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Hi folks,
We're studying Medieval times currently, so I thought I'd share some music resources I have dug up for Gregorian chant. Perhaps you'll find these links suitable to help celebrate St. Gregory's feast day today! 
I cannot recommend highly enough the following CD: Learning About Gregorian Chant by the Monks of Solesmes. I listened through the whole thing and outlined it, so if you want my Word outline, just drop me a line!
There is a free pdf online of a text called Gregorian Chant For Church and School. See the section titled "The Story of Gregorian Chant" to share with your children. There's more to the text than this...music and lots of instruction, but I like the story!
Don't have the Daughters of St. Paul Saints For Young Readers? No worries! The short biographies are online. Read about St. Gregory the Great.
How about learning about the ordinary of the Mass? Minimum Repertoire of Plain Chant from Our Father's House is a handy little booklet and recording. If you'd rather have things right now, though, check out these links:
Jubilate Deo (Short form ordinary in modern notation)
Kyriale MP3s
Lastly, I will share my favorite resource for learning about and listening to "early music": Harmonia radio show
Be sure to check the archives to find shows that interest you!
Have fun!
Valerie
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What great resources, Valerie. Thanks!
I see Charlotte already linked this in the other St. Gregory thread, but wanted to make sure it was here too.
Aussie Annie's St. Gregory chant cake- really beautiful!
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 Great list, Valerie! And especially thanks for the feedback about the Solesmes cd. Everything from that Abbey IMHO is just fabulous, but it's so hard to choose!
I'm going to go on and on about my favorite Gregorian Chant resources. St. Gregory the Great and chant is huge in this house!
Musica Sacra is the place to go for information, downloads, books, instruction, support and all for chant and Sacred Music.
I'm really excited about their newest project, Parish Book of Chant. Seems like this would be excellent to use in the homes, too. It's more than Jubilate Deo, and really rounds out the Liturgical Year for chants. It's $14 from Aquinas and More.
Musica Sacra has also shared some versions of Justine Ward's works, which were used in Catholic schools to teach children music (all aspects) through Gregorian Chant.
They scanned two of my books so you can now get them:
Sunday Mass Propers set to Simple Gregorian Formulae by Justine Ward (this isn't the entire year, just the school year, and based on the TLM).
This is my favorite, Story of the Redemption for Children. It was recommended by Helen McLoughlin. It's the redemption story in English words set to different chant tones. I think this is an excellent way to introduce Gregorian Chant while following the liturgical year. Except for the last page, it's not written in chant notation, but regular music, so you can plunk it out on a piano if you aren't familiar with the tunes. It's very simple.
There's an error on page 6, the last few "measures" weren't printed on the right lines, so are a half step below. Since page 5 uses the same melody, you can follow that music to get the proper notes.
Another GREAT way to learn chant (easy, follow along a cd and book) is the Gregorian Chant Master Class by Theodore Marier. Dr. Marier was the GREAT in Chant and Sacred Music in the US, recently passed away. He was the editor of the fabuluos Pius X Hymnal which is so hard to find.
The cd was originally recorded at Regina Laudis in Connecticut (also available directly through the sisters). I recommend their recordings, too. So ethereal, and I see they have a new recording for the Advent/Christmas Seasons. I like to play both men and women in chant, with Solesmes and Regina Laudis being my personal favorites.
I'm trying to teach my son the Ward Method this year, 10 minutes a day before the rest of lessons. I'll see how it goes.  I'm using the latest version of the Ward Method edited by the same Dr. Marier, as I took training one summer.
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I have a question for all you chant lovers. We have a Cistercian monastery in the area and they always chant parts of the Mass (Kyrie, Agnus Dei, etc...). Is this Gregorian Chant or are their different kinds of chant?
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Matilda wrote:
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In a word, yes. But I have to say I started to doubt, so I had to ask to make sure. There are different types of chants that have different modes, like Ambrosian, Mozarabic, Sarum, Byzantine, Coptic, etc. Gregorian Chant has 8 modes, but there are various interpretations, like Dominican, Cistercian, Solesmes...
To confirm my answer I came across a review of this Chant: Music for Paradise. It's Cistercian monks...and the excerpts are gorgeous!
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Thanks for all the ideas and links. It really added to our saint of the day study. The cake will definitely be added to my list of things to do next year. Blessing, Valerie
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Had to share this cute post.
And also, following up on your question, Charlotte:
JennGM wrote:
Matilda wrote:
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In a word, yes. But I have to say I started to doubt, so I had to ask to make sure. There are different types of chants that have different modes, like Ambrosian, Mozarabic, Sarum, Byzantine, Coptic, etc. Gregorian Chant has 8 modes, but there are various interpretations, like Dominican, Cistercian, Solesmes...
To confirm my answer I came across a review of this Chant: Music for Paradise. It's Cistercian monks...and the excerpts are gorgeous!
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Jeffrey Tucker elaborated on my original question (I asked him to verify my answer). I thought you might find this post helpful.
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