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The History of Gregorian Chant
Gloria II with ringing of bells SAMPLE 1
Ambrosian Gloria
Antiphon: In mandatis & Psalm 111
Psalm 100
Psalm 111
The Gregorian Musical Forms
The Proper of the Mass
Introit: Nos autem SAMPLE 2
Gradual: Concupivit
Alleluia: Pascha nostrum
Offertory: Lætentur
Communion: Pascha nostrum
The Ordinary of the Mass
Kyrie III SAMPLE 3
Gloria IX
Sanctus XVIII
Agnus Dei XVIII
The Divine Office
Antiphon: Dixit Dominus & Psalm 109 SAMPLE 4
Antiphon: Si offers & Magnificat
Response: Credo
Hymn: Lucis creator
Conclusion
Hymn: Salve festa dies
St. Peter's Abbey: Solesmes, France
Solesmes Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes) is a Benedictine monastery in Solesmes, France, famous as the source of the restoration of Benedictine life in France after the Revolution.
It was founded in 1010 as a Benedictine priory. Maintaining a mostly quiet existence for centuries, it began a slow decline in the 17th century, and was dissolved in 1791 during the French Revolution.
In the 1830s a locally-born priest, Prosper Guéranger, inspired by the vision of a restored monastic life in France, acquired the remaining buildings for a new Benedictine community. By 1837 Solesmes was elevated to the rank of an abbey and made the head of the newly created French Benedictine Congregation, now the Solesmes Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation. The abbey was closed several times by French legislation, and between 1901 and 1922 the monks were forced into exile in England. The community survived those trials and those of two world wars and is still at Solesmes.
The abbey is noted for its crucial contribution to the advancement of the Roman Catholic liturgy through its work in Gregorian chant: restoration of melodies, scholarly research, publication of liturgical books for the Church, and recordings of the liturgy.
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