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Gregorian chant

The sung prayer of the Latin Church, largely shaped between the eighth and tenth centuries: a single melodic line, unaccompanied, following the rhythm of the words. Most later Western music grew out of it.

8 recordings

Master of Rubielos de Mora

The Coronation of the Virgin with the Trinity, c. 1400

Cleveland Museum of Art

Recordings

8 recordings, by composer

  1. O viridissima virga

    Hildegard of Bingen.

    Gothic Voices, Christopher Page

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  2. Ave maris stella

    Gregorian chant.

    Chœur des moines de l'Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, Dom Richard Gagné

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  3. Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber

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  4. The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz

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  5. Chor der Benediktinerinnen, Abtei Unserer Lieben Frau, Varensell

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  6. Pange lingua gloriosi

    Gregorian chant.

    Chœur grégorien de Paris, Xavier Chancerelle

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  7. Salve Regina

    Gregorian chant.

    Coro de Monjes del Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos, Francisco Lara

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  8. Te Deum laudamus

    Gregorian chant.

    Schola Hungarica, László Dobszay, Janka Szendrei

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