now 130 years old; during this time it has sung and taught the chant as a living witness to the enduring value and beauty of the "true music of the church". | | | It is perhaps ironic that the group of Christians who have traditionally believed that scripture alone is necessary for salvation should not wish to use the chant for worship (although most of the chant is simply a musical setting of unaltered Biblical texts), but instead prefer to sing metrical hymns of recent composition. |
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http://www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/chant.htm
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| | Russian Znamenny Chant, Znammeny Chant, Znameny Chant |
| | Since the whole purpose of having the chant in church was to convey the holy liturgy in a beautiful and worshipful manner, it would not behoove a composer to treat the text lightly and conform it to a pleasing melody (as was the practice at this time in folk-songs). | | | Znamenny chant was the principal chant of the Russian Orthodox Church for the time Christianity was imported from Byzantine to roughly the late seventeenth century. | | | Joan L. Roccasalvo, "The Role of Religion in the Development of Znamenny-Russian Chant" in Diakonia, vol. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/4612/znamenny.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Plain Chant |
| | The extended use and perfected rendering of plain chant, so ardently desired by Pope Pius X, will in its turn not only raise the level of religious music, and enhance the dignity of Divine worship, but also intensify the spiritual life of the Christian community. | | | The main variations from the general tradition are the shortening of the melisma on the final syllable of the Alleluia verse and the omission of the repetition of some melodic phrases. | | | This book has considerable importance, because in the second half of the nineteenth century, the Congregation of Rites, believing it to contain the true chant of St. Gregory, had it republished as the official chant book of the Church, which position it held from 1870 to 1904. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12144a.htm
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| | Project: Chant! - Awakening Sound |
| | Chanting has for centuries been an integral part of many cultures and spiritual traditions throughout the world. | | | On the path of Bhakti Yoga, or the Yoga of devotion, chant plays a primary role and is a significant practice. | | | Gatherings, or 'kirtans' will be held once a month at one of the hosting Yoga studios, and will be open to anyone who wishes to participate. |
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http://members.aol.com/projectchant/myhomepage/club.html
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| | Chant Discography |
| | It is the monks of Solesmes who have provided the official chant books of the Catholic Church throughout the twentienth century. | | | Chants of the Church of Rome (= "Old Roman" chants): S. Marcellus: dir. | | | The latter two groups, particularly Gilles Binchois, make a dramatic contrast between the faster and slower rhythms indicated in the manuscripts, with the result that the style sounds quite unlike the romantic, "classical" style of the monks of Solesmes, and perhaps suggests non-Western singing styles alive in the world today. |
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http://www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/disco.htm
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| | Gregorian Chant: Archaic Relic or Relevant Revelation? Feedback |
| | And as far as finding the chant, you'd have to consult the chant books, Liber Usualis, etc. I'm sure it would probably be much easier contacting the music director at the church you heard it at and directly asking him or her. | | | He is passionately trying to educate and enlighten this community to the joys of Gregorian Chant. | | | The neatest thing that I wanted to share with you is that I am a United Methodist and Gregorian Chant is (obviously) not as 'big' with the Protestant's as it is with the Catholic's but I really love the fact that this is one of the things that our very different denominations have in common. |
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http://chant.freeservers.com/feedback.html
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| | Chant |
| | The prayer services are for the most part made up of the psalms from the Bible, which are chanted according to ancient tradition. | | | This schedule of prayer is known as the Divine Office. | | | Each different service also has its own appropriate selection of hymns, prayers and other readings from scripture. |
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http://www.christdesert.org/noframes/chant/chant.html
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| | Confessions of a Recovering Choir Director: A lay apostolate for chant? |
| | Maybe what's needed for a large-scale renaissance of chanted worship in the Roman Church is to have it tied to some sort of lay organizational structure. | | | The strategy of promoting chant for Mass would be much like the Holy Father's governance of the Church - forcefully gentle persuasion, but not coercion. | | | When the time comes that Gregorian chant and Latin is embraced once again by the Church, the Guild's members will be ready and will continue the tradition. |
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http://www.cantemusdomino.net/blog/archives/001004.php
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| | Amazon.com: Chant: Music: Gregorian Chant,The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos |
| | The Gregorian chant is a 1500-year-old a capella harmony of male voices that transforms any space into a cathedral-like, spiritual sanctuary. | | | One is transported to a place of quiet serenity, and the world-weary soul is rested. | | | Yet the singing of these Spanish Benedictines has a special quality that probably explains this disc's popularity--a reverent serenity that no doubt stems from the fact that the monks are actually praying, not just performing. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002SKX?v=glance
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| | Frequently asked questions about Byzantine Chant |
| | He also wrote many hymns, including the Resurrectional hymns in the eight tones which are sung on Sundays, and the eight funeral stichera (verses). | | | Later, after Peter the Great embarked upon the culturally and spiritually disastrous effort to Westernize Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church, various private composers, many of whom had been trained in Italy, Austria or Germany, began composing church music which was only remotely related to the tonal system. | | | Upon the conversion of Russia to Christianity, the Great Prince St. Vladimir requested that the Patriarch of Constantinople send monks to instruct the people in the Orthodox faith and practices. |
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http://chant.theologian.org/byzfaq.html
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| | Gregorian Schola |
| | The Place of Chant in the Catholic Church | | | states that "the Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman liturgy; therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services." (sec. | | | Joseph Catholic Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas, seek to discover the unique artistic, spiritual and theological qualities of Gregorian music. |
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http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/chant.html
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| | Gregorian Chant CD's |
| | Gregorian chant for each of the liturgies of the Bishops, The Doctors of the Church and The Saint of the Church. | | | Included is a 54 page booklet with an explanation of the roots of the devotion, the Abbey's history - as well as complete text on Latin and English translation of the mysteries and prayers used in this recording 27 tracks with total run time 64:59. | | | This CD brings together for the first time 2 radically different spiritual expressions, Gregorian Chant and the devotional prayer of the rosary. |
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http://www.inhisname.com/MusicSection/Chant.htm
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| | Chant Links |
| | Cantores in Ecclesia: boys, girls and adults who specialize in Gregorian chant and sacred polyphony which is performed liturgically every Saturday evening for the solemn Latin Mass in St. Patrick Church in Northwest Portland. | | | The official page of the Monks of Solesmes, who were almost "single-handedly" responsible for restoring Gregorian chant (although in North American their books are available through | | | Gregorian Chant for the Church Year: Resurrexi, Easter, Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle --> |
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http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/otherchant.html
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| | Chant |
| | Gregorian Chant focuses on one of the most beautiful and universally appealing aspects of traditional Christian faith, an art form upon which all the later, more elaborate music of Western civilization was built. | | | Christian liturgical chant obviously has a proud and specifically religious significance for an enormous audience worldwide, especially the more than 57 million Roman Catholics currently residing in the United States, many of whom still remember the use of Latin in their community churches as an ordinary part of the Mass. | | | Gregorian Chant also features interviews with academic and religious leaders who examine the historical, cultural and religious significance of chant. |
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http://www.whyy.org/CHANT.HTML
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| | A Selection of Chant Recordings |
| | The Byzantine chant has survived in manuscripts, while local traditions have continued to this day in the Middle-East (Armenian, Syrian, Coptic) and of course in the Orthodox Slav countries. | | | Its origin lies partly in Jewish liturgy, and in the early Christian church's efforts to devise a liturgy radically different from pagan rivals (no clapping, no dancing, no instruments, texts mostly from the Bible sung homophonically). | | | Plainchant, or chant, is the music of the medieval Christian church. |
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http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/beginlst/chant.htm
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| | Byzantine Chant Studies Page |
| | Although its main emphasis is on the study of Gregorian chant in the West, this site also places that tradition within the context of early Christian liturgics in general, both East and West. | | | They have a very handsome sample taken from a recently published book of the Akathist Hymn. | | | The foundation of chanting well is to have good texts from which to chant. |
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http://chant.theologian.org
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| | CHANT - LoveToKnow Article on CHANT |
| | Theodore de Banville defines the chant royal as essentially belonging to ages of faith, when its subjects could be either the exploits of a hero of royal race or the processional splendours of religion. | | | Eustache Deschamps (1340-1410) distinguishes these Marian chants royaux, which were called serventois, by the absence of an envoi. | | | In the middle ages the chant royal was largely used for the praise of the Virgin Mary. |
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http://59.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CH/CHANT.htm
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| | Bagatellen: Tom Chant is the Real Deal |
| | Chant’s appeal lies in his assembly of these various sounds and a dramatic means of achieving them. | | | Chant is playing NYC on July 2 with the Cinematic Orchestra, the fairly pedestrian trip-hop collective that uses him (as well as Rhodri Davies, although he's not with them on this tour, I believe) to add some actual improv flavor, not that they let them do much. | | | It was perhaps ten minutes into the set when, in my mind, Chant made some otherworldly transition from passive accomplice to determined catalyst. |
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http://www.bagatellen.com/archives/frontpage/000125.html
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| | Milestones of the Millennium: Chant |
| | Listen as Ted shares his views on why this popular chant revival is occurring at the end of the 20th century. | | | Weber's discussion about the importance of chant in religious and cultural life since the last millennium. | | | In this segment, Martin and guest commentator Father J.F. Weber, an active Catholic priest and expert on liturgical music, discuss the music of the Latin rite of the Roman Catholic Church, which forms the bedrock of Western classical music. |
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http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/milestones/990121.motm.chant.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gregorian Chant |
| | Of the latter, which has maintained itself in Milan up to the present day, there are two complete manuscripts belonging to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries respectively, and a considerable number belonging to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. | | | All these manuscripts contain the chants both for the Office and for the Mass. | | | In a stricter sense Gregorian chant means that Roman form of early plain chant as distinguished from the Ambrosian, Galliean, and Mozarabic chants, which were akin to it, but were gradually supplanted by it from the eighth to the eleventh century. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06779a.htm
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Liturgical Chant |
| | And thus, after the introduction of the organ into churches, when it began to alternate with the sacred singers, we find medieval writers deliberately using the phrase "cantant organa" or even "cantare in organis". | | | In the widest though incorrect sense, the word "chant" is also applied to the instrumental music itself, inasmuch as its cadences imitate the inflexions of the human voice, that first and most perfect of instruments, the work of God Himself. | | | Now, seeing that these chants are executed during the solemn liturgy, it follows that they ought to possess all the qualities of sacred music so as to be in keeping with the rest of the sacred function. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09304a.htm
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| | LEARN TO CHANT |
| | The service of the Small Paraklesis, conducted daily during the first fourteen days of August as well as on many other occasions, is chanted in times of distress and sorrow of soul and is one of the most popular services of the Orthodox Church. | | | Produced by the National Forum of Church Musicians and chanted by Eikona | | | The purpose of the grant is to promote and study the use of technology in teaching theology. |
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http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/chant.asp
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| | Classical Net Review - Chant - Immortal Gregorian |
| | It set apart time spent with the eternal God from time spent in pursuit of earthly pleasure. | | | Everything is here--every style and crack-brained attempt to personalize the chant. | | | SM has been collecting performances of chant in French and Belgian monasteries since the early years of recording and established a partnership based on trust and mutual respect with these great houses of prayer at a time when chant was too pervasive to be popular or exploitable. |
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http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/s/stu22012a.html
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| | Gregorian Chant |
| | In the three centuries following the death of Saint Benedict, there emerged in the Western Church a marvelously unified tradition of liturgical music known as Gregorian Chant, taking its name from the sixth century Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who did much to promote the use of the chant. | | | For a century and a half they have made careful researches into the most authentic traditions of the chant, comparing manuscripts from all over Europe, in order to produce a selection of liturgical books that can be used for all the monastic Divine Office and for the celebration of the Mass. | | | Characterized chiefly by its purely melodic form, without even the simplest harmonies, Gregorian Chant is sometimes known as "plainsong"; the word "plain" being used to distinguish it from the later harmonic music rather than to denote any lack of charm or interest. |
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http://www.christdesert.org/noframes/chant/gregchan.html
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| | Gregorian Chant Home Page |
| | The CANTUS project, now at the University of Western Ontario, features a database of indices of the Gregorian chant texts in selected manuscript and early printed sources of the daily Divine Office. | | | CANTUS PLANUS, at the University of Regensburg, includes inventories of representative medieval manuscripts of chants for the Mass. | | | MONUMENTA MUSICAE BYZANTINAE, at the University of Copenhagen, includes an inventory of microfilms of medieval Byzantine chant manuscripts, and an index to the standard abridged version of the sticherarion liturgical book. |
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http://www.music.princeton.edu/chant_html
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| | Chant |
| | The Liturgical Cycles and Their Significance in Orthodox Chanting and Worship | | | During each phase (week) of this cycle a different tone is the primary tone used in chanting components of the liturgical services to be held during that week. | | | Although the themes can change based on other cycles, the basic themes for each day of the week are as shown:[iv] |
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http://www.stjohnorinda.org/chant.htm
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| | Welcome to the Goddess Chant Web Site |
| | Legions of women have danced ecstatically to Sacred Pleasure's 'I am the Goddess' and I include myself among them! | | | Goddess Chant is a beautiful addition to the world of Goddess-centered sacred music. | | | Shawna's voice is true and powerful, and her songs and chants are sure to be widely sung." |
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http://www.goddesschant.com
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| | Study Gregorian Chant |
| | Interpretation and chironomy (conducting) of selected Holy Week, Easter and other chants in the light of paleographic (manuscript) evidence. | | | Instructor: Lawrence F. Heiman, C.PP.S., founder and director emeritus of the Rensselaer Program of Church Music and Liturgy, well-known for work in Gregorian chant. | | | Lecture presentations with full class participation in singing a basic repertoire of Gregorian chants will be drawn mainly from the Liber Cantualis. |
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http://chant.freeservers.com/studychant.html
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| | Damiara's Chant Page |
| | Selene, Come To Me Selene, Come To Me Selene of the Moon | | | This hauntingly beautiful chant was taught to me by Teri Nolan at a ritual our group held to create a sacred painting of the Goddess of the Moon and Sea. | | | In most cases, the chants on this page are original and have been authored by me. From time to time, I may also publish chants written by others, in which case I will put the name of the author. |
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http://hometown.aol.com/damiara/chant/chant.html
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| | Gregorian Chant Notation |
| | Chant is written in neumes, which are notes sung on a single syllable. | | | Here are some examples of Chant written in neumes and written in modern notation, to compare them. | | | At the end of a line of chant, a little, skinny note (custos) is written to show what note is coming up next in the following line. |
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http://www.lphrc.org/Chant
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| | DoveSong.com -- Gregorian Chant MP3s |
| | Russian Vespers Chants from the School of Kiev: a style that goes back to the 17th Century. |
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http://www.dovesong.com/MP3/MP3_Chant.asp
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| | MIDI Chant |
| | Not Gregorian chant, but based on chant or close to it: | | | Nevertheless, some people might find this useful, if perhaps they are trying to read square note neumes. | | | If you wonder when the Gregorian Schola performed any of these chants, you can find out here. |
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http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/midi
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| | LJWorld.com - KU News - Rock Chalk, I'm a Jayhawk, Alma Mater |
| | "But when I actually heard the chant in person, I couldn't believe it. | | | The chant first began as "rah rah rah Jayhawk" repeated three times. | | | As he waited for the game to begin, the two guys next to him put their arms around him and began to sing. |
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http://www.ljworld.com/kunews/traditions/general_traditions.html
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| | BBC NEWS England London Football's first Chant Laureate |
| | Fans make their own chants have as part of the fantastic football culture that has existed here for 100 years or so....a culture that is in severe danger of dying out due to this sort of thing. | | | Most chants arise during games in response to events, and are as such created within the grounds themselves. | | | Football doesn't need a chant laureate, especially if the chant that won was a dire as that, it makes me wonder how bad the losing entries were. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3702313.stm
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| | CANTUS: Home |
| | Indices of chants in selected manuscripts and early printed sources of the liturgical Office |
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http://publish.uwo.ca/~cantus
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| | Chant Inc. |
| | Chant is not responsible for any form of transmission received from any linked website. | | | The services that Chant provides to you are subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). | | | Chant is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply an endorsement by Chant. |
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http://www.chant.net/default.aspx?doc=terms.htm
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| | Welcome to CHANT |
| | CHANT is an umbrella organisation, bringing together local groups from across the country who are campaigning for their community hospitals. | | | CHANT is your national voice in the fight to save your community hospitals | | | We have set up a WIKI to help them do this. |
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http://www.chantonline.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
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| | Kentucky Derby 131 2005 Derby History Derby Charts Years 1894 |
| | SIGURD quickly took the lead but had relinquished it to CHANT by a neck after a quarter. | | | CHANT increased his margin to two lengths after three quarters, was on top by three after a mile and won in a walk, the margin being six lengths. | | | PEARL SONG moved into second place after a mile with SIGURD dropping back. |
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http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2005/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1894.html
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| | Amazon.com: Chant: Books: George Chesbro |
| | This adventure relives Chant's Vietnam experience and brings it to the present. | | | There are typical (by Chesbro's standard) ninja fights and themes of love, sex and their ability to create and destroy. | | | Buy this book with Chant: Code of Blood by George Chesbro today! |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930253052?v=glance
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