Antiphonale Monasticum III

By (author) Monks of Solesmes

$55.95

ISBN: 9782852742826
Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
Weight: 15 ounces.
Publication Date: N/A
Product ID: 3000C
Format: Hardcover

Published in 2007, this third volume of the new Antiphonale Monasticum has the complete Propers of the Saints and all the Commons (offices of the day). The complete prayers of the Sanctoral as well as the festival psalms of Lauds and Vespers are included. Now it is possible to celebrate the Daily Office in Gregorian chant following the liturgical principles shown in Vatican II. For the interest of both scholars and laypeople, information on this new Antiphonal, its liturgical choices and its musical innovations is available on the website of musical paleography: palmus.free.fr. Also see Antiphonale Monasticum I for further information.

Author Bio

Since the refounding of the monastery of St. Peter of Solesmes in 1833 under Dom Prosper Gueranger, this Benedictine monastery on the River Sarthe in western France has set the world standard both for the performance of Gregorian chant and the authenticity of the music itself. Commissioned by Pope Pius X to research the role of chant in liturgy and to edit books on chant that reflect this research, Solesmes enjoys an enviable reputation. Its work in liturgical reform and in the current revival of Gregorian chant has been likened to that of the great abbey of Cluny in the Middle Ages. These recordings incorporate new understandings of ancient manuscripts and represent a distillation of nearly 200 years of scholarship in the chant: musical paleography, semiology, and modality. The groundbreaking work by the monks of Solesmes has contributed to today’s resurgence of interest in Gregorian chant as the foundation of Western music.