Singing the Mass

By (author) Monks of Solesmes

$42.95

ISBN: 9782852743601
Trim size: 0 x 0 inches
Weight: 12 ounces.
Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011
Product ID: 3047
Format: Hardcover

Singing the Mass was published in 2011 and is intended for Vatican II masses that are celebrated in English or Latin. It uses the new English translation (ICEL 2010) and includes the most frequently used settings of the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei, as well as other chants and prayers for the parish mass. This latest Gregorian Chant book from Solesmes is beautifully laid out with English and Latin on facing pages. An extensive and helpful preface completes the volume, making it a comprehensive and useful book for the congregation while encouraging sung celebrations of the Vatican II Mass.

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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.