Learning About Gregorian Chant: Its History, Its Musical Forms

Learning About Gregorian Chant: Its History, Its Musical Forms

Artist: Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey Solesmes
Item number: AG076
Category: Gregorian
Chant Type: Gregorian
Language: Latin
Label: Paraclete Press
Period: Medieval
Length: 60'07
Release date: 2001
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1. Gloria II

2. Ambrosian Gloria

3. Antiphon; In mandatis and Psalm 111

4. Psalm 100

5. Psalm 111

6. Introit; Nos autem

7. Gradual; Concupivit

8. Alleluia; Pascha nostrum

9. Offertory; Laetentur

10. Communion; Pascha nostrum

11. Kyrie III

12. Gloria IX

13. Sanctus XVIII

14. Agnus Dei XVIII

15. Antiphon: Dixit Dominus and Psalm 109

16. Antiphon: Si offers and Magnificat

17. Response: Credo

18. Hymn: Lucis creator

19. Hymn: Salve festa dies


Much of this disc is devoted to a narrative of the history of Gregorian chants. Selections from recordings issued on this label are inserted to illustrate certain points. The time limit frequently forces the narrative into oversimplification, and many statements should be qualified by the presentation of alternative theories. Books by Crocker, Hiley and McKinnon offer a more thorough presentation of these questions.

By: Fr. Jerome Weber

The narrative first treats the history of chant, then explains each of the forms of the Mass (both proper and ordinary) and the Office. This disc might be an interesting introduction to a further study of the authors cited.