The Solesmes Chant Resource Set

By (author) Monks of Solesmes

$49.95

ISBN: 9781612619507
Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
Weight: 15 ounces.
Publication Date: N/A
Product ID: 19507
Format: Mixed media product

This valuable and helpful resource is an excellent introduction to Gregorian chant. It includes a copy of the Liber Cantualis as well as the 2-CD set, The Best of the Monks of Solesmes. The Liber Cantualis (from 2015) contains the complete Order of Mass, seven chant masses, the Requiem Mass, four sequences and forty familiar hymns and other chants—music that every congregation should hear and sing. This book is ideal for those wishing to introduce the chant into the liturgy. The CD recordings include the Te Deum, Stabat Mater, Ave Maria as well as chants for the Liturgical Year. Each track is referenced to the corresponding page in the Liber Cantualis. These are sung by the Monks of the Abbey of Solesmes and their recordings have been known for decades as the gold standard in Gregorian chant. These recordings are a great resource both for those familiar with the chant liturgy as well as those wanting to become familiar with Gregorian chant.

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.