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Corporate Author Community of Jesus (Orleans, Mass.)

Title The song of prayer : a practical guide to learning Gregorian chant / The Community of Jesus.

Publication Info. Brewster, Mass. : Paraclete Press, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Talbott Media  MT860.C73 S6    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  MT860.C73 S6    Available  ---
Description 110 pages : illustration ; 22 cm + 1 audio disc (28 min. : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description 1.4 m/s
digital recording
Note Includes CD track listing, page 111.
Contents A brief look at the history of chant -- Chant is for everyone -- Praying with the body as well as with the voice -- Square notation -- How to read and sing chant notation -- The modes used in chant -- The Divine Office of Compline -- Chanting the Compline Psalms mode 8 -- Chanting the Compline Psalms mode 8g and 3a -- The shape of the melodic line in psalmody -- Conclusion : a living conversation -- Appendix A: How to pronounce Latin -- Appendix B: How to divide Latin words into syllables -- Appendix C: Modes -- Appendix D: Marking the psalms -- Appendix E: The office of compline -- Appendix F: Select glossary.
Subject Gregorian chants -- Instruction and study.
Gregorian chants -- Instruction and study.
Genre/Form Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Paraclete Press.
ISBN 9781557255761 paperback
1557255768 paperback