For centuries, Gregorian chants — unaccompanied singing traditionally done by monks and other male clerics in the early days of the Catholic Church — were written with “nuemes,” inflective notations ...
A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, made it debut on Billboard’s classical-music chart at No. 1 last week. The album, Benedicta, was also the top overall seller ...
A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10). The album, “Benedicta,” was also the top overall ...
Talk about your golden oldies: The surprise hit on the pop charts is a CD reissue of music that is 1,500 years old. On March 15, Angel Records released an album of Gregorian chants performed by monks ...
When Father Jerome Molokie learned that his community’s newly released CD “Christmas at St. Michael’s Abbey: Chants for the Three Masses of Christmas” was on its second run of being duplicated, he ...
(RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD, "Benedicta," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10). Why does chant have such a secular appeal? (RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD by a ...