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The Benedictine gift to music / Katharine Le Mee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Paulist Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781616431914
  • 1616431911
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Benedictine gift to music.DDC classification:
  • 782.32/22 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3082 .L36 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Benedictine identity -- The foundations -- The Opus Dei and the liturgical year -- Gregorian chant and the Mass -- Skilled Benedictine musicians -- Our Lady and her music -- The elaboration and vertical expansion of chant -- Benedictine gifts.
Review: "The Benedictine Gift to Music illustrates how Gregorian chant, faithfully practiced each day for centuries by the Benedictines in monasteries and convents across Europe, developed into the complex polyphonic music we enjoy today. It details the outstanding contributions of the Benedictine musicians from the sixth-century Abbey of St. Benedict to the modern French Abbey of Solesmes."Summary: "For contemporary performers composers of sacred music, and those interested in singing Gregorian chant, The Benedictine Gift to Music explains the opportunity that chant provides to still the mind and enter in a meaningful way into the contemplative tradition of the Church."--Jacket
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)587397

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index.

Benedictine identity -- The foundations -- The Opus Dei and the liturgical year -- Gregorian chant and the Mass -- Skilled Benedictine musicians -- Our Lady and her music -- The elaboration and vertical expansion of chant -- Benedictine gifts.

"The Benedictine Gift to Music illustrates how Gregorian chant, faithfully practiced each day for centuries by the Benedictines in monasteries and convents across Europe, developed into the complex polyphonic music we enjoy today. It details the outstanding contributions of the Benedictine musicians from the sixth-century Abbey of St. Benedict to the modern French Abbey of Solesmes."

"For contemporary performers composers of sacred music, and those interested in singing Gregorian chant, The Benedictine Gift to Music explains the opportunity that chant provides to still the mind and enter in a meaningful way into the contemplative tradition of the Church."--Jacket

Print version record.