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"The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as specially suited to the Roman Liturgy: therefore, ... Whilst the origin of the chants in Pope Saint Gregory's collection may have been largely within his Roman circle we may presume that some gathering from further afield went on with material being gained from visiting cantors.
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www.adoremus.org/0604Chant.html
www.adoremus.org/0604Chant.html
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Gregorian Chant is alive and well and still enchanting singers and listeners alike, as it has done for the last 1500 years. Singing plainchant is the best way to rescue it from the oblivion of history ... The first time that I sang Gregorian Chant I was 9 years old. The choir practiced it daily and after a couple of weeks I...
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www.music-for-church-choirs.com/gregorian-chant.html
www.music-for-church-choirs.com/gregorian-chant.html
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Gregorian chant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic liturgical chant in Western Christianity that accompanied the celebration of Mass and other ritual services. It is...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant
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History of Gregorian Chant; Unaccompanied singing has been part of the Christian liturgy since the earliest days of the Church. Following the legalisation of Christianity in 313, ... Other scholars, including Andreas Pfisterer and Peter Jeffery, have argued for an earlier origin for the oldest layers of the repertory.
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www.musicoutfitters.com/gregorianchants.htm
www.musicoutfitters.com/gregorianchants.htm
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The Gregorian chant is a musical style named for Saint Gregory I the Great (540-604), who was pope from 590 to 604. Incorrectly identified as the originator of Gregorian chant, Saint Gregory was nonetheless responsible for initiating the reforms that included the revision of sacred music that led to the success...
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www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/bluedot...
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/bluedot/gregor.html
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This group studies and performs Gregorian chant in Fayetteville, Arkansas ... The Schola studies the notation and history of Gregorian chant. It chants in Latin from the "square note" neum notation in the Gregorian Missal and other sources.
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comp.uark.edu/~rlee/chant.html
comp.uark.edu/~rlee/chant.html
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Gregorian Chant; Select Bibliography and Websites ... Summary: A work in French which discusses the origin and history of Gregorian chants. Moreover, rules, refinements and the contemporary practice of these sacred melodies from the Middle Ages are presented along with excerpts of performances.
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www.osb.org/gen/topics/chantbib2.html
www.osb.org/gen/topics/chantbib2.html
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From Gregorian Chant to Opera's Origins ... The Editio Medicea, the revised edition of Gregorian chant, was published in Rome in 1614. It was the product of a long and concerted effort initiated by Pope Gregory XIII in 1577 to reform the musical settings of liturgical texts and to rid the melodies of certain...
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www.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/music.html
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