Ambrosian chant - Ecce quam bonum et jocundum

Medieval Ambrosian chant of the church of Mediolanum (Milan).
Title: "Canticum: Ecce quam bonum et jocundum".
Performers: Ensemble Organum, Director: Marcel Peres
Album: "Chants de l'Église Milanaise"

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Music
• Medieval
• Ambrosian
• Chant
• Religious
• Ensemble
• Organum
• Mediolanum
• Milanese
• Latin
• Christian
• Western

[coraleecarrell]

what does "Ecce quam bonum et jocundum" mean? i am doing a report on this chant and st ambrose and this is my favorite ambrosian chant.

[Callixtinus]

"Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is". It's Psalm 133 in latin.

[Winaska]

@Callixtinus 133 as in the old numbering or the new numbering?

[Callixtinus]

@Winaska : sorry for the late reply, it;s 132 in Septuagint

[roksancastle]

I wish that the Church would return to this music instead of allowing banjos and guitars. Why are we spurning our heritage?

[sorchasloane]

Because more and more of the members of the religious orders are closet-humanists hell bent on creating a Religion of Man, and liturgically perform an "expression" of him, rather than a religion of God, and an liturgical ascent to Him.

[Gunnarr123abc]

Good thing the Orthodox have kept to traditions! 

[adamantis4657]

@nroberts42: Wrong - because christianity is an ASCETIC religion. And since apostolic times only the human voice was worthy to praise God with MONOPHONY.

The church fathers have forbidden to use instruments for the Holy Services.

[milly8389]

wonderful.

[nroberts42]

No, it's because music has changed over the centuries to more and different forms. I'm sure you've heard of "sing to the Lord a new song". Well, thanks to God, we have learned a very great deal about music and how to make it. So we can praise him and celebrate him in many, many forms and types of music from different cultures. Other wise, we risk becoming rigid and legalistic, with our hearts hardening, refusing to grow and change as he leads us. We are not static, and neither is music.

[Hexachloraphine]

@SuperButt3rz

I agreee with your point totally.

However regarding sorchasloane's comment, if I agreed with that point which I do understand I would say he/she has got it the wrong way round, reason being that this music is hardcore-clearly superior to happy clappy......ergo more an expression of humanity, than innocent childlike "happy clappy" sing song with recorders and the like.

IE this music represents man more.

Happy clappy is hardly an expression of man.

[SuperButt3rz]

@roksancastle God says worship his name. that means do it how ever you want, in Gods eyes its beautiful no matter how you do it.

[singccc1]

Could someone please explain the differences of Ambrosian and Gregorian Chant, minus the obvious melodic difference. Was this chant used in the Eastern Rites and Gregorian in the Western? Both are extremely Catholic right (no pun intended)?

[SevernaKoreja]

Divna muzika

[MichealCros]

Equilibre anéanti. Tant d'éclat.

[FraterNM]

Thanks for all the beautiful chants! AVE!