Chant Resources on the Internet

Academic Activity in Canada

Gregorian Choirs in Canada

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Chant Resources on the Internet

Latin-English Dictionary

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid (Un. of Notre Dame): http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm

Manuscripts facsimile

GREGOFACSIMIL (France) : http://www.gregofacsimil.net/
Bibliothèque municipale de Laon, Manuscript 239 : http://manuscrit.ville-laon.fr/oeb/Ms239/
Swiss libraries : http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/fr/collections
Bibliothèque de médecine de l'université de Montpellier (France) : http://manuscrits.biu-montpellier.fr/criteresm.php?lang=FR

Databases

Cantus (office repertoire) : http://www.cantusdatabase.org/
Cantus Planus Study Group (Mass and Office repertoire); including an important chant bibliography: http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_I/Musikwissenschaft/cantus/index.htm
GlobalChant: http://www.globalchant.org/
Alleluia Melodies: http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/MOYENAGE/UREEF/MUSICOLOGIE/CMN/THK/indexthk.htm

More important sites

Académie de chant grégorien à Bruxelles: http://www.gregorien.be/
Atelier de paléographie de Solesmes (fr): http://palmus.free.fr/
Canto Ambrosiano (Italian): http://www.cantoambrosiano.com/
CANTUS analysis: http://www.let.uu.nl/ogc/cantus/HTML/CANTUS_index.htm
Cantus Liturgici Thesaurus: http://www.calithes.it/
Catalogue des manuscrits notés du moyen âge conservés dans les bibliothèques publiques de France (fr): http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/MOYENAGE/UREEF/MUSICOLOGIE/CMN/indexcmn.htm
Catholic Calendar: http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/index.php
Catholic Encyclopedia: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
Catholic Online – Saints and Angels: http://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php
Centre de musique médiévale de Paris: http://assoc.pagespro-orange.fr/cmmp/
Cérémoniaire – Les rites liturgique (fr): http://www.ceremoniaire.net/
Chœur grégorien de Paris (fr): http://www.choeur-gregorien-de-paris.asso.fr/
Coral Gregoriano de Belo Horizonte (Brasil): http://www.gregoriano.org.br/gregoriano/index3.htm
Department of Early Music (Budapest): http://www.zti.hu/earlymusic/earlym.html
Digitale Bibliothek (Bayerich Stattbibliothek, Munich): http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/ausgaben/uni_ausgabe.html?projekt=1157467155&ordnung=sig&recherche=ja
Dom Mocquereau Collection: http://libraries.cua.edu/music/DomMocquer.cfm
Early Music News: http://www.EarlyMusicNews.org
Ensemble Discantus (France): http://assoc.pagespro-orange.fr/cmmp/discantus.html
Free square notation software: http://gregoire.tele.free.fr/
Giacomo Baroffio (Italian): http://musicologia.unipv.it/baroffio/
Graduel de Bellelay (fr): http://bellelay.enc.sorbonne.fr/index.php
Gregorian Association (England): http://www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/
Gregorian Chant – Brazil: http://198.62.75.1/www2/cantgreg/index_fra.htm
Gregorian Chant Microfilms (Un. of Chicago): http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/music/muschant.html
Gregoriana (Poland): http://gregoriana.sk/index.php
Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes (IRHT) (fr): http://www.irht.cnrs.fr/institut/institut.htm
Institutions liturgiques - Dom Prosper Guéranger (fr): http://www.abbaye-saint-benoit.ch/gueranger/institutions/index.htm
International Association for Study of Gregorian Chant: http://www.aiscgre.de/index.htm
International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, Michigan): http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/
International Gregorian Festival of Watou (Belgium): http://www.festivalwatou.be/english/welcome.html
Internetquellen zu Handschiften (German): http://www.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/webmania/lhsn.html
Latin-English Dictionary (program): http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm
La Trobe University Library – Medieval Music Database: http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/MMDB/index.htm
Liturgia Horarum in cantu gregoriano: http://www.transitofvenus.nl/LiturgiaHorarum/
Luca Ricossa (fr): http://lrs.club.fr/index.html
Motu Proprio (1903): http://www.adoremus.org/MotuProprio.html
"Musicologie médiévale" Network: http://gregorian-chant.ning.com/
Pontifical Intitute of Sacred Music (Rome): http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/sacmus/index_fr.htm
Renaissance Liturgical Imprints (RELICS): http://quod.lib.umich.edu/r/relics/
Schola Antiqua (Spain): http://www.scholaantiqua.com/
Schola Cantorum de Montevideo (Uruguay): http://scholacantorumdemontevideo.com/inicio_en.php
Schola Saint Maur (France): http://www.scholasaintmaur.net/
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum: http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/tml/start.html
Una Voce (fr): http://www.unavoce.fr/
Vox Clamantis: http://www.voxclamantis.ee/w/index.php/en/

Academic Activity in Canada

Becket Project (U. of Toronto, ON): http://www.becket.ca/
Cantus Database (U. of Waterloo, ON): http://cantusdatabase.org
Institute of Medieval Music (Lions Bay, BC): http://www.medievalmusic.ca/english/index.htm
Music of the Sarum Office (McMaster U., Hamilton, ON): http://www.sarum-chant.ca
Notaquadrata Project (U. of Toronto, ON): http://www.notaquadrata.ca/
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Toronto, ON): http://www.pims.ca/

Gregorian Choirs in Canada (including monasteries)

Ianua Coeli Schola Cantorum (Aldergrove, BC) (M and W), Dir.: Angela Gabriel-Morrissey

  Saints Joachim and Ann Catholic Church
  2827, 273rd Street
  Aldergrove, British Columbia V4W 2T7

Information: Website: http://moreC.com/schola/

Cantualis (Kitchener/Waterloo, ON) (M), Dir.: Mr David Hall

Gregorian Chant, regular performances
Rehearsal once a week at the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary on the Wilfrid Laurier campus.
Information:
Website: http://www.cantualis.com
Booking and membership inqueries:

Schola Cantorum (Hamilton, ON) (M and W), Dir.: Dr William Renwick

Gregorian Tridentine Mass at St. Mary's Church, 146 Park Street North, Hamilton, at 2:30 p.m., on the first and third Sundays of the month
Gregorian Tridentine Mass at St. Lawrence Church, 475 Mary Street North, Hamilton, at 2:30 p.m., on the fifth Sunday of the month.
Rehearsal on Tuesday evenings at Christminster monastery (http://www.christminster.org), 390 Canon Street East, Hamilton
Information: William Renwick, 905-523-0082,
Website : http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~renwick/hsc.htm

Ritual Choir of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Toronto, ON) (M), Dir.: Mr Robert Castle

Mass every Sunday at 11 AM
The Church of St Mary Magdalene
477 Manning Avenue
Toronto, Ont. M6G 2V8
Tél.: 416-531-7955
Information:
Website : http://www.stmarymagdalene.ca

Schola Magdalena (Toronto, ON) (W), Dir.: Prof Stephanie Martin

Gregorian Chant on special occasions
The Church of St Mary Magdalene
477 Manning Avenue
Toronto, Ont. M6G 2V8
Tel.: 416-531-7955
Information:
Website: http://www.scholamagdalena.ca

St. Patrick's Gregorian Choir (Toronto, ON) (M and W), Dir.: Surinder S. Mund

Mass every Saturday at 5:00pm, at St.Patrick's Church

141 McCaul Street, Toronto (ON)

Information:

Kingston Schola Cantorum (ON) (M and W), Dir.: Emilie Bruno

   Extraordinary Latin Rite Mass on the first Sunday of each month at 3:00pm in St. James' Chapel
   Rehearsals each Friday at 5:30pm at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Kingston)
   Information: , or 613-545-075

Chorus Ecclesiae (Ottawa, ON) (M and W), Dir.: Mr Lawrence Harris

Gregorian Chant on special occasions
224 Patterson
Ottawa, Ont.
K1S 1Y6
Tel.: 613-567-7729
email:

Abbaye Sainte-Marie des Deux-Montagnes (QC) (W) (Congrégation de Solesmes)

Office and Mass in Gregorian everyday
2803 Chemin d’Oka
Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Qc
Canada, J0N 1P0
Tél: 450 473 7278
Fax: 450 473 9833
email:
website: http://www.abbsainte-mariedm.com/

Chœur grégorien de Laval (QC) (M), Dir.: Dom André Saint-Cyr, o.s.b.

Sings Mass once a month (except during Summer), Saturday at 4PM or 5 PM
Saint-Elzéar Church
16, boul. Saint-Elzéar Est Laval (QC)
Rehearsal once a month on Thurday at 6:45 p.m.
To join the choir: ou 450 933-1949

Choeur Gregoria de Montréal (QC) (M and W), Dir.: Mr Antoine Ouellette

Mass Sunday at 10 AM six times during the year between September and June
Rehearsal every second Sunday from 3 PM to 5 PM
Saint-Arsène Church
Rue Bélanger, angle Christophe-Colomb
Montréal, QC
Dir. : Mr Antoine Ouellette
Information: Teresa Pasquale-Dufour 514-525-2462

Choeur grégorien de Montréal (Montreal, QC) (M and W), Dir.: Mr Jean-Pierre Noiseux

Rehearsal every 2 weeks, Wednesday at 7 PM

Information:

Communauté Latine St Paul (Montreal, QC)

Tridentine Mass every Sunday at 8:30 AM
St Irénée Church (corner Atwater and Delisle, Montreal)
3044, Delisle
Montreal, QC
Tel: 514 766 9814

Schola Saint-Grégoire (Montreal, QC) (M), Dir.: Mr Jean-Pierre Noiseux

Gregorian Chant and other Western Chant repertoires (Ambrosian, Beneventan, Old Roman, Old Spanish, Baroque Plainchant)
Schola Saint Grégoire's address:
4601 rue Jeanne-Mance
Montreal, Qc
Canada, H2V 4J5
email :
website : http://www.scholagreg.org

Les Scholastiques (Montreal, QC) (W), Dir.: Dr Pascale Duhamel

Gregorian Chant and medieval polyphony
Contact: 11, Laurie, Dollard-des-Ormeaux (Montreal) QC, H9B 1E9,
email:

Ensemble Virga (Montreal, QC) (W), Dir.: Alain Vadeboncoeur

Gregorian Chant (concerts and liturgy)
Rehearsals each Wednesday from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Information: Alain Vadeboncoeur 819-242-3000 ,
or Jocelyne Bélanger (in Montreal) 514-526-6894

Abbaye St-Benoît-du-Lac (QC) (M) (Congrégation de Solesmes)

Choir Master : Dom Richard Gagné, o.s.b.
Office (Lauds and Vespers) and Mass in Gregorian everyday
St-Benoît-du-Lac, Qc
Canada, J0B 2M0
Tel. : 819 843 4080
email :
website : http://www.st-benoit-du-lac.com

Chœur grégorien de Sherbrooke (QC) (M), Dir: Mr Yvan Cloutier

Sings Mass in Gregorian last Saturday of each month from September to June, at 4 PM, at Immaculée-Conception Church (1085 Boul. Alexandre, Sherbrooke, QC)
495 rue Fortin
Sherbrooke, Qc
Canada, J1E 2Z1
email:

Schola grégorienne Scandicus (Quebec, QC) (M and W), Dir.: Mr Jean Côté

Mass once a month from September to June
Très-Saint-Sacrement Church
1330 Chemin Ste-Foy
Québec, QC, G1S 2N5
Tel.: 418 527 2555
Fax: 418 527 4282
Information

Saint-Zephirin-of-Stadacona Choir, (Québec, QC) (M and W), Dir.: Mrs Marie-Claude Bouffard

    All chants from the "Forma extraordinaria" Mass every Sunday at 10am
    Saint-Zephirin-of-Stadacona Church, 1450 avenue François-1er, Québec, QC
    Information:

    Chorale de Saint-Zéphirin-de-Stadacona
    c/o Mme Marie-Claude Bouffard, Director
    955 avenue De Bienville,
    Québec, QC, G1S 3C1

www.fssp-quebec.org

Una Voce (Le Chœur grégorien de Saguenay, QC) (M and W), Dir.: Mr Raymond Laforge ; Asst. Dir.: Mr Guy Lemire

Sings Mass in Gregorian every first Saturday of each month
Sacré-Coeur Church
244, rue Bossé
Chicoutimi, QC
Information:

Chorale grégorienne de la Péninsule Acadienne (N.B.) (M), Dir. : Mr Armand Lavoie

Sings Gregorian on special occasions
Mr Armand Lavoie
494 rue Saulnier ouest
Tracadie-Sheila, N. B.
Canada, E1X 1E3
Tel. : 506 395 2139
Fax : 506 395 2139
email:

Holy Heart Schola Cantorum (Halifax, NS) (M), Dir: Mr Robert Bruce

Rehearsal every Sunday evening at 7pm
Hoping to start singing Sunday Compline in Spring 2011
Information:

Documents

Antiphonale Romanum II: The First Volume of the Official Roman Antiphonal

by Michel Gammon, Chœur grégorien de Sherbrooke

Michel Gammon examines Volume Two of the Roman Antiphonal recently published by the monks of Solesmes. This volume comprises all Sundays' Vespers as well as Vespers for feasts and solemnities. In this article, the author draws attention on important details of this Antiphonal, and on the musical choices that dictated its composition. Special attention is given to hymns and to the canticle Salus et gloria (Apocalypse 19), which is fairly well known cast in a responsorial form but which, in the Roman Antiphonal, is performed in a tropary style on Sundays where the Proper is used for antiphons, something that is unheard of in our modern Divine Office.

In publishing Michel Gammon's article, the Gregorian Institute of Canada wishes to encourage employment of the Roman Antiphonal by choirs and ultimately to bring Vespers chant back into community and parish use.

Full text (pdf)

MICHEL GAMMON is Chairman and a chorister of the Choeur grégorien de Sherbrooke. He has been interested for many years in the chant of the Divine Office, particularly in the context of its personal and daily recitation. This interest has led him to focus his research on the formal differences between New and Ancient Roman Offices, and on the diverging formal features of the Monastic Office.

Chant Resources on the Internet

Academic Activity in Canada

Gregorian Choirs in Canada

Documents