Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Music: Styles: Choral: Chant
See also: - [links; studies; history; recordings; organizations] This group is dedicated to the study and performance of Gregorian chant - Index of Gregorian Chants (at the University of Western Ontario) - An excellent short description and history of Gregorian chant with links to more info. - Description and history of Western plain chant, the precursor to Gregorian chant. - [links] to introductions; midi files; organizations; publishers; - Website of the Church Music Association of America. Lists officers, publications,educational events including Gregorian chant instruction classes. - Discography. - (recommended introductory recordings for sale; links) - History and tradition of Georgian Sacred Music - [hymnology, 1 midi] (hosted by Besiki Sisauri) [the Caucasus republic, not the North American state.] - [history; notation; fonts; links; calendar of events] (London, England) - (from Saint John's Abbey, (Order of St. Benedict) Collegeville, MN USA.) - Gregorian Chant in the Tradition of Monastic Life. Full length article in German. - RealAudio and MIDI files of various hymns, from the American Central Province of the Dominican Friars. - The FSSP and Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary provide training for priests in the ancient Tridentine liturgy for all of North America, and chant is an integral part of their education. They also host workshops on chant for lay people. Site has many mp3 files. - [links] (some in German, most in English) - Brief historical overview of the liturgical music of the Norbertine Order. - Gregorian Chant recordings, with a dose of new age mysticism. - [commercial: recordings; books; scores] Publishing arm of the Community of Jesus, an ecumenical monastic community in the Benedictine tradition. - Chant and Plainsong Links - Promotes the Latin Liturgy according to the Tridentine Missal. Articles, links, and sales of recordings. - Free congregational liturgical music for Orthodox and Catholic communities, using traditional eccelesiastical chant (and mostly adapted from chant.) - This choir at the Cathedral of Santa Maria, Florence, aims to rediscover the tradition of Gregorian Chant. Details of their CDs and performances. - [links] hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church In Canada - [English, French] The Abbey of Solesmes: a center for the study of Gregorian Chant.
