The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as proper to the Roman liturgy; therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services. [Vatican Council II Constitution ...

The European Commission granted more than 3 million euros to a project developing AI tools to save centuries of Gregorian chant. The French Abbey of Sainte Madeleine du Barroux has opened its doors to ...

Chant, particularly Gregorian chant, is inexorably tied to the image of the Catholic Liturgy. Watch a documentary that mentions the Church or the pope, and what music is playing in the background? If ...

Gregorian Chant. The name is often taken as synonymous with plain chant (q.v.), comprising not only the Church music of the early Middle Ages, but also later compositions (elaborate melodies for the ...

The haunting, otherworldly sound of Gregorian chant transports us to another time and place. The trouble is, that time and place may never have existed. That’s because the style of chant we’re used to ...