How To Use Gregorian chant In A Sentence
- After the Mass and the reception which followed, Canon Lebocq gave an introduction to Gregorian Chant for beginners, underlining its historical origins as well as the rudiments of solfeggio. Report on ICK chant workshop
- Gregorian Chant is a musical repertory made up of chants used in the liturgical services of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Some practices which Sacrosanctum Concilium had never even contemplated were allowed into the Liturgy, like Mass versus populum, Holy Communion in the hand, altogether giving up on the Latin and Gregorian Chant in favor of the vernacular and songs and hymns without much space for God, and extension beyond any reasonable limits of the faculty to concelebrate at Holy Mass. Clear Words of Msgr Ranjith on the Flaws of the Postconciliar Liturgical Reforms and the Need for a Reform of the Reform
- So the choir and the procession of ministers would be accompanied by the singing of, in this instance a Gregorian chant, interestingly in this particular chant, what we have in fact is the antiphon, from the Book of Wisdom.
- Our school chapel, whose acoustics were appalling for the spoken word, was splendid for anything contrapuntal and gorgeous for Gregorian chant, as the notes echoed and re-echoed.
- Musically it can easily be observed that the syllabic pieces are often simpler, the ornate pieces more extended in their melismata than in the Gregorian chant. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- Gregorian chant grew out of the acoustical characteristics of the Gothic cathedrals, and subsequently baroque music was written to accommodate the churches of the time.
- We sang all the propers of the Mass in a variety of different forms: choral introit, plainsong Psalm and acclamation, English chant for offertory, and Gregorian chant for communion. St. Cecilia Schola in Birmingham, Alabama
- I enjoy chill-out music but others may prefer classical, Indian ragas, Gregorian chants, or even hip-hop to get in the mood.
- No one would deny the transcendent beauty of Gregorian chant, the majesty of Gothic cathedrals, the classical clarity of Mozart and Haydn Masses.