Gregorian Chant: The Eternal Song http://www.communityofjesus.org/?p=4595077

Gregorian Chant: The Eternal Song http://www.communityofjesus.org/?p=4595077


Gregorian Chant: The Eternal Song | The Community of Jesus
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By Cantor The Chanted Passion Yesterday, Palm Sunday, we entered into Holy Week, in which our greatest remembrance is the Passion of Christ. One of the most ancient of all chants — the chanted Passion according to St. John — reflects this remembrance. This gospel passion has been chanted for centuries on Good Friday, first being noted in the scriptures with nothing more than symbols indicating those parts chanted by Christ, those by other characters (such as the #quot;turba#quot; or crowd, or Pilate) and finally, a narrator. [ 123 more words. ]

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