Old Roman chant - Domine quinque talenta tradidisti michi

[TheBirdMamma]

Always felt strange about my Roman(Italian) heritage and the fact I am a deep, lifelong believer of Jesus. But they found him guilty of no crime, they had no quarrel of their own with him. The Sanhedrin made up lies that he was trying to bring up a revolution against the Empire and claiming himself a new king. They could not see the Kingdom of which he spoke was of the spirit and mind and soul and not of a physical kingdom, so they basically talked the Romans into arresting him for treason

[milly8389]

it' s so beautiful it seems gregorian chant to me. thanks for sharing it.

[audumbrekkt]

SA-TI SPUN CEVA: ESTI MARE DOBITOC! PROSTULE U ESTI PREA PROST SI DIN CAUZA UNORA CA TINE CATE CRED CA STIU SUFERIM TOTI FMM DE HANDICAPAT! DUMNEZEU NU I-A FACUT PE OAMENI ,OAMENII L-AU FACUT PE DUMNEZEU! SI EU POT SA CREEZ UN DUMNEZEU IL CHEAMA Monstrul Zburător de Spaghete demostreaza futu-ti gatu matii ca nu exista! nu ai cum fmm de dobitoc pe tine si pe alti ca tine te combina biserica si va i-a banii, si tie iti place ca doar esti un sclav RELIGIA I PROSTESTE PE PROSTI IN FATA!

[Okzcarian]

Doskonałe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[irolga1]

sempre gostei da arte bizantina e as suas músicas. transmite muita pureza "liturgica".

[Lysandros]

Does anyone know what the mosaic represent and where they can be seen?

[Callixtinus]

@Lysandros: Florence Baptistry

[ChristianWarriorUSA]

@Lysandros The first one is a representation of Christ Pantocrator, or Ruler of the Universe.

[YouNoop]

Romans killed Christ with command of rabbes.

[Death2Green]

Very, very nice.

[irina5575]

awesome and i am not into religion totally awesome chant

[Fergusius]

I loved listening to this one. I just love when they sing like that, its so lifting and holy, as if you are listening to God himself. Ave

[vagos2006]

Beautiful!

[PaleoThomist]

I understand that there are groups that are trying to transcribe the "old Roman" repertoire into neumatic or contemporary western notation.

I find that exciting. Might open up some possibilities to some liturgical usage.

[BlackCappa]

mihi

[herakles120]

@BlackCappa

It's very strange that some manuscripts transcribed the word "mihi" as "michi." I have a facsimile copy of the Gutenberg Bible and all the mihi were written as michi.

[Callixtinus]

@BlackCappa: I know it's 'mihi' in classical latin, I wondered about the difference too, but the CD says 'michi', and if you listen closely you will also realize the chanters pronounce it 'michi'. I presume it has to do with the text having been written in medieval latin.

[BlackCappa]

@Callixtinus

Ah. Thanks for that information. It does sound odd though.

[damoose663]

Callixtinus,

I sing in a schola and our schola master told us that it is sung as michi mostly for practical reasons. The chants themselves has it written as "mihi". However, as one is singing this it is difficult to maintain the proper pitch and a good annunciation of the word so the is a consonant shift from 'h" to "k". I hope this helps

[ammazzamoro]

It may have something to do with lenition.

[flyingblackboard]

@Callixtinus Yep, it's medieval Latin orthography. 'H' was already weak in Classical Latin and the speaker was likely to be uncertain about where to use this sound. Internally the H was used to mark a syllable but was not pronounced. Spellings using 'ch' like "michi/mici" (mihi) or "nichil" (nihil) came into use after 'H' lost all sound to indicate a dissyllable.

[pathduck]

This is lovely! I like a lot.

[Kyousuke687]

Simply awesome...

[LIVEatGOA]

Beautiful 5*****