Gregorian chant holds a place in popular imagination as the province of hooded monks intoning monotonous melodies along dim stone corridors. It's not like that. At St. Stephen's Catholic Church in ...

On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis here, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or stand; some face ...

Members of The Catholic University of America Chamber Choir sing during an Oct. 10, 2017, rehearsal at the Washington campus’ St. Vincent Chapel, a session that included Gregorian chant. Gregorian ...

With its prestige, wealth and power, the papacy, almost from the beginning, has been a major patron of music. The huge body of unaccompanied sacred melody known as Gregorian chant was, after all, ...

Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Va. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely scriptural.

Gregorian chant has persisted for more than a thousand years, but some fear the haunting melodies are in danger of fading away. That is, unless Stanford Professor William Mahrt has a voice in the ...

The last Daily Blog post focused on the ancient institution of the human family. This one deals with something not quite so ancient, but still a venerable and honored tradition: Gregorian chant. But ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, who last week told the world he does not care much for Bob Dylan, said on Tuesday he would like Gregorian chant to make a comeback. Sign up here. The ...

The loft in London’s Westminster Abbey, where the choir sits, on April 27, 2024. The Westminster Cathedral Choir is touring the U.S. and visited Pittsburgh on April ...

Inside a nondescript building along the U.S. 190 service road that once housed a Mr. Fish pet store, there stands an opulent altar, surrounded by candles, majestic statues and floral bouquets. The ...