Ave Maria I (Gregorian Chant) Chant group Psallentes in the context of the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat

[4everjesusrules]

I have to say that as I listened to this, I was moved, thank you so very much

[avemariaclark]

Gloreous! Thanks for posting this. If you enljoyed this, I'm sure that you'll enjoy the American Boychoir singing Ave Maria, music by Richard Clark

youtube.com/watch?v=ZOB7FuMA1N­U

[ZoeAndreini]

God Pig...

[universoeterno1]

Thank you for posting this beautiful Chant. It makes my heart sing too....

[andyjjclarke]

This sounds very much like Greek Orthodox Byzantine chants - the way the phrases work and also a slight durge in the background at certain points throughout the hymn. Never heard anything like it before - wonderful!

[supernatural2029]

what are the lyrics of Ave maria in Latin? who are these people of this group or band?

[xxxxdaniblonexxx]

It's nice to see some christian appreciation for once :) x

[akrasiel1101]

This is easily the most sublime rendition of the "Ave" that I have heard! Does anyone know where I can find the full lyrics to this?

[quijote347]

@akrasiel1101

I'm posting the text in parts:

Ave maria gratia plena. Dominus tecum, virgo serena. Benedicta tu in mulieribus. Quae peperisti pacem hominibus, et angelis gloriam. Et benedictus fructus ventris tui. Qui coheredes ut essemus sui nos, fecit per gratiam. Per hoc autem ave: mundo tam suave, contra carnis jura, Genuisti prolem novum stella solem nova genitura.

[quijote347]

@akrasiel1101 Second part is: Tu parvi et magni leonis et agni, Salvatoris Christi templum extitisti sed virgo intacta. Tu floris et roris, panis et pastoris, virginum regina, rosa sine spina genitrix es facta. Tu civitas regis justiciae, tu mater es misericordiae; Theophilum reformans gratiae, de lacu facis et miseriae.

[quijote347]

@akrasiel1101 Third part is: Ergo maris stella, verbi Dei cella et solis aurora, Paradisi porta. Per quam lux est orta, Natum tuum ora, Nos ut solvat a peccatis, et in regno claritatis quo lux lucet sedula collocet per secula. Amen.

[YBPhotoeditor06]

It sounds very sweet. Its tones are inspirational.

AVE MARIA is Our Last Chance for the Eternal Life. It isn't a kidding or ridiculous. It's real. We maculate can't go to Heaven. MOM was given to US to repair Eve's fault. We can accept or deny IT, but we must only decide TWICE for ETERNITY. More than this, we aren't qualified for IT. The 1st One we lost. The Last Life Line Left. It depends on all Individuals to decide. Surely, not All can go to Heaven or not All can go to Hell. So Do our Best!

[Dictator300]

Que bien! Aqui, todos unidos bajo differentes lenguajes, encantados de escuchar esta maravillosa orquestra!

Quiero darle las gracias a mis hermanos que escuchan esto conmigo.=]

Dios los bendiga a todos!

[cnoy26]

ORQUESTA??????

Sabes la diferencia entre un Canto Gregoriano o Canto Llano y una Orquesta???

[ninestraycats]

these manuscripts are gorgeous

[MrsDance54]

Meraviglioso strumento la voce umana!

[Louro13]

Linda interpretação.

[entochdraaitze1]

Schitterende uitvoering.

Mistiek op noten!

Wim Vt. Lier

[seppinella]

meravigliosa....

[jlmadill]

Beautiful, but technically speaking, true Gregorian chant is not polyphonic.

[janet20099]

some of the later stuff was I believe, but yeah most of it was monophonic. Very beautiful anyway though.

[GeminiAmbience]

That is correct. Organum was the first development of counterpoint and harmony in sacred, early works.

[SacredMusic4ever]

@jlmadill I'm not sure if I'd call this polyphonic. The organum part is merely support. I suppose we could debate all day about the performance practice, though :P The manuscript is Gregorian chant, though. There is only a monophonic part written.

[gr1peh1n1]

@jlmadill technically speaking? Who cares? Feel the Chant and take the flow!

[JenniiCelest]

@jlmadill True :)

[TheTinawiel]

@jlmadill

There was a lot of natural, spontaneous "polyphony" going on, even in Carolingian days. 5ths and 4ths and 8ves "sounded" perfect (hence, close to what we hear today as unisons).

The idea of "pure" monophony (the way we think of it today) for chant is a 19th century conceit, based on misreading/mistranslating people like Guido, et al.

[liquidkraken]

@jlmadill we can never really know what monks did, and this is not polyphony

[boxtelton]

@jlmadill Agreed, beyond beatiful, but technically this is not Gregorian chant.

[Ladyhawkwright]

beautiful.

[Baeloth]

sounds so awesome :D

[ANIMEGIRL385]

OMG this is soooooo beautiful.....it makes me feel so happy and calm after i listen to it......thankyou so much for uploading this....i LOVE Gregorian Chant :)

[scaranj0410]

gregorian chants are absolutely beautiful

and some of the hardest pieces to ever sing.

[LeoAdorer]

The thing I like about gregorian chant is that it is very technical.

[aecrim085]

do those dots on the partiture, execute depending on place, and how close there are one to another?

[162ALAN162]

No.

[KappaOodobi]

We just did this in our music class! Same song (a small section) and we translated it from modern notation to numatic and then wrote it ourselves, and either printed or drew an illumination to go with it.

[adamwould1]

ive just recently completed a music GCSE exam and there was a plainchant song where unussually a saxaphone came into it towards the end.. im trying to find it but am having no luck?.. anyone help??

[oberek92]

good idea to show the neums of the plain chant

[Qbears]

how beautiful !!

[TravBalazs]

That's wonderful, thanks for sharing it.