Gregorian chant

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The Gregorian Chant Comeback

A recent Vatican statement calls for parishes to revive traditional music at Mass-what Rome has been saying all along.

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St. Gregory the Great (540?-604)

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Come, Holy Spirit

Listen to 'Veni, Sancte Spiritus,' a hauntingly beautiful Gregorian chant for Pentecost.

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Chant Made Simple
By Robert M. Fowells
Paraclete Press, 59 pp.

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Christmas Chant: Music for the Feast of the Nativity

Audioclips of Byzantine Orthodox and Gregorian chant for the holiday.

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Catholic Rock Band Has Mass Appeal

Although Friday Mourning's goal is to help people grow spiritually, they're not out to modernize the Catholic Church.

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Lesson Seven: The Hidden Wisdom of Psalmody

Learning to sing the psalms.

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Musical Malpractice

Has contemporary liturgy in the Catholic church turned meaningful hymns into 'happy clappy ditties'?

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Lent and Easter Chant

Byzantine and Gregorian chant for the season from Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions.

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Loose Canon Archive: June 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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