Hardcover Gregorian Missal By the Benedictine Monks of Solesmes

Description Gregorian Missal Hardcover This is a new edition (2012) of the Gregorian Missal, originally published in 1990. This updated Gregorian chant resource came about to accommodate the recent ICEL English translations. To quote the preface, “ the Gregorian Missal is intended for the faithful who participate in Mass sung in Gregorian chant.” The book includes masses for all Sundays and principal feasts and is designed to be used by both congregation and choir. It also includes the entire Ordinary (Kyriale), the prefaces, and the four Eucharistic prayers. A foreword in English is included, explaining the purpose of this book, and the entire volume is in Latin and English, thus allowing the use of both languages. Finally, there is a helpful alphabetical index of all the chants. Congregations and choirs alike will find this a useful resource for chanting the Mass. 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 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 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. Spread the love