Gregorian Chant Quotes

Orthodox chanting is non-emotional; it's very monotone.

Participation is easily obtained with Latin chant.

Very old music is, like, 11th century in my mind. That's very old.

Then suddenly the Roman liturgy disappeared as we knew it.

As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it.

Thus the slogan should be reversed: Catholics taught the world what music is supposed to sound like, and, more importantly, what it is supposed to mean.

In Montreal, when I grew up, I'd go to the Notre-Dame Basilica, a gorgeous cathedral in town. I'd listen to huge symphony orchestras, Pavarotti singing operas; that was absolutely marvelous. I like that aspect of the cathedral, the spectacle.

I listen to music when I write. I need the musical background. Classical music. I'm behind the times. I'm still with Baroque music, Gregorian chant, the requiems, and with the quartets of Beethoven and Brahms. That is what I need for the climate, for the surroundings, for the landscape: the music.

I listen to a lot of medieval music.

I listen to Bach a great deal. In general I like to listen to hymns and liturgical music.

'Canticum Sacrum' is wonderfully archaic. What Stravinsky does is extraordinary. It takes you on a journey from Gregorian chant right through to the modernism of Webern - and all in 17 minutes.

An authentic updating of sacred music can take place only in the lineage of the great tradition of the past, of Gregorian chant and of sacred polyphony.

As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart.

Singing together is something human beings just do, and there are hundreds of years worth of just European vocal music available to read and hear.

Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself.

When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith.

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.

I listen to a lot of 'Ave Maria.'

Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed.

A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into the history of music, inevitably you're going to have to get into sacred religious music.

The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.

You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition.

Never have so many recordings of the great Masses and motets been in wider circulation.

Like the Birth Of Venus, the song [Yello "oh, Yeah"] denotes the birth of the bro. The song just reminds me of bros looking out over lowered Ray-Bans. It birthed a negative sexual revolution. I was going to a lot of bondage clubs at the time and they did play this song. The song I associate more is that horrible Enigma song with the Gregorian chant. There's something good buried in that song and I might not hate it as much if I hadn't been a sex worker.