Dies Irae...

[royalguardlover]

Time:Nuetral
Question for: Any country with a Latin based language and/or who is predominately Catholic(or has a high level of Catholics).
Question: Gregorian chants are so prettyand relaxing(and yet creepy sometimes). Do you enjoy them? Do you or can you sing them? Any other comments on them?

Comments

[edle_sohn]

Very much. The chants are musically quite simplistic, yet hauntingly beautiful; each is composed in free rhythm with an archaic tonal structure, entirely in unison and without accompaniment. Aesthetics are auxiliary to prayer: singing them is a meditative experience, allowing one to reflect on the words of the scripture. Latin is limited in its use in the Church in this day; the tradition is primarily maintained through music. Little is more Catholic than Gregorian chants.

A group of my own from the historic abbey Stift Heiligenkreuz recently won a recording contract with their stirring audition, which you may listen to here.

[cubonic]

Well--that's somethin' I was not expecting.

My brother made sure I knew my share of the Catholic religion and it stood that way for well, quite some time even after I separated. Yet today--not so much due to the religion being that shared named amongst the higher class that fled when things started to change. Still, I don't think I'd be able t' get 'em out of memories even if I tried.