In Gregorian chant, the verbal text plays an integral part in influencing and shaping the melodic contours. Within these melodic phrases, the main function of additional signs and letters added to the ...

An order of cloistered Benedictine nuns in France has signed a deal with Universal Music to produce an album of Gregorian chant. The abbess said that after time in prayer the nuns decided the effort ...

The Benedictine Monks of Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma have teamed up with De Montfort Music and Sophia Music Group to release a new album of Advent melodies that takes advantage of Apple’s new ...

Gregorian chants generally don't have too much in common with rock music. Sure, sometimes they set a brooding tone in an intro to a doom metal song, but rockers generally scream, growl, wail or sing.

On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis here, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or stand; some face ...

Gregorian chant holds a place in popular imagination as the province of hooded monks intoning monotonous melodies along dim stone corridors. It's not like that. At St. Stephen's Catholic Church in ...

Hymns that are liked by the people are a good choice, but it’s also important that they convey the Catholic faith,’ said ...

Every generation since the beginning of recorded music discovers Gregorian Chant. The most recent (re)discovery was in the mid-1990s with the phenomenally successful Chant CDs from The Benedictine ...

Gregorian will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at the Rialto Theater Center, 228 E. Fourth St. The group performs Gregorian chants in the traditional Latin as well as more contemporary pop ...

The last Daily Blog post focused on the ancient institution of the human family. This one deals with something not quite so ancient, but still a venerable and honored tradition: Gregorian chant. But ...

The men’s choir at St. Philippine Duchesne in Westwood is called the St. Benedict’s Mens Schola. Mary Ratterman St. Philippine Duchesne For centuries, Gregorian chant was the official music of the ...

A medieval style of music has been enjoying great popularity for three decades now: the Gregorian chant. But the church musicians who make can't seem to stir up enthusiasm for contemporary pop music.