Chant Links

Square Note Neums on the Net	Chant Sounds on the Net
Chant Choirs	Chant Recordings
Various Resources on Chant	Supporting Links

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Chant Resources

Comparison of the new Gregorian Missal with the old Liber Usualis
Theory and Techniques of Chant (Schola Cantorum Bogotensis)
The Gregorian Association (UK) for chant in English--very useful information about chant books and more
Gregorian Chant Notation explains the square note neums
The official page of the Monks of Solesmes, who were almost "single-handedly" responsible for restoring Gregorian chant (although in North American their books are available through Paraclete press and GIA Publications)
The Gregorian Chant Homepage at Princeton University
Warwick: Gregorian Chant sung in Latin (article)
Willy Schuyesmans' explanation of the music of chant, a wonderful relaxed but clear site
Chant Resources (through Paraclete Press)
Saint Cecilia Schola Cantorum including several pdf files of chants (and polyphony and programs)
Gregorian Institute of Canada
Chant Class in Oregon, summer 2005
Gregorian Chant Symposium, March 2004
Gregorian Chant Institute, June 2002
Yahoo! listings on Gregorian chant
Catholic Encyclopedia article on Gregorian Chant
Gregorian Chant on the net (similiar to this page; prettier but fewer annotations)
Gregorian Chant Web Guide, annotated list of web sites on chant (shorter than this list, but with better annotation)
Gregorian Chant on the Net, a list of choice sites
Dr. Charles Chapman's Annotated Bibliography on Performance of Gregorian Chant
Notitiae Cantus An International Newsletter for Gregorian Chant and other Repertoires of Western Chant
Paraclete Press This press sells books of chant, such as the Gregorian Missal used by the Gregorian Schola, of chants in square note neum notation as edited by the Monks of Solesmes. One of the books, the Graduale Triplex even has earlier lineless neums. The press also has books on chant by Dom Cardine and others, and recordings of chant. (Not an advertisement, just information.)
GIA Publications also sells chant books (such as the Gregorian Missal and CDs.
Cantus database of Gregorian Chant
St. Edmund's Enders Island Chant Workshop s
Masters Program in Chant Performance at University of Limerick
True Type Fonts for Gregorian Chant developed by St. Meinrad's. We ordered these and I've used them to print up chants for the choir and congregation (so they could join us on "Parce Domine and "Pange Lingua").
Various Font Programs for Gregorian Chant notation (no freeware)
Una Voce "Supporting and promoting -- the Tridentine Latin Mass, Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony, and Traditional Catholic Heritage"
Grove Dictionary of Music paragraph on Gregorian chant and its relation to Old Roman chant
Kenneth Levy's Gregorian Chant and the Carolingians
Plainchant the (longer) article from the Grove Dictionary
St. Bonaventure Publications, reprinting the Liber Usualis
St. John's University Monastic Manuscript Library including information on searching (not over the internet) for manuscripts by the chant incipit and a description of the manuscripts in their collection, and possibly audio samples from a couple of chants
Ratio Studiorum: Peter Jeffrey on the history of chant
Why is chant called "Gregorian?" by John Howell
A Tutorial on chant by Donald J Casadonte but apparently aborted after a few lessons
Chant Workshops
"Gregorian Chant: Archaic Relic or Relevant Revelation?", by Henry Doktorski
Christ in the Desert chant page
Mystical World Wide Web comment on Gregorian chant (by Robert Hartford?)
Luca Basilio Ricossa, teacher of Gregorian chant at Schola Cantorum in Basel
How to print Gregorian chant square note notation through text commands to BarFly

Chant Choirs

Gregorian Schola of St. Joseph Parish my chant group in Arkansas
St. Ann Choir
Early Music Vocal Ensembles a list of early music groups, including those who sing Gregorian chant
Gregoriaans Abdijkoor Grimbergen (Belgium)
Schola Sancta Maria, California
Tilburgs Gregorians Koor
Choir of Corpus Christi Church, New York City
Schola Catharina
Brazos Valley Schola Cantorum
The Stamford Schola Gregoriana
Scola Gregoriana Brugensis
Assumption Schola Gregoriana
Gregorian Choral of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus uit Nijmegen
Gregoriana, Amsterdam
Collegium Vocale's male Gregorian Section
Canticum Novum Schola of Greater Washington
Gloria Dei Cantores
Associazione Viri Galilaei, choir and supporting organization in Florence, Italy, singing chant at the Duomo.
Monastery of the Holy Cross, Chicago
Cantores in Eccleisa
Schola Gregoriana Monostorinensis
Schola Saint Gregoire
Anonymous 4 Okay, much of what this famous quartet of women do is well-blended polyphony, but there is some chant there too
Ars Antiqua
Society of St. John (not limited to chant)
Canticum Novum (Bogota)
Sarum at Columbia University
The Rose Ensemble, St. Paul, Minnesota
Schola Gregoriana Mediolanensis
Interkerkelijke Schola Cantorum Dordrecht en Omstreken

Chant Recordings

Symphonia, an Italian recording company that specializes in early Italian music. Some of their CDS, such as O Spem Miram (O Wondrous Hope: Office and Mass for St. Domenico according to the song of the Order of the Preachers XIIIth century: SY96145), Claustrum Beatitudinis (The Cloiser of the Beatitudes: 13th and 14th century Latin Lauds from the San Colombano Monastery in Bobbio: SY95141, Vespro Solenne (SY91504), and Canticum Canticorum (SY95135) include chant.
ChantCD.com, chants from St. Thomas Seminary, Tenebrae, Matins, and others
Gregorian Chant for Advent and Christmas by the Gregorian Chant Schola, St. Meinrad
Ensemble Trecanum
Dignus est Agnus
List of Gregorian chant CDs and a nice image of a chant manuscript
Paraclete Press, a couple dozen chant CDs
Recordings by the Monks of Solesmes (click on the CD covers for brief samples)
Herald AV Publications: Several chant CDs (click on "Titles by Category" for a listing)
Immortal Gregorian Chant, Part I
Immortal Gregorian Chant, Part II
Other chant CDs from Christ in the Desert
The Soul of Chant: A Review by Robert Burgess
Chant Benedictine Monks, track listing of the best selling CD
Munsterschwarzach Benedictine Abbey: Death and Resurrection Track listing
Les Tons de la Musique Ensemble Gilles Binchois - Dominique Vellard, track listing; includes a few chants in each of the eight modes
1098 Cistercian Chant Gregorian Chants Celebrating the 900th Anniversary of the Order of Cîteaux (and other chant recordings) by The Monastic Schola of Monks & Nuns in the USA
Gregorian Chant III by the Deller consort
Gregorian Chant IV by the Deller consort
A Selection of Chant Recordings but thin on Gregorian chant
The Peace of Gregorian Chant (various performers)
Cistercian Chant
REVIEW: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, The Soul of Chant
Immortal Gregorian: A Journey Through the Gregorian Year Review
Ego sum Resurrectio: Gregorian Chant for the Dead, Aurora Surgit (Female Vocal Ensemble)
From Chant to Renaissance Voices of Ascension -- mostly polyphony but a couple of chants
A Discography of Ensemble Organum not all chant, but some chant recordings, as it "was performed in the 16th-18th centuries (as opposed to the Solesmes tradition)"
The Tradition of Gregorian chant, a 4 CD set

Square note neums on the net

Parce Domine small gif generated with St. Meinrad fonts
Alleluia: Dominus in Sina ~24K gif, scan from the Gregorian Missal
Scans of chants from the Liber Usualis
Chants for Christmas Day, includes both propers and ordinary. It looks like you can also hear the chants, but really all that happens is that the web page can get your CD player to play the appropriate tracks--if you happen to have the correct CD! (Nice explanations of each chant though.)
Ave maris stella
In paradisum
Kyrie Rex splendens (first invocation only) from the Liber Usualis
Antiphon: Morning Prayer, St. Albert the Great: Notation with an .au file and translation of the text
Dominus dixit ad me manuscript: from the Editio Medicea of 1614, ~ 130K jpg
Alleluia: Quia ...? Ps. Cantate Domino 15c Manuscript (~ 120K jpg), lots of text, not many notes
dark illuminated early 16c manuscript, ~200K jpg
Astiterunt regem terrae early 16c manuscript, ~206K jpg (too dark to read)
Gregorian chant notation No music here, but an explanation of the notation

Some other links of interest to chant folks

Medieval Music Links
Catholic Resources on the Net including material on the Mass, prayers, liturgy, etc.
Latin texts including several ways of searching the Latin Vulgate Bible
Pronunciation of Church Latin
The Vatican
Guide to Pronunciation of Liturgical Latin
Catholic Encyclopedia
Latin prayers including Latin and English for the texts of such chants as "Veni, Creator Spiritus", "Adoro Te Devote" and plenty more.
Liturgical Calendar 2001
Liturgical Calendar 2002
Hypertext Book of Hours
Latin Liturgy Association
NoteWorthy Composer This is a music composition, playing, and printing program. It uses modern notation, not neums, but still you could use this to type in music to a chant, create a MIDI file for people to hear it and print it out in modern notation for those singers who don't read square notes. It is shareware. I registered my copy and have received great support.
CanticaNova Publications "Traditional Music for the Contemporary Church" including some books of chant
Catholic Canada

Chant sounds on the web

Chant MIDI files, produced by Richard Lee
St. Benedict's Monastary in Brazil with organ accompaniment; offers recordings of many chants from Sunday masses
Midi chants from the Liber Usualis
Radio set (seems to be mostly fragments of chants, without ability to choose which to hear)
St. Michael's Abbey
Dominican Central - several chants (with notation) including the "O" antiphons
Monastery of the Holy Cross, Sanctus (I don't recognize the setting), Salve Regina (mode 5) [mp3's]
St. John's Abbey Schola
Antiphon: Morning Prayer, St. Albert the Great Notation with an .au file and translation of text
Gloria II by the Monks of Solesmes
Recordings by the Monks of Solesmes (click on the CD covers for brief samples)
Several chants from Christ in the Desert
Recordare

If you know of other pages that ought to be linked to this page, let me know. rl

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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 5 April 2006