Liber Cantualis Complete Set

By (author) Monks of Solesmes

$85.95
  • ISBN: 9780000001353
  • Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
  • Publication Date: N/A
  • Format: Multiple copy pack
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Price: $85.95 (orginal price $95.89)

Includes:
Liber Cantualis
Liber Cantualis Comitante Organo
Best of the Monks of Solesmes

This set of the Liber Cantualis, it’s organ accompaniment volume and 2 CDs by the Monks of Solesmes is an outstanding and complete resource – especially for those newer to Gregorian Chant. These books contain the chants of the asperges at Sunday Mass, seven ordinaries of the most used Masses (I, IV, VIII, IX, XI, XVII), as well as Kyrie XVI, Gloria XV, Sanctus and Agnus XVIII, and Credo I and III; the Mass for the dead and farewell chants; the four sequences of the Roman Missal. The third section includes chants in honor of the Blessed Sacrament and the Virgin Mary, pieces of the Temporal; the Gospel canticles and some psalms; as well as the entire Office of Compline.
The recordings by the Monks of Solesmes contain the pieces from the Liber Cantualis and are an excellent teaching tool.
The Liber Cantualis is set in square notation while the organ accompaniment book is in modern notation and adds a level of support to the singers. The chants are in Latin with English translation. The books and recordings are inexpensive and a great way to bring chant to life in your church or Parish!
See the individual products listed at the top of page for more detail.
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.

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