The 'Académie de chant grégorien' is founded in Brussels in 2000. The academy favorises the foundation of gregorian choirs and the study of gregorian chant.
The site claims the Germanic dialects to be the actual plainchant of Central-Europe. Subdivisions on ‘Gregorianik', liturgy, manuscripts and the new edition of the Nocturnale.
Site on plainchant maintained by church musician and theologist Christof Nikolaus Schröder. Order form for plainchant books and literature, listing of German monastic orders and various links to plainchant sites
The Centre d'Etudes Grégoriennes de Metz was founded in 1975 and focusses on the study, teaching and spreading plainchant in its intended esthetic form. Both Roman and Gallican (Frankish) chant are studied, as it was precisely in Metz that both traditions met under Pepin the Short, Charlemagne and Louis the Pious.
This American site sells unique Gregorian Chant CDs. Matthew McDevitt recorded them at the Seminary that he used to attend. They are professionally edited and not available elsewhere. On the site you find lyrics to many famous Chant pieces, free samples for download and you can order the CD's.
The Ensemble TRECANUM was formed in December 1996 by Etienne Stoffel, prizewinner of the National High Conservatoire of Paris. M. Stoffel founded the Centre of Gregorian Studies in Metz in 1975. He was a pupil for two monks of Solesmes Abbey with Dom Eugene Cardine († 1988), who was Father at the Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music in Rome and Dom Jean Claire, former choral conductor of the Solesmes Abbey.
The Gregorian Institute of Canada (GIC) undertakes research and education to promote the study and performance of Gregorian and other western chant repertoires in Canada.
The Gregorio project aims at providing tools and documentation for Gregorian chant. The main project of Gregorio is the software gregorio, that is able to manipulate and convert these different types of files. For now, this software can be used for preprocessing OpusTeX files with the gabc notation.
You can buy here the brandnew Nocturnale Romanum. Featuring examples of a few of the chants that will be included in the book and examples of the software used in the process.
The Saint Isaac Jogues Chant Resources page is a gift, presented to the Church by Corpus Christi Watershed. This site provides free and instant downloads of Gregorian chant scores (formatted to a single page) and practice Mp3 files. It contains hundreds of files, many hours of audio, and covers all three liturgical years. No semiologic execution.
CANTUSGREGORIANUS.COM presents the research, teaching and musical initiatives undertaken by the "Saint Michael the Archangel" Association of Stroncone in the study of sacred music of the Middle Ages, with special attention to its sources and its modes of execution as well as the liturgy of which it was an integral part.
Estabelecida em 1870, seu propósito inicial foi cantar textos em inglês ao tradicional gregoriano latino, sendo este reinstalado depois, e o coro foi sempre regido sob David Hiley.
The Brazos Valley Schola Cantorum is a group of men from various Catholic parishes in Brazos County, Texas (Diocese of Austin) who share a zeal for Gregorian Chant and Holy Mother Church.
Coro italiano de 12 cantores homens com treinamento no famoso Instituto Pontifício Ambrosiano de Música Sacra em Milão. Há interpretações baseadas nos mais recentes achados semiológicos. O coro organiza cursos e executou obras com a edição de 1991 no festival gregoriano de Watou (Bélgica).
Annie Bank and Excellent Music Holland specialize in publishing both sacred and secular music for amateur and professional choirs. The repertory comprises a large number of works in many genres from 1400 up to the present day
The choir and its association, the Association Grégorien de Nantes, want to promote the knowledge and appreciation of plainchant as essential element of Catholic, musical and liturgical art.
This choir has adopted the mission of promoting the universal beauty of Gregorian chant, hence its continuous efforts to guard and preserve this beautiful and invisible heritage. Because of the very nature of chant, the choir prefers to relive it in its natural context: liturgy.
The Chorala Saint-Irénée is founded in 1972 and sings in Brussels and Saint-Lambert-Woluwe. Director is Michel Zeegers, president is Louis Van Capellen.
O Coral Gregoriano, foi criado em 1972, por um grupo de ex-alunos do Seminário Menor de Pirapóra, com o intuito de resgatar e divulgar o Canto Gregoriano, preservando assim, um patrimônio cultural de quase 2.000 anos.
O Coro Gregoriano de Braga surgiu pela mão de um grupo de entusiastas do Canto Gregoriano em 27de Janeiro de 2000, em clima e ambiente de Jubileu e Ano Santo.
The Gregorian choir ‘Cum Jubilo' was founded in 1976 by Bernard Deheegher, who still acts as the choir's president and inspirator. It consists of a male choir, conducted by Wim Orbie, and a female counterpart, lead by Agnes Delbaere. Roger Orroi is the organist. The choir has gained a considerable renown through its efforts in organising the international Watou Chant Festival.
Gaudete was founded in1982 in Alost (Belgium), aiming at the restoring plainchant to the status it deserves: functional element in the liturgy, as decreed by the Second Vatican Council. Conductor Frans Van Heghe introduced new visions and theories of performance, based on the most ancient manuscripts. The new approach has proved to be a most gratifying experience for singers and audience alike. The website's most important feature is the choir's performance calendar.
Homepage do mais famoso coro flamengo de canto gregoriano. Estabelecido em 1968, celebrou recentemente seu 40e aniversário. O coro é conduzido pelo entusiasta monge norbertino Gereon van Boesschoten. Cantam durante a Missa todo Domingo. Outras execuções incluem o funeral do Rei Balduíno. Cantam o repertório próprio da Ordem Norbertina e recentemente gravaram cerca de 7 LPs e CDs.
Founded in 2002, Gregoriana is a small vocal group that specializes in plainchant, using midaeval manuscripts with original notation. Performances are based on their own transcriptions. The choir performs in liturgical settings and concerts and organizes lectures and workshops.
The Karmelschola consists of some 24 singers from various churches and aims at the perservation of the practice of Daily Office, mostly according to the Gregorian tradition. The choir is conducted by Hans Eijsink and performs Vesper or Compline every Saturday, with an occasional celebration on feast days.
The Liturgische Singkreis Jena was founded in Jena in 1982 by people with a fond love for the Gregorian repertoire. The group was originally intended as a sort of working committee for the interests of Gregorian chant within the Lutheran church of Jena. The choir pays particular attention to semiological research and scientifically informed performances.
Schola Antiqua of Chicago is the city's premier organization dedicated to the study and performance of western liturgical chant and early polyphony dating from the ninth through fifteenth centuries.
The Schola Cantorum Amsterdam (SCA) was established in 1959 as the gregorian chant choir for the University of Amsterdam's Roman Catholic student community.
The Schola Cantorum BMV was founded in 1997. On the second Sunday of the month, it performs both the proper and the fixed repertory in the church of the Assumption of the Virgin in Zwolle (Netherlands). The choir hopes to preserve the heritage of the early christian church
La Sociedad CANTICUM NOVUM se conformó en 1984 en la ciudad de Bogotá, Colombia por iniciativa del psicólogo y catedrático dr. Ramiro Alvarez Cuadros y durante muchos años contó con la dirección del maestro Luis Torres Zuleta. El coro interpreta esta música, cuyo nombre proviene del papa Gregorio I magno, siguiendo la escritura del siglo XI que consiste en neumas o agrupaciones de notas consignadas en tetragramas.
Founded in 1998 by Tjeerd van der Ploeg in the Dutch town of Purmerend, the schola consists of amateur singers who base their interpretation on the most recent findings of semiology. So far, its records include a number of performances of plainchant vespers.
This Dutch Schola from Nijmegen aims to preserve plainchant as a valuable part of our cultural and liturgical heritage. The schola's performances are based on the findings of semiology, the study of manuscript signs (neumes). Although neumatic notation is not the best source for melodic information, it has proven to be invaluable when reconstructing the rhythmic subleties of plainchant.
O coro Schola Cantorum Sancte Michael Archangele foi creado em 2007 por um grupo de entusiastas do Canto Gregoriano em paroquia Sao Judas Tadeu, Piracicaba (SP), Brazil.
The Schola Cantorum Twente was founded in 1971 in Enschede (NL). At the moment, the choir consists of about 16 enthusiast singers whose objective it is to preserve the unequalled beauty of Gregorian chant for Roman Catholic liturgy in accordance with the guidelines of the 2nd Vatican Council. The interpretation followed is based on the latest findings of palaeographic research.
The Schola Catharina is a female choir, founded in 1992 to perform in the liturgies at the St. Cahterine's Cathedral at Utrecht (Netherlands). The choir is conducted by Hellen Keller.
Coro conduzido por David Eben (que recebeu parte de seu treino do Le Choeu Grégorien de Paris). Participou do Festival de Watou em 1994 e 1997. Também participou de diversos concertos na Holanda. Seu site inclui exemplos em RealAudio de seus CDs.
The Schola Saint Grégoire of Montreal (Direction: Jean-Pierre Noiseux) is dedicated to the performance of Gregorian Chant and to closely related liturgical chant repertories (Milanese, Ancient Iberian, liturgical dramas, etc.). While mindful of retaining musical authenticity, the Schola Saint Grégoire also seeks to adapt Gregorian Chant to today's liturgical settings (Mass or Office).
The John The Baptist parish in Eygelshoven has had a gregorian choir for over a hundred years. The last 22 years, the choir has been conducted by Kees Stouten. The more recent findings on interpretation and performance of chant have given the choir the opportunity to renew its approach to plainchant.
The Schola in Bruges (B) was founded in 1970 by the cathedral organist Roger Deruwe. The early core quickly grew to a full-size schola, conscientiously studying and performing plainchant. After 25 years of loyal service to the cathedral, the schola moved to the serene and peaceful monastic atmosphere of the Karmel convent in 1996.
The Stamford Schola Gregoriana is a non-profit organization which works to promote Gregorian chant and choral polyphony of the 16th Century, and is also the name of the schola of male singers which sings regularly at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Stamford, CT. Founded in 2001 by Scott Turkington.
The Utrechtse Vrouwen Schola was founded in 1987, by Ike de Loos and Marie-Louise Egbers; the latter has conducted the group during the first 9 years. The choir consists of about 10 women and focusses mainly on plainchant.
When after 1962 plainchant was in danger of disappearing altogether in the west of the Zeeuws-Vlaanderen province, Emiel Steijaart and A. Verschoor took the initiative of gathering singers from various local communities. The new choir first performed in the ‘Stella Maris' church in Slijkplaat and spread from there to the various churches of the region. After the death of Verschoor in 1983, the choir came under the musical direction of Walter Dierick.
Gestures and postures during liturgy. Article by Tjeerd van der Ploeg on gestures and body language, symbolism and rituals during liturgy, taken from a Protestant point of view.
Here you find congregational booklets for the Liturgy of the Hours (Sunday Lauds, Vespers and Compline) in Latin and with Gregorian chant, according to the Ordo Cantus Officii (1983).
'Una Voce' is a French association devoted to the custody and the development of the Latin liturgy, gregorian chant and holy art in the bosom of the catholic church.
Complete Bible text in the 1995 Willibrord Foundation Translation. The site was founded by the Catholic Bible Association and Catholic Netherlands, in close cooperation with Flemish (Belgian) Church organisations. The Willibrord Translation has come to be the standard reference in Dutch Bible reading and liturgical use. (Dutch only)
The Tsgrooten Antiphonary is an exceptionally richly illuminated choir book Tongerlo abbot Antonius Tsgrooten had commissioned in 1522 from scribe Franciscus Van Weert of Averbode Abbey. The Gregorian choir book is an important piece of late medieval musical heritage and was acquired by the Flemish Minister of Culture.
The purpose of the 'Codices Electronici Sangallenses' (Digital Abbey Library of St. Gallen) is to provide access to the medieval codices in the Abbey Library of St. Gallen by creating a virtual library.
'Ductus', from the Latin ducere, 'to lead' is a web-based, interactive multimedia program. It is designed to facilitate the teaching of paleography, in particular, the study of the history of western European handwriting.
Contains pointers to Internet-accessible files relating to the early church, including canonical documents, creeds, the writings of the Apostolic Fathers and other historical texts relevant to church history.
New Dutch translation of St. Benedict's monastic rule by Vincent Humink in an attractive edition, for the first time making the rule accessible to a wider audience.
This guide is intended to assist searchers of theological and religious information on the Internet, and is arranged according to major areas of concentration in St. John's School of Theology Seminary.
Over 2000 religious texts, opera omnia and holy books in 36 languages from christian and other religions.In Enchiridion Vaticanum: papal writings, councils, etc. Collected works of main authors and institute founders.With Vidimus Dominum: Bibliotheca Vitae Consecratae
Custom libraries of religious institutes and orders.
The 'Katholiek Documentatie Centrum' (KDC), was founded in 1969 at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen. Its aims is to preserve, collect and disclose documents pertaining to the catholic tradition in the Netherlands, starting at the beginning of the 19th century. In addition, it wants to promote research into the historical and current developments in Dutch Catholicism.
Base de dados de música de coro em 4 línguas. Capacita-o a escolher o repertório especificamente adequado para seu próprio coro. Alguns scores podem ser vistos no monitor (em parte), mas o aplicativo Java é relativamente lento.
Contains over 1400 catholic hyperlinks. Its aim is to offer a representative selection of the Dutch church links. Additionally contains links to a number of international sites.
