Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Virginia. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely ...

Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Virginia. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely ...

Mary Ratterman St. Philippine Duchesne For centuries, Gregorian chant was the official music of the Roman Catholic Church. Popes Piux X, Pius XII and the documents of Vatican II have all ...

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 ...

Yet that's what happened to the monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery near Vienna, whose CD of Gregorian chants has become a runaway hit. After its European release in ...

To this day, Gregorian chant remains at the bedrock of the Latin mass, as well as the development of Western music overall. After the organist’s prelude and a hymn for the whole congregation ...

This concert includes a stunning blend of traditional chants and contemporary music compiled from the Gregorian concert DVDs. The high-quality production features spectacular lighting and sound ...

Just like the scaffolding that protected Notre Dame as it was being rebuilt, the music performed Friday in Annapolis, Saturday in Baltimore, and Thursday in Bethesda — Gregorian plainsong chant ...