Gregorian Chants: An Illustrated History of Religious Chanting

by Colin R. Shearing

Chanting has been used in religious ceremonies since mankind first learnt to vocalise. All ancient peoples have used chanting as a way of altering consciousness and putting themselves in touch with the Divine. The flowering of the chant was reached in the early 9th century when Pope Gregory the Great made a collection of Roman chants andassigned them specific places within the liturgy. These are known as Gregorian chants and there are over three thousand different Gregorian chants extant today. Contains a CD of 16 of the most beautiful Gregorian chants.

Genres: Religion, Historical

144 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Amanda Witt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very detailed with background history of the various chants and music notation, with some colour images/photos.