Byzantine and Gregorian Chant

Sir Godfrey

Sir Godfrey

Pelegrin Crucis
I have been getting into Byzantine and Gregorian Chant, where monks and clergy chant Psalms, Worship, liturgies, and prayers.

I discovered one Greek Chant that dates back in Jerusalem to the period after The Apostles! Really neat!
 
The musical _feel_ of Gregorian chant was borrowed for a science-fiction gaming storyline which, ironically, was as militantly _atheistic_ as any book written by Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke. In the "HALO" premise, the _only_ living beings who believe in anything even vaguely resembling God are profoundly wicked, evil, heartless, merciless monsters.

Yet the _music_ still suggests the hunger for Heaven which God plants in our hearts. If Mister Lewis were on Earth now, and learned what "HALO" is, he might be reminded of his own words in Surprised By Joy: "I maintained that God did not exist. At the same time, I was angry at Him for not existing."

 
At the beginning of the year, my mom and I were getting the inside of our home thoroughly organized. As a part of that, I assembled a few pieces of furniture, not necessarily my heart's fondest inclination, but an important component nonetheless. I figured the best approach would be to play Gregorian Chant in the background.

And so I searched YouTube exhaustively and specifically for pure Gregorian Chant. I did not want one of these countless compilations with a piano trio, string quintet or full orchestra in the background. I finally found this and loved it so much that I would fall asleep to it each night for weeks thereafter. I actually noticed shortly thereafter, Copperfox, that it appeared as a "recently viewed" video on a screenshot of another video you had shared (in the Animal Rescues topic if I recall correctly). I especially love each slow and solemn "Ave Maria." I could easily get lost (in a good way) in ten of those.

 
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