Gregorian Chant is one of my favorite kinds of music aside from Religious and Classical. Whenever people ask me about my favorite kind of music and I mention it they look puzzled and veer away from it. Why? Because it is not well known anymore in the Catholic Church which is sad.
How did it come along? Well actually Chants originated upon the songs sung in the synagogues and Middle Eastern countries.Gregorian Chant was adopted by the Christian Church in about the 6th Century and it quickly became an essential part of Christian worship.
It was named after Pope Gregory the Great who unified all the chants into one collection. This soon became an essential part of monastic worship and monks would write new chants and take them from monastery to monastery.In the early days the chant wasn't copied into books. It had to be memorised and it would take monks many years to learn all the different songs.
Unfortunately Gregorian Chant has now largely fallen into disuse in the Catholic church because of widespread change in the services.
One reason why I like Gregorian Chant is because it is calming and soothing.And since Gregorian Chant is a form of prayer it is a way of praying three times like Saint Paul said
Until Next Time This Is Mylea (Spiritual Daughter)
Saying God Bless !
P.S. Here is a Video this is the Latin chant "Salve Regina" (or Hail, Holy Queen, which is a common Catholic prayer) performed by the monks of the Abbey of Notre Dame.
How did it come along? Well actually Chants originated upon the songs sung in the synagogues and Middle Eastern countries.Gregorian Chant was adopted by the Christian Church in about the 6th Century and it quickly became an essential part of Christian worship.
It was named after Pope Gregory the Great who unified all the chants into one collection. This soon became an essential part of monastic worship and monks would write new chants and take them from monastery to monastery.In the early days the chant wasn't copied into books. It had to be memorised and it would take monks many years to learn all the different songs.
Unfortunately Gregorian Chant has now largely fallen into disuse in the Catholic church because of widespread change in the services.
One reason why I like Gregorian Chant is because it is calming and soothing.And since Gregorian Chant is a form of prayer it is a way of praying three times like Saint Paul said
Until Next Time This Is Mylea (Spiritual Daughter)
Saying God Bless !
P.S. Here is a Video this is the Latin chant "Salve Regina" (or Hail, Holy Queen, which is a common Catholic prayer) performed by the monks of the Abbey of Notre Dame.
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